{"id":63547,"date":"2025-10-01T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=63547"},"modified":"2025-09-28T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T07:59:43","slug":"christian-in-wheelchair-killed-while-livestreaming-his-faith-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/christian-in-wheelchair-killed-while-livestreaming-his-faith-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Christen in rolstoel gedood tijdens livestreamen van zijn geloof in Frankrijk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>null \/ Credit: Stock-Asso\/Shutterstock Lyon, France, Sep 12, 2025 \/ 17:04 pm (CNA). A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10.He was reportedly livestreaming a video on TikTok in which he spoke about his faith. The attack has shocked local Christian communities and drawn calls for clarity on the motives behind the killing.&nbsp;According to\u202flocal newspaper Le Progr\u00e8s, the victim, identified as\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>null \/ Credit: Stock-Asso\/Shutterstock Lyon, France, Sep 12, 2025 \/ 17:04 pm (CNA). A 45-year-old Iraqi Christian who fled his homeland to escape Islamist persecution was stabbed to death in Lyon in southern France on the evening of Sept. 10.He was reportedly livestreaming a video on TikTok in which he spoke about his faith. The attack has shocked local Christian communities and drawn calls for clarity on the motives behind the killing.&nbsp;According to\u202flocal newspaper Le Progr\u00e8s, the victim, identified as\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":104263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-63547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64155,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/disabled-iraqi-christian-killed-while-livestreaming-the-gospel-in-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":63547,"position":0},"title":"Disabled Iraqi Christian Killed While Livestreaming the Gospel in France","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"september 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"France (International Christian Concern) \u2014\u00a0On Wednesday, Sept. 10, Iraqi Christian Ashur Sarnaya was traveling late to his apartment in Lyon, France. While in his wheelchair, he started a livestream on TikTok, sharing his faith in Arabic. When he reached his apartment building, an unknown perpetrator stabbed him in the neck. Sarnaya, 45, later died from cardiac arrest.\u00a0 Sarnaya and his sister fled Iraq in 2014 after the Islamic State group threatened Sarnaya for his Christian beliefs. 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