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Syrian rebels staged protecting churches

When the insurgents stormed Kessab last spring, forcing 2,500 Armenian Christians to flee, they posted pictures of themselves protecting ancient churches. But new information has emerged from the residents of Kessab who told the British Telegraph newspaper this week that soon after the media spotlight faded the desecration of churches . . . Read More

Islamists kidnap 20 Egyptian Christians in Libya

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The BBC reports that 13 kidnapped Egyptian Coptic Christian workers have been freed Jan. 5; they were suspected to be abducted by Islamist militants  in northern Libya around 2:30am on Jan. 3. This is the latest in a series of attacks on Egyptian Christians in Libya and occurred only a week after seven . . . Read More

We meant what we said

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Between 30 and 40 recent Indian converts to Christianity have signed their names to a petition to re-affirm their decision and to seek police protection from intimidation by fundamentalist Hindu groups that want to bring the Dalits back to Hinduism. The petition claims that several nationalist groups have been intruding . . . Read More

Egypt increases security for Christmas

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Special security plans have been developed to protect Coptic Christians during their upcoming Christmas celebration Jan. 7. According to Agenzia Fides, Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim assembled a meeting Dec. 28 to discuss security, and “the plan provides for the distribution of patrols in the vicinity of places of worship and . . . Read More

Christmas in an underground church

Agence France-Presse correspondent Tom Hancock spent Christmas Eve with an underground church in Beijing. His report of a “joyful atmosphere” is sketched out against the backdrop of what appears to be intensifying government surveillance and restraint of Christianity. On cue, the eastern city of Wenzhou ordered local schools to abandon . . . Read More

10 arrested for insulting Hinduism

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When police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh determined there was nothing to support accusations that 10 Christians had tried to bribe a Hindu into conversion, the Christians were then accused of insulting Hinduism. The Indian Express reported that police arrested the Christians — five men and five . . . Read More