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China’s government is engaged in a three-phase campaign to eradicate Protestant house churches, according to a statement released on April 20 by the China Aid Association (CAA).

The Air Force and its Secretary, Michael B. Donley, have created the most hostile “anti-religious” environment in the history of the United States military. So says the American Family Association (AFA).

It wasn’t a premeditated act the day Demissie* stole his grandchildren.

When he saw how his son Beniam* was raising them, Demissie made a snap decision.

“When you die,” the Muslim father told his Christian son, “I’m not coming to your funeral. You are no longer my son. You are dead to me.”

And with that, Demissie forced the children from Beniam’s arms and hurried them away.

“My father saw my son reading my Bible, and he asked him what it was,” said Beniam, a follower of Christ who lives in a heavily Muslim area of the Horn of Africa. “My son told him it was my Bible, and my father became very angry.”

After a memorial service for three Christians who were murdered in Malatya, Turkey five years ago Wednesday, an Istanbul pastor who was attacked over Easter weekend said he’s experienced hostility from Muslims nearly all his life.

The so-called Arab Spring has given a big boost to radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood. For Christians, it’s been a much different story.

Taking the concept of culture wars to new heights, two Christians were arrested in front of a California DMV for reading the Bible—and prosecuted.