Muslim protesters use blockades and loudspeakers to disrupt Christian worship services. Muslim protesters formed a human chain to block Christian worshipers from attending a planned Christmas worship service on 14 December 2025, near the capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia. Videos on social media show the group holding anti-Christian banners and shouting jihadist slogans. Some protesters held or pushed Christians who tried to get through the line. “We only want to worship peac

Pastor Umar Mulinde after his surgery. A Christian convert from Islam who is now a pastor received facial surgery as he continues to recover from an attack 15 years ago. Pastor Umar Mulinde, a former Muslim leader, left Islam to follow Christ in the 1990s. While on his way to a Christmas party with his church members on 24 December 2011, he was attacked by a radical Muslim who poured acid on his face. Since then, Umar’s wounds have continued to cause pain and discomfort. He h

Two Christian couples in northern India were assaulted by a Hindu mob when they visited another Christian family to pray for them. Christians in many parts of India endure violence because of the activity of their faith. Pastor Jehovah Das, 65, and Vinod Masih, 42, and their wives visited another family’s home to pray for their new baby. A group of radical Hindus found out about the visit and gathered a mob of about 50 people. They broke into the house and dragged the Christi

Since the beginning of 2026, more than two dozen Christians, including converts and church leaders, have been arrested and detained without any charges in a Middle Eastern nation. “Family members haven’t been able to contact them,” said a Front-Line Worker , adding that at least three Christians disappeared without anyone knowing what happened to them. “The situation is bad. Families are struggling.” The Front-Line Worker asks for prayer: for the protection of those who have

A Muslim religious leader is seeking truth about Christ after encountering a Bible for the first time. Mustafa is an imam of his local mosque, but he discovered a Bible in his son’s room. He became curious about what the Bible teaches as he noticed many in his community turning away from Islam. “When I open any pages and read, this book continues to give truth that I never heard,” he said. “As I continue to read, the tears run from my eyes [because I see] how many people in m

Kazakh church leaders are reporting an upswing in harassment during church services by government officials. “In four different churches on the outskirts of Almaty since the end of December, police have showed up, interrupted services and demanded names and IDs,” said a Front-Line Worker . He said that this seems like a new tactic: “In the past, pressure from the government has mostly been against radical Islam, not against churches.” Pastors and leaders at these churches ask

On 24 December 2025, Muslim leaders insisted on an official ban and pressured a local pastor in West Java province to cancel his church’s planned holiday worship services. Religious and government leaders cited the potential for attacks from radical Islamist groups but could not identify a specific threat. While a public announcement was made that the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day celebrations were canceled, the 70-member church decided to continue their services as planned

The kidnapped girl's parents are praying for her safe return. In 2025, a 16-year-old Pakistani Christian named Reena took a job at a restaurant to help support her family. An older Muslim man who worked there tried to convert her to Islam repeatedly, but she refused. In January 2026, as she was walking home, she was grabbed and forced into a van. Her family told authorities and tried to confront the man at her workplace but were told Reena had converted to Islam and married h

SOURCES: Assist News; The Voice of the Martyrs USA; Voice of the Martyrs AU Yousaf Masih, a Pakistani Christian sanitary worker has sustained critical injuries to his eye and head after Muslim fruit sellers assaulted him on Monday, 23 February. Masih, 38, was collecting garbage when he asked the fruit sellers, who were sifting fruit, to stack the garbage in one place. Suddenly, at least four Muslim fruit sellers began hurling obscenities at Masih before severely beating him u

Cuban pastor Luis Guillermo Borjas requests urgent prayer for the release of his son from prison on fabricated charges. In June 2025, the pastor’s disabled son, Kevin, was conscripted into the army, an act that the family believes was retribution for their ongoing Christian ministry. Kevin was court-martialed when he could not complete his service and is now being held in a military prison in deplorable conditions without adequate food. Kevin’s mother, Roxana, had to be hospi