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West doesn’t understand terrorist ideology

October 7, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Education, Islamic extremism, New York, Sharia, Terrorism, Tony Blair, UK, Women

Speaking at New York’s 9/11 museum yesterday, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has appealed to the West to understand how terrorists are driven by jihadist ideology. Delivering a speech published by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Blair said: “we have spent the years since 9/11 trying to make sense . . . Read More

Indian pastors arrested for evangelising

October 7, 2015 India India, Madhya Pradesh, Proselytism

Three Indian pastors were attacked by a mob and then arrested for attempting to convert Hindus, reports UCA News. Stephan Rajkumar, Hari Lal and Anil Kumar were arrested in Madhya Pradesh state on 3 Oct. after showing a film about Jesus in the town of Majhgawan. They were charged with . . . Read More

Why do we not save Christians?

October 7, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Iraq, Israel, Jews, Middle East, Sunni, Syria, USA, Yemen

Why is the West, with its “overwhelming” majority of Christians, showing reluctance to offer a home to Christians fleeing the Middle East, asks Elliott Abrams, writing in The Weekly Standard. The former foreign policy advisor to President George W. Bush compares the reluctance with Israel’s willingness to accept Jews persecuted . . . Read More

Eritrean priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

October 6, 2015 Eritrea Eritrea, Ethiopia, Migrants, Mussie Zerai, Refugees

An Eritrean priest who has helped to save the lives of hundreds of refugees has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Father Mussie Zerai, who lives in Switzerland, has received hundreds of emergency phone calls from refugees. (His number is written . . . Read More

SE Asia rights groups sign religion charter

October 6, 2015 Human rights, Minorities, New York, Religious freedom, Southeast Asia

Almost 70 religious and human rights groups met with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, last week for a conference committed to improving religious freedoms in Southeast Asia. The two-day event – the first of its kind – was co-organised by the Asian Forum for . . . Read More

Police arrest man over Bangladesh pastor attack

October 6, 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamic State, Jamaat-ul-Mujahedin Bangladesh, Luke Sarkar, Pabna, Rangpur

Police have arrested Obaidul Islam, 28, in connection with the attack yesterday on Luke Sarkar, a Bangladeshi pastor, reports The Daily Star. An attempt was made to cut the 50-year-old’s throat, but he escaped with non-life-threatening injuries. Islam is an active member of Shibir (the student wing of the illegal . . . Read More

Egypt church goes ahead despite opposition

October 6, 2015 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Libya

A church commemorating the beheading of 20 Coptic Christians and one Ghanaian by the Islamic State in Libya has finally received the go-ahead by government authorities, seven months after Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi ordered its construction. Coptic newspaper Watani quoted local priest Fr. Maqar Eissa saying that all building and . . . Read More

Bangladeshi pastor escapes murder attempt

October 5, 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Luke Sarkar, Pabna, Rangpur

A Bangladeshi Baptist pastor escaped an attempt on his life today (5 Oct.) in what seemed to have been a pre-meditated attack at his home by three youths. Luke Sarkar, 50, of the Faith Bible Church of God, told bdnews24 that two weeks ago two youths had phoned him to . . . Read More

Bangladesh aid worker’s death claimed by ‘IS’

October 2, 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan, Islamic State

An Italian working with a church-linked Dutch NGO in Dhaka has been murdered in an attack later claimed by a group which said it was Islamic State. The fatal shooting of Caesar Tavella, 50, occurred while he was jogging after work on 28 Sep in Gulshan, the diplomatic quarter of . . . Read More

Saeed Abedini completes third year in prison

September 29, 2015 Iran House churches, Iran, Karaj, Saeed Abedini

Saeed Abedini has served three years of an eight-year jail sentence for alleged anti-state activities. The American-Iranian pastor, who lived in the US with his wife, Naghmeh, and their two children, was detained in October 2012 during a visit to see his family. After a recent visit to see him . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

West doesn’t understand terrorist ideology

Indian pastors arrested for evangelising

Why do we not save Christians?

Eritrean priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

SE Asia rights groups sign religion charter

Police arrest man over Bangladesh pastor attack

Egypt church goes ahead despite opposition

Bangladeshi pastor escapes murder attempt

Bangladesh aid worker’s death claimed by ‘IS’

Saeed Abedini completes third year in prison

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