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30 Ethiopian Christians executed by IS

April 20, 2015 Libya Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Libya

Islamic State released a video on Sunday showing what is believed to be the execution of about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The 29-minute-long footage, in which the militants call Christians ‘crusaders’ who are out to kill Muslims, shows one group of men being beheaded on a beach and a . . . Read More

Migrants thrown overboard in ‘religious hate’

April 17, 2015 Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Migrants, Nigeria, Refugees, Senegal, Syria

Twelve African Christians attempting to reach Europe by boat were allegedly thrown overboard because of “religious hate”. The 12, from Ghana and Nigeria, are all feared dead. Police arrested 15 Muslim migrants, from the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali and Guinea, on suspicion of murder after the boat reached the Italian . . . Read More

‘Kill the Christians’

April 15, 2015 Iraq, Islamic extremism, Maaloula, Middle East, Nineveh Plains, Syria

A BBC documentary, ‘Kill the Christians’, is available on the BBC iPlayer (for those with access) until April 14, 2015. The hour-long programme reports on how “Christianity is facing the greatest threat to its existence in the very place where it was born … the Middle East”. The documentary includes . . . Read More

‘Fabric of Iraqi society depends on Christians’

April 15, 2015 Iraq Erbil, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul

The head of the Catholic Church in Britain said after a weekend visit to the Iraqi city of Erbil that “the presence of the Christian community is essential” for the rebuilding of Iraq’s fractured society, once the Islamic State is overthrown there. But he admitted, “There is no way the . . . Read More

ISIS commentators ‘too simplistic’

April 14, 2015 Iraq Assyrians, Chaldeans, Iraq, Islamic State, Syria, Syriacs

After ISIS’s arrival in Iraq, Assyrian Christians have been “reduced to 1% or less of the general population”, but many commentators are “far too simplistic” in their explanations, says Jeremy Courtney, an American Christian living in Iraq. Assyrians link back to the ancient Assyrian Kingdom of the Bible, across the . . . Read More

Pope angers Turkey over Armenia

April 13, 2015 Turkey Armenian Genocide, Armenians, Pope Francis, Turkey

Turkey has recalled its envoy to the Vatican after Pope Francis controversially described Turkey’s mass killing of Armenian Christians in 1915 as the “first genocide of the 20th century”. Next week will see commemoration events to mark 100 years since as many as one and a half million Armenians were . . . Read More

No future in Pakistan as minority woman

April 10, 2015 Pakistan Blasphemy, Easter, Islamic extremism, Lahore, Minorities, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Women

Pakistan’s prime minister promised to provide equal rights for people of all religions in a speech over the Easter weekend. Nawaz Sharif said: “My government is committed to safeguarding the fundamental rights, safety, honour, life and property of all minority communities”. He added that minorities were granted “equal rights and . . . Read More

Tanzania reconsiders Islamic courts

April 1, 2015 Tanzania Divorce, Islamic extremism, Kadhi courts, Tanzania

Tanzania will review its decision to try to introduce ‘Kadhi’ courts into its legal system, the prime minister announced March 31 following tense discussions in Parliament. ‘Kadhi’ courts would allow Muslims to enforce marriage, divorce, inheritance and family rights in their community, and their verdicts would be recognised by Tanzanian . . . Read More

Pakistan’s first female Christian footballer

March 31, 2015 Pakistan Balochistan, Caste, Football, Karachi, Minorities, Pakistan, Women

Al Jazeera reports on the growing popularity of a young woman from Karachi who, as Pakistan’s first Christian women to play football for her country, is emerging as a voice against religious intolerance. Joyann Geraldine Thomas made her international debut in November 2014 at the age of 17, but the match barely . . . Read More

Nigeria’s Christians flee ahead of election

March 27, 2015 Nigeria Elections, Igbo, Kano, Nigeria

An exodus of Christians from the mainly Muslim city of Kano, the commercial centre of northern Nigeria, is taking place because of fears of violence ahead of this weekend’s elections. Thousands are cramming onto coaches and heading to the east or south-west of the country. ‘Kano is closing for business . . . Read More

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30 Ethiopian Christians executed by IS

Migrants thrown overboard in ‘religious hate’

‘Kill the Christians’

‘Fabric of Iraqi society depends on Christians’

ISIS commentators ‘too simplistic’

Pope angers Turkey over Armenia

No future in Pakistan as minority woman

Tanzania reconsiders Islamic courts

Pakistan’s first female Christian footballer

Nigeria’s Christians flee ahead of election

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