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IS turns ancient Mosul church into mosque

July 14, 2015 Hasakah, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Ramadan, Syria

Islamic State has turned an ancient Chaldean church in Mosul, Iraq into a mosque, according to Fides. St Joseph church, which is considered to be one the oldest churches of the Chaldean denomination and overlooks the Tigris river, has been turned into the Abi Abd El-Rahman Elbilawi mosque, named after a . . . Read More

Kidnapped Syrian priest released unharmed

July 13, 2015 Syria Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda, Catholics, Kidnapping, Syria

Rev. Dhiya Aziz, a Catholic priest kidnapped July 4 in northwest Syria, was released unharmed July 9, to which he belongs. Aziz was abducted from the town of Yacoubieh, where he serves as a parish priest. Initial reports were that he was en route to a meeting with the Emir . . . Read More

Boko Haram talks reopen, failed bomb-plot relief

July 13, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, ECWA, Jos, Nigeria, Stephen Davis

Fresh negotiations have started with Boko Haram to release more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, a Nigerian human rights activist told Reuters. Fred Eno said others had begun independent negotiations with the Islamist group but did not reveal who the ‘others’ were. The Nigerian government says it has no knowledge of . . . Read More

4 million have fled Syria – sixth of population

July 10, 2015 Syria Civil War, IDPs, Refugees, Syria, UN

More than four million Syrians have fled their country to escape the current conflict announced the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today. The head of the UN’s refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, called it the “worst humanitarian crisis of our generation”. Syria’s civil war, which is now in its . . . Read More

Belgium rescues Aleppo Christians from Syria

July 8, 2015 Syria Aleppo, Chaldeans, Human rights, Lebanon, Middle East, Refugees, Syria, Yazidis

Some 240 people, mainly Christians, have been brought out of Syria’s second city of Aleppo and taken to Belgium, the government in Brussels says. All the families had fled their homes and were at risk of repeated human rights abuse, a spokesman told the BBC. Civil society groups helped take . . . Read More

Iraqi Franciscan priest abducted in northwest Syria

July 8, 2015 Syria Al-Nusra Front, Assyrians, Boulos Yazigi, Greek Orthodox, Hasakah, Idlib, Islamic State, Jacques Mourad, Kidnapping, Paolo Dall’Oglio, Syria, Yohanna Ibrahim

Father Dhiya Aziz was kidnapped by militants from Yacoubieh, Idlib Province, where he serves as parish priest on Sat 4th July. The militants were purportedly taking him for a brief meeting with the Emir who exercises authority in that area, which is under the control of the Al-Qaeda affiliate group, . . . Read More

Nuns beaten in fresh attacks on Mexico’s Catholics

July 8, 2015 Mexico Catholics, Corruption, Mexico, Organised crime, Tehuantepec

A violent attack on three nuns, who were tied up, gagged and assaulted, has led to renewed criticism that Mexican authorities aren’t taking crimes against Catholics seriously, reports CSW. Nine months earlier there was a similarly brutal attack on a parish priest in the same village. In a statement issued . . . Read More

Religious freedom is ‘great cause of our time’

July 7, 2015 Human rights, Islamic extremism, Lord Alton, Religious freedom, UK

With global persecution of Christians rising, a new report concludes that “countries have to make the cause of those who suffer for their religion or belief the great cause of our time”. Written by British politician, Lord Alton, Geopolitics: Persecution of Christians around the globe is rising calls on the . . . Read More

Killings escalate in Nigeria

July 6, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Churches, Jos, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Potiskum, Yobe

The suicide bombing of a church in Nigeria on Sunday caps a week of killings that has left over 200 people dead, reports the BBC. In the first incident six worshippers were killed as they were entering a church in Potiskum in the north-east area where until recently Boko Haram . . . Read More

Iran releases Christian prisoner

July 4, 2015 Iran House churches, Iran, Proselytism, Shiraz

A Christian imprisoned in Iran for 40 months has been released, according to MEC Homayoun Shekohi was arrested on 8 February 2012 in Shiraz as part of a raid on a house church. He and three others were sentenced to three years, eight months in prison for participating in house-church . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

IS turns ancient Mosul church into mosque

Kidnapped Syrian priest released unharmed

Boko Haram talks reopen, failed bomb-plot relief

4 million have fled Syria – sixth of population

Belgium rescues Aleppo Christians from Syria

Iraqi Franciscan priest abducted in northwest Syria

Nuns beaten in fresh attacks on Mexico’s Catholics

Religious freedom is ‘great cause of our time’

Killings escalate in Nigeria

Iran releases Christian prisoner

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