10 March 2021
Indonesia has appointed a Christian as the new National Police Chief, the first time that a member of a religious minority has held the post in nearly 50 years.
Commissioner General Listyo Sigit Prabowo was sworn in on 27 January, having been unanimously approved by the legal and political affairs commission of the Indonesian House of Representatives.
Listyo Sigit Prabowo, the new Chief of the Indonesian National Police, was previously Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency
Listyo told the commission that he wanted to take a “more humane approach” to law enforcement.
Church leaders welcomed the news, praising the “moderate” policies of Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
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11 Feb 2021
Authorities in northwest Algeria have convicted a Christian man from a Muslim background of blasphemy and sentenced him to five years in prison for the charge, the Christian aid agency Barnabas Fund reported on Thursday.
Police in the port city of Arzew summoned the 43-year-old man for questioning on January 20 after he was accused of “insulting the prophet of Islam” by sharing a cartoon image of Muhammad on his Facebook account in 2018. Arzew authorities tried and found the man guilty for blasphemy days later, assigning him a maximum five-year prison sentence for the crime.
The man, whose name was not reported by Barnabas, “converted to Christianity in 2001 and is married with four young children,” according to the agency, which supports Christians who suffer discrimination for their faith.
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)– Christian survivors of a massive earthquake in heavily Islamic Indonesia urgently need food, blankets, suitable tents, and other essentials, aid workers said Sunday.
Barnabas Fund, an aid and advocacy group supporting Christians in the quake-hit Sulawesi region, told BosNewsLife that thousands of people have become homeless. Many Christians are sheltering in makeshift camps, the group explained. The most vulnerable are also suffering as believers reported a lack of baby milk, Worthy News learned.
It comes amid broader concerns that minority Christians are among those receiving little or no relief supplies. The government emergency response and aid for the survivors are inadequate,” complained Barnabas Fund.
Three Congolese ride a motorbike and carry a cross for a grave along the road linking Mangina to Beni on August 23, 2018, in Mangina, in the North Kivu province. | JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images
A militant Islamic group with an expansionist agenda has killed at least 100 people, mostly Christian, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, according to a report by the persecution watchdog Open Doors.
More than 100 people were killed in three large attacks by the Islamic extremist group called Allied Democratic Forces in the Christian-majority country, Open Doors reported.
On Jan. 14, about 46 people belonging to the Pygmy ethnic group were killed in Ituri province by suspected militants of the extremist group, which is known for attacking, kidnapping, and killing Christians, as well as training and sending jihadists to other countries in Africa.
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