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16 more Assyrian hostages freed

January 14, 2016 Syria Assyrians, Islamic State, Kidnapping, Syria

Another 16 Assyrian Christian hostages of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, abducted 10 months ago, have been released, The were among 230 people abducted nearly a year ago when IS raided dozens of villages in northern Syria. Middle East Concern said “many months” of negotiations involving church representatives have resulted in . . . Read More

Christian murders continue in Bangladesh

January 14, 2016 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Burial, Islamic extremism, Jamaat-ul-Mujahedin Bangladesh

The killing of a 75-year-old pastor on 6 January by Islamic extremists is the latest in a series of attacks on Bangladesh minorities. A group claiming to be the Islamic State claimed responsibility for Pastor Khaza Somiruddin’s murder, in addition to a series of , death threats and in the . . . Read More

Kenya to force religious groups to register

January 14, 2016 Kenya Catholics, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta

The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya has condemned government plans to make it tougher for religious bodies and clerics from all faiths to operate, going so far as to claim the move was aimed at stopping the growth of evangelical churches. However, it’s locally reported that a leading (unnamed) Anglican cleric . . . Read More

Vietnam: appeal for lawyers’ release

January 12, 2016 Vietnam Communism, Hanoi, Human rights, Nguyen Van Dai, Vietnam

Human rights groups have called for the release of Vietnamese Christian lawyer Nguyen Van Dai and his colleague, Le Thu Ha. The lawyers were arrested in Hanoi on 16 December and accused of propaganda against the state, punishable by up to 20 years in jail. “We appeal to the Vietnamese . . . Read More

Myanmar’s minorities in government talks

January 12, 2016 Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Karen, Minorities, Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw

Political dialogue between Myanmar’s government and eight ethnic minority groups are taking place in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, . Some, if not most, of the ethnic minorities, are Christian, such as the Karen in the south. The at the election in November of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the . . . Read More

Can Garissa ever recover after mass killing?

January 12, 2016 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Kenya, Nairobi

A journalist, who was profoundly affected when he reported from Kenya’s Garissa University College after 148 students died, has returned since to see if life can ever be the same for Garissa. The , from Garissa, describes how what he saw during the April 2015 attack by Al-Shabaab militant Islamists caused him . . . Read More

IS allegiance reported in Philippines

January 11, 2016 Philippines Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro, Islamic State, Mindanao, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines, Zamboanga

A video has emerged showing the leader of Abu Sayyaf (a militant Islamist group based around the islands of and in south-western Philippines) swearing allegiance to the leader of Islamic State, reports Rappler, a digital news website based in the Philippines. The Abu Sayyaf leader is shown marching with other extremist . . . Read More

Kenyan imam jailed for radicalising children

January 8, 2016 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mombasa

A Kenyan imam has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for radicalising children. Salim Mohamed Wabwire, who converted from Christianity to Islam, taught children that Christians should be killed, . However, Wabwire, a primary school teacher and imam at a village mosque near Mombasa, was not found guilty of . . . Read More

Egypt: President promises to rebuild churches

January 8, 2016 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Churches, Copts, Egypt, Middle East, Mohamed Morsi, Pope Tawadros II

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has apologised to his nation’s Christians for the violent attacks in August 2013 that damaged or destroyed at least 65 churches and Coptic properties, including businesses, across Egypt. Coming after the ouster of President Morsi, the wave of violence was said to be the worst . . . Read More

Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ shrank 14% in 2015

January 6, 2016 Afghanistan, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurds, Mosul, Ramadi, Raqqa, Syria, Turkey, USA

Islamic State’s self-proclaimed ‘caliphate’ – the area within Syria and Iraq that the group controls – shrunk by more than 12,000 square kilometres in 2015, says . The loss of 14 per cent of its territory reduces the caliphate to 78,000 square kilometres. Main losses are large swathes of Syria . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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16 more Assyrian hostages freed

Christian murders continue in Bangladesh

Kenya to force religious groups to register

Vietnam: appeal for lawyers’ release

Myanmar’s minorities in government talks

Can Garissa ever recover after mass killing?

IS allegiance reported in Philippines

Kenyan imam jailed for radicalising children

Egypt: President promises to rebuild churches

Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ shrank 14% in 2015

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