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28 Kenyan Christians killed by Al-Shabaab

November 25, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mandera, Nairobi, Somalia

Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, said it carried out an attack on Christians traveling on a Nairobi-bound bus in northeastern Kenya, killing 28 people. According to the Interior Ministry the bus was carrying a total of 60 people. The Deputy County Commissioner of Kenyan town Mandera Elvin Korir told Bloomberg, . . . Read More

Warnings of draining the Middle East of Christians

November 21, 2014 Islamic State, Justin Welby, Middle East, UK

According to The Telegraph, “offering asylum in Britain to Christians fleeing the forces of the so-called Islamic State risks ‘draining’ the Middle East of communities which have been there since the time of St Paul, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has warned.” Welby said in extreme cases the UK . . . Read More

Syrian Christians have wedding despite IS threat

November 17, 2014 Syria Islamic State, Kurds, Nineveh Plains, Qamishli, Syria

Just 15 miles away from territory now occupied by Islamic State, the Syrian Christians of Qamishli gathered in the church of the Holy Virgin for the wedding of Malek Aissa and Ilana Hacho. At the wedding priests told the Independent how IS has brought their church to its knees. The . . . Read More

Nigergian army back in control of Chibok

November 17, 2014

The Nigerian army has retaken Chibok after it fell to Boko Haram militants on 13 November. A local official told Al Jazeera that vigilantes joined forces with the army to push back Boko Haram militants two days after their attack, but added that the town is still not safe for . . . Read More

Boko Haram seize Chibok

November 14, 2014

Boko Haram militants have seized Chibok, the Nigerian town where they abducted more than 200 schoolgirls earlier this year. Fleeing residents told the BBC that militants attacked and took control of the largely Christian town on Thursday. Over recent months Boko Haram has repeatedly attacked nearby villages. Security forces ran . . . Read More

North Korea unexpectedly frees US detainees

November 10, 2014 North Korea Barack Obama, Kenneth Bae, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Pyongyang, USA

Two Americans who had been detained by North Korea returned to the US on November 9. Christian missionary Kenneth Bae was sentenced to 15 years hard labour for crimes against the state two years ago and Californian Matthew Todd Miller was sentenced to six years of hard labour after he . . . Read More

IS urges militants to target Egypt’s Copts

November 10, 2014 Egypt Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Suez

Islamic State leader Abu Musab al-Maqdisi has called on jihadists to target Egypt’s Copts and judges, saying, “Targeting, pursuing and killing them is a means to serve the cause of our chaste prisoners held by the tyrants.” Egypt’s most active Islamist militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, allegedly pledged allegiance to . . . Read More

‘Freedom of Religion’: comprehensive report launch

November 4, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Qatar, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe

A report showing that religious freedom is compromised in nearly 60 percent of countries worldwide is expected to send a signal to governments and religious leaders that this is an issue that can no longer be ignored. The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need’s Religious Freedom in . . . Read More

New persecution book goes to great lengths

October 31, 2014

Another book attempting to document the scope of anti-Christian pressure around the world has rolled off the press, the latest in a handful of large-scale research efforts to be published in the past two years. At more than 800 pages, “The Black Book On The Condition of Christians In The . . . Read More

Nepal PM promises religious freedom

October 28, 2014 Nepal Anti-conversion law, Hindu nationalism, India, Islamic extremism, Nepal, Sushil Koirala

Nepal Prime Minster Sushil Koirala says religious freedom will be guaranteed in the country’s new constitution, which the national political parties have promised to complete in January 2015. Koirala made his pledge Oct. 6 to an audience of Muslims, who make up about 4 percent of Nepal’s 26 million people. . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

28 Kenyan Christians killed by Al-Shabaab

Warnings of draining the Middle East of Christians

Syrian Christians have wedding despite IS threat

Nigergian army back in control of Chibok

Boko Haram seize Chibok

North Korea unexpectedly frees US detainees

IS urges militants to target Egypt’s Copts

‘Freedom of Religion’: comprehensive report launch

New persecution book goes to great lengths

Nepal PM promises religious freedom

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