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5 killed in Islamist attack in DRC

February 12, 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, North Kivu, UN

A fresh attack – on 9 February – in the volatile province of North Kivu, in eastern DRC, has claimed five lives and left several people injured. An undetermined number of others are also missing. According to French news site RFI, the attack took place at about 7pm, and targeted . . . Read More

The Christian teenager IS turned into an atheist

February 9, 2018 Iraq Bartella, Iraq, Islamic State

Seventeen-year-old Ibrahim* found himself trapped in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella along with his elderly mother in 2014. The website of the US-based Public Radio International (PRI) tells the story of what happened to them after Islamic State jihadists had expelled all the other Christians and installed themselves as . . . Read More

Bomb-damaged Syrian church holds first service in 6 years

February 8, 2018 Syria Deir Ezzor, Orthodox, Syria

A church in Syria held its first service in nearly six years on Saturday, 3 February. A group of Orthodox Christians and Muslim clerics met among the stones and remnants of rockets in the heavily damaged St Mary’s Church in Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor city, reports Al Monitor. Deir Ezzor . . . Read More

Rome’s Colosseum to be floodlit red to remember Asia Bibi and Boko Haram victim

February 8, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Asia Bibi, Boko Haram, Iraq, Italy, Paris, Syria

The Colosseum in Rome will be floodlit in red later this month to highlight the persecution of Christians around the world, particularly in Iraq and Syria. The iconic landmark, in which some of the earliest Christians are believed to have been martyred under the Romans, will be floodlit red on . . . Read More

Religious freedom ‘most important foreign relations topic’ – Sam Brownback

February 8, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Marrakesh, Sam Brownback, Ukraine, USA

Newly appointed head of the US Office of International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, made his first public appearance at a gathering this week of Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders meeting to discuss a shared commitment to protecting religious minorities in the Muslim world, reports the Catholic News Agency. “I think . . . Read More

Europe shows ‘almost sinister’ indifference to persecuted Christianity – bishop

February 8, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Asylum seekers, Austria, Converts, Eastern Europe, Europe, Germany, Hungary, Islamic extremism

A new, aggressive form of atheism has led to a devaluing of religious freedom, a Catholic bishop in Austria has claimed. The Bishop of Linz, Manfred Scheuer, said that this new atheism associates religion with oppression and a lack of liberty, which has led to a selective interpretation of human . . . Read More

Nigeria: Fears for captive Chibok girls as Boko Haram forced to flee

February 6, 2018 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Lake Chad, Nigeria

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and his fighters have fled their base in the Sambisa Forest for Konduga, an area closer to Borno state capital Maiduguri, reports Nigeria’s Daily Trust. The insurgents have taken with them an “unspecified number” of captives, believed to include the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. Following the . . . Read More

Germany: 97 anti-Christian attacks last year, most against refugees

February 5, 2018 Angela Merkel, Germany, Refugees

Germany’s federal police recorded almost 100 attacks on Christians or Christian institutions in Germany in 2017, with most violent incidents occurring among asylum seekers living in refugee centres, reports Deutsche Welle. The figure of 97 anti-Christian hate crimes was leaked by Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) ahead of official . . . Read More

Iranian convert to Christianity – ‘If I went back, I’d be killed’

February 5, 2018 Iran Amin Afshar Naderi, Baptism, Converts, Hadi Asgari, Iran, Shamiram Isavi Khabizeh, UK, Victor Bet-Tamraz

A church in the UK has survived closure because of attendance by a growing number of asylum seekers from a Muslim background, reports the BBC. In the past two years 324 asylum-seekers have been baptised at Tredegarville Baptist Church in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Now 95 per cent of . . . Read More

Indonesia: Catholics forced to stop aid work after accusations of converting Muslims

February 2, 2018 Indonesia Catholics, Indonesia, Proselytism, Yogyakarta

Catholics from a church in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta have been accused of proselytism while distributing aid packages to the local mostly Muslim community, Catholic news agency UCAN reports. The packages, containing basic necessities and healthcare, were delivered to locals as part of a programme to celebrate the elevation . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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5 killed in Islamist attack in DRC

The Christian teenager IS turned into an atheist

Bomb-damaged Syrian church holds first service in 6 years

Rome’s Colosseum to be floodlit red to remember Asia Bibi and Boko Haram victim

Religious freedom ‘most important foreign relations topic’ – Sam Brownback

Europe shows ‘almost sinister’ indifference to persecuted Christianity – bishop

Nigeria: Fears for captive Chibok girls as Boko Haram forced to flee

Germany: 97 anti-Christian attacks last year, most against refugees

Iranian convert to Christianity – ‘If I went back, I’d be killed’

Indonesia: Catholics forced to stop aid work after accusations of converting Muslims

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