A worker holding a newly made Santa Claus model is surrounded by students in Yiwu, Zhejiang province December 4, 2014. | (Photo: REUTERS/China Daily)
Christians in China faced increased persecution throughout the Christmas season, with authorities shutting down many worship services and caroling events.
According to International Christian Concern, Shenzhen University in Guangdong, China, sent out a notice to staff asking them to ban students from holding Christmas activities, posting Christmas flyers, or showing Christmas displays on campus.
Pastor Yang Xibo from Xunsiding Church in Xiamen city told ICC that some local Christians were invited to perform Christmas songs at a shopping mall on Christmas Eve. However, their performance was interrupted by local police, and local Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau and State Security also dispatched staff to make sure the Christians’ performance was canceled.
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Radical Muslims Place Bounty on Life of Christian Refugee Falsely Accused of Blasphemy: My Life Is in Imminent Peril
12-13-2020
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A Pakistani Christian who fled to Bangkok, Thailand following accusations of blasphemy against Islam is speaking out about the severe persecution he has endured since going into exile.
Faraz Pervaiz, a human rights advocate who opposes the persecution of Christians, told
CBN News that his situation has become dire as radical Muslims have increased the bounty on his head. A fellow Muslim refugee disclosed my location and a bounty was placed on my head, Pervaiz explained. This lucrative bounty could compel even good people to do me and my family harm. We have had to go into hiding to try to obviate the risks of harm to our family.
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Catholic devotees wear face mask attend the Holy Mass at the Saint Joseph s Church on the first day after the reopening of religious services after the government eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad on June 8, 2020. | NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images
Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, has approved a controversial anti-conversion law that experts warn will “incite more religiously motivated violence” as attacks on Indian Christians and other religious minorities continue to escalate.
According to persecution watchdog International Christian Concern, the Uttar Pradesh state Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, approved a draft ordinance in November that s purportedly intended to curb forcible or dishonest religious conversions.