A family in Shuwari IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno. csi The Islamic terrorist group Jama’at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da’wa wa al-Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, has killed thousands of Christians, and razed hundreds of Christian villages and communities across Borno State since it started its military campaign against the Nigerian government in 2009…. Read more »
Typical dwellings in the Nuba Mountains. csi The bombing on November 29 targeted Kumo, a village close to the town of Kauda in the Nuba Mountains region that borders South Sudan. The Nuba Mountains and the Blue Nile region are largely under the control of the SPLA-N rebel group. SPLA-N has aligned itself with… Read more »
CSI supports Indian church leaders working under discrimination and violence, like Pastor G. (pictured), whose church has been attacked over 10 times. csi Guest commentary by Dr. Sam Paul Kolakaluri As of November 2025, anti-conversion laws (often illogically called “Freedom of Religion” or “prohibition of unlawful conversion” laws) exist in multiple Indian states. Those states… Read more »
Dr. Rowan Williams is a former Archbishop of Canterbury. National Assembly for Wales, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons MEDIA RELEASE Christian Solidarity International (CSI) released today a new essay by Dr. Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, as part of its ongoing international series, “Persecution and the unity of believers.” Responding to… Read more »
Suleiman Khalil’s daughter, Natalie, with a CSI delegation in Washington D.C. csi On November 1, President Donald Trump placed Nigeria back on the U.S. list of countries of particular concern (CPC) for religious freedom. In his announcement of the CPC designation, Trump stated that Christianity was “facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” where thousands of… Read more »
The attack on the church in Kwara was captured on a video livestream. screenshot of video On November 18, a Fulani Islamist militia group abducted 38 members of Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, from an evening worship service. At least two people were killed in the storming of the church. All 38… Read more »
The Christian Solidarity Podcast examines the imprisonment of Suleiman Khalil, a Christian in Syria. csi The Christian Solidarity Podcast: A “state-led abduction” On this episode of the Christian Solidarity Podcast, host Abi McDougal talks with CSI’s Director of Advocacy Joel Veldkamp about the story of Suleiman Khalil. As mayor of the town of Sadad, Khalil… Read more »
Some Kuki-Zo families displaced by violence in Manipur, India, built new homes with CSI’s support. csi The unrest began after a directive by the Manipur High Court suggested that the Meitei community, the mostly-Hindu majority group in the state, could be granted Scheduled Tribe status: official legal recognition as indigenous peoples, with corresponding rights… Read more »
Natalie Khalil with Congressman Pete Aguilar (second from left) and CSI staff. csi Media Release Last week, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) brought Natalie Khalil, the daughter of Suleiman Khalil, the former mayor of Sadad in Syria, to Washington DC to advocate for her father’s release. Natalie and the CSI team met with Congressman Pete Aguilar… Read more »
“Armenia is witnessing a systematic state-led campaign to undermine, divide, and persecute Armenia’s national church,” CSI’s Joel Veldkamp warned on Capitol Hill on Thursday. “The arrests of Armenian clergy and their supporters must be seen in the context of the prime minister’s demand that the Catholicos of All Armenians resign from his post — a… Read more »
