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Christmas repurposed in India

December 15, 2014 India Christmas, Dharm Jagran Samiti, Good Governance Day, Hindu nationalism, India, RSS

In the lead up to Christmas, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development has asked all schools to observe 25 December as ‘Good Governance Day.’ It is marked to celebrate the birthdays of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former Prime Minister of India, and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, a Hindu nationalist, educationist . . . Read More

Jihad not a war against Christians?

December 11, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Boko Haram, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Middle East, Nigeria

Christians are certainly under pressure in parts of the Middle East, but it must be emphasised that many more Muslims are killed as a result of jhadist violence, said a spokesman for a new BBC study on deaths attributed to Al-Qaeda and offshoot groups. Asked by presenter Justin Webb on . . . Read More

Egyptian bishop advocates for convert rights

December 11, 2014 Egypt Churches, Constitution, Converts, Egypt, Religious freedom

Bishop Mounir Hanna Anis of the Episcopal Diocese of Egypt has declared that Egyptian Muslims who become Christians should be issued identity cards and other official documents, just as they are granted to citizens who convert to Islam from other religions. “The Egyptian Constitution guarantees freedom of belief. However, not all . . . Read More

Boko Haram abducts 20 more Nigerian women

December 10, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Women

According to SaharaReporters, a New-York based news agency, insurgents belonging to the Islamist group Boko Haram last Wednesday “abducted more than 20 women, most of them young girls, in Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria.” A member of the community, Daniel Ibrahim, made the disclosure in a telephone call to SaharaReports, and . . . Read More

Christmas service a ‘worry’ in Islamist nations

December 9, 2014 Christmas, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan

The Evening Standard has published an opinion piece by author Rupert Shortt, in which he argues that Christmas this year will be a time of worry for many Christians in countries ‘from Morocco to Pakistan’ in which Christians cannot worship without harassment. He goes onto argue that religion is not . . . Read More

Nigerian Christian fundraiser for terror victims

December 5, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Nigeria, Sharia

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has announced that it will raise funds from its member churches to help victims of terror attacks in the northern states. The funds will be raised as part of a special offering to be collected in churches on Sunday 7 December. Of Nigeria’s approximately . . . Read More

India’s PM urged to investigate Delhi church fire

December 4, 2014 India Delhi, India

Investigations are currently underway after St. Sebastian’s church, among the largest in East Delhi, went up in flames on the morning of 1 December. According to Daijiworld, Delhi Archbishop Dr. Anil Couto has called on India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently order a judicial enquiry into the fire in . . . Read More

Pope advised to stay away from China

November 28, 2014 China Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Pope Francis

The former bishop of Hong Kong has said he would advise the Pope against visiting China for fear that a papal trip could end up being manipulated by Beijing. Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun was speaking to the catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need about persecution of Christians in China, which he . . . Read More

Polish cleric, 15 hostages, released

November 26, 2014 Cameroon Cameroon

The Cameroonian army says it has freed Polish Catholic priest Rev. Mateusz Dziedzic from his kidnappers. The priest’s captors say they voluntarily released Dziedzic and 15 other hostages as a goodwill gesture in hopes of political negotiations. Either way, the six-week hostage ordeal is over and the former hostages are . . . Read More

Asia Bibi lawyers make one last plea

November 26, 2014 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Lahore, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad

Asia Bibi, the Christian woman on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, has appealed to the only court in the country that can now save her. Bibi’s lawyer, Saiful Malook, filed the appeal to Pakistan’s Supreme Court on 24 November asking that it reconsiders deficiencies in her case. After a previous appearance . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Christmas repurposed in India

Jihad not a war against Christians?

Egyptian bishop advocates for convert rights

Boko Haram abducts 20 more Nigerian women

Christmas service a ‘worry’ in Islamist nations

Nigerian Christian fundraiser for terror victims

India’s PM urged to investigate Delhi church fire

Pope advised to stay away from China

Polish cleric, 15 hostages, released

Asia Bibi lawyers make one last plea

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