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Another ancient Assyrian monastery bulldozed

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Photographs posted Thursday on Twitter accounts linked to the Islamic State destroyed in the past six months by jihadist fighters. The 5th century Mar Elian Monastery in Syria’s western Homs province was located on the outskirts of Qaryatain city, captured by IS militants two weeks ago from Assad regime control. An . . . Read More

8 Iranian Christians arrested

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Armed plain-clothed security officers raided a house church in Iran and arrested eight people, according to Mohabat News. The report says the 7 August arrests and search of the premises in Karaj, 50km west of Tehran, were made without the production of a court order. A personal computer, Bibles and . . . Read More

Egypt’s sexual harassment ‘epidemic’

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A Cairo-based photojournalist has responded to an “epidemic” of sexual harassment in Egypt by “making portraits of women next to the clothes they would wear on the streets if only they felt safe enough,” reports Time. “To be a woman in Egypt is to live with the crushing inevitability of . . . Read More

Claim: Mistrust slows defeat of Boko Haram

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Archbishop Idowu-Fearon, a Nigerian who is the new secretary-general of the Anglican Communion, that Christian leaders sceptical of Muslim motives have hurt the Nigerian campaign against the militant Islamist sect Boko Haram. He said they believed Muslim leaders supported the insurgency that has left thousands of Christians and Muslims dead. . . . Read More

Report: 22 Christians released by IS

Citing “reliable sources” that it does not name, the that 22 Assyrian Christians kidnapped in February have been released by the self-proclaimed “Islamic State.” It said the release involved mediation by tribal leaders between the Diocese of al-Hasakah and IS representatives. Even as the group reports the release of the . . . Read More