Pilgrimage to Mecca Allowed Only for “Patriotic” Chinese Muslims
New regulations on the Hajj by the State Administration of Religious Affair will come into force on ...Read More
2020-10-13
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Religious Venues Lacking State-Issued Permits Face Demolition
The CCP demands worship places to get religious activity venue registration certificates but denies ...Read More
2020-10-09
Persecution of Protestant Churches Intensifies
House churches and state-controlled Three-Self churches across China are raided and closed down. Bel...Read More
2020-10-05
CCP Investigates Leaks about Religious Persecution
Increasingly criticized by the international community for crackdowns on people of faith, China’s re...Read More
2020-10-04
Church of Almighty God Members Driven to Suicide
After years of abuse and harassment, living under close surveillance, some members of this banned re...Read More
2020-09-21
Buddhist Statues Removed from Temples and Tourist Sites
Using various trumped-up pretexts, the CCP continues its campaign to eliminate outdoor religious sta...Read More
2020-09-19
Faith-Based Nursing Homes Closed or Demolished in Fujian
Disrupting the peaceful final days of numerous elderly believers, authorities harass senior care cen...Read More
2020-09-13
Police Harass and Beat Believers Protecting Temples
Authorities in Anhui Province use force against people who try to prevent demolitions of their worsh...Read More
2020-09-09
Branded: A Woman’s 28-Year-Long Religious Persecution in China
A new film tells the story of a devotee who joined The Church of Almighty God at its beginnings. She...Read More
2020-09-08
Bishop Jia Zhiguo Under House Arrest Again
The popular bishop was taken away by authorities on August 10. He has been harassed for months to cl...Read More
2020-09-03
160+ Folk Religion Temples Demolished, Shut Down in Sichuan
Chinese authorities crack down on all things religious, including venues of indigenous religions tha...Read More
2020-09-02
Jehovah’s Witnesses Persecuted for ‘Political Neutrality’
China’s regime does not accept believers’ religious choices and punishes them for not saluting the n...Read More
2020-09-01
Xie Jiao-Free Communities Help Crush Banned Religious Groups
Local governments across China urge to create “model” towns or villages without residents who are me...Read More
2020-08-31
Religious Activities Replaced with Veneration of Mao Zedong
Places of worship were off-limits to believers amid the coronavirus outbreak, while activities to wo...Read More
2020-08-30
Catholic Churches Destroyed or Repurposed by the Government
To make unregistered Catholics join the official Patriotic Church, authorities throughout China hara...Read More
2020-08-28
1,634 Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in First Half of 2020
Mass arrest operations were planned across China before the coronavirus outbreak. If it were not for...Read More
2020-08-21
18 Jehovah’s Witnesses Sentenced to Years in Jail in Xinjiang
The 18 Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Xinjiang have now been sentenced to long jail terms. Lawyers ...Read More
2020-08-18
Public Toilet Erected on Former Site of Razed Xinjiang Village Mosque
A public toilet has been erected on the site of a demolished mosque in Atush (in Chinese, Atushi) ci...Read More
2020-08-17
Ancient Temples Converted into Revolutionary Bases
On President Xi’s orders, local governments across China turn some places of worship into propaganda...Read More
2020-08-13
Buddhist Statues Removed for ‘Being Too Tall’
China’s communist regime uses a variety of pretexts to eliminate Buddhist symbols in its war against...Read More
2020-08-07
‘Sinicization’ of Islam Intensifies Amid the Pandemic
The CCP continues removing domes and minarets from mosques and suppresses any expression of Hui Musl...Read More
2020-08-06