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Iraq: Basra Christians living in ‘deep fear and mistrust’

November 21, 2017 Iraq Armenians, Basra, Catholics, Chaldeans, Iraq, Islamic extremism

The remaining Christians in the southern Iraqi city of Basra are living in a climate of “deep fear and mistrust” of the Muslim majority, despite recent attempts to promote inter-religious harmony, according to Al-Monitor. In September, for instance, an Armenian organisation helped to erect a statue of the Virgin Mary, . . . Read More

US designating Pakistan a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ would be ‘ineffective’

November 21, 2017 Pakistan Blasphemy, Minorities, Pakistan, Religious freedom

A week after the US State Department missed its legal deadline for designating ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ (CPC) – given to “systematic, ongoing and egregious” violators of religious freedom – a Pakistani journalist has suggested adding her country to the list would be “ineffective” anyway. Pakistan was one of 16 . . . Read More

Mauritania: death penalty for blasphemy ‘even if they repent’

November 21, 2017 Mauritania Apostasy, Blasphemy, Mauritania, West Africa

Mauritania announced on Friday (17 November) that showing repentance will no longer be a reason to repeal a death sentence handed out for blasphemy and apostasy. The government of the West African nation said in a statement it would introduce a new bill to “harden up expected sentences for blasphemers”, . . . Read More

Catholic teachers warn against India’s attempts to ‘saffronise’ education

November 20, 2017 India Children, Education, Hindu nationalism, India, Madhya Pradesh

Catholic school teachers in India have warned against “subtle attempts” by the government to “saffronise” – or make more Hindu – the education system. Dr. George Thadathil, a headteacher moderating an event in Kolkata last week titled ‘Future of Christian Higher Education and Contemporary Transitions in India’, said Christians “have . . . Read More

Bangladesh: 12 militants charged with Catholic’s murder

November 17, 2017 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jamaat-ul-Mujahedin Bangladesh

Street in the capital Dhaka, February 2016. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Police in Bangladesh’s northern Natore district have charged 12 militants with the murder of a Catholic shopkeeper in June last year. The charges followed a reported confession by a militant leader in custody, who is said to have admitted that members of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, an organisation affiliated to the Islamic . . . Read More

Egypt: Coptic priest’s murderer sentenced to death

November 17, 2017 Egypt Beni Suef, Bishop Angaelos, Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Minya, Palm Sunday, Samaan Shehata, Sinai

Egypt’s North Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced to death 19-year-old Ahmad Saeed Ibrahim al-Sonbati for killing a priest and injuring another in a knife attack. The verdict has now been forwarded to the Grand Mufti, who must give his approval. He is expected to give his final verdict on 15 . . . Read More

Refugees call for African Union to stop Eritrea’s ‘reign of terror’

November 17, 2017 Eritrea African Union, Eritrea, Human rights, Pentecostals, Religious freedom

Approximately 250 Eritreans took part in a protest in Addis Ababa ear. (Photo: Getty Images)

Eritrean refugees and representatives of the opposition living in Ethiopia staged a protest at the African Union headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this week to call for an end to Eritrea’s “reign of terror”. The approximately 250 protestors handed a petition to the Chairperson of the African Union . . . Read More

Religious minorities’ struggles the focus of Morocco conference

November 17, 2017 Morocco Converts, Greek Orthodox, Islamic extremism, King Mohammed VI, Minorities, Morocco, Rabat, Religious freedom, Sunni

Square next to the Hassan II Mosque in the city of Casablanca in 2010. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A conference taking place in Rabat, Morocco, tomorrow (18 November) will focus on the problems religious minorities are facing in the Muslim-majority country. Muslims account for 99 per cent of the population, according to US Department of State figures, and the remaining 1 per cent experience “marginalisation and exclusion”, according . . . Read More

Chinese Christians told to believe in President Xi, not Jesus

November 16, 2017 China China, Communism, Jiangxi, Sinicisation, Xi Jinping

Villagers in southeast China have reportedly been told by local officials they will only receive aid if they profess their faith in the Communist Party and its leader. Christianity has grown rapidly in China and “by some estimates Christians … now outnumber the 90 million members of the Party”, according . . . Read More

Saudi Arabia to reopen ancient church as ‘gift’ to visiting Lebanese Patriarch

November 16, 2017 Saudi Arabia Churches, Islamic extremism, King Salman, Mohammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman, has reportedly announced plans to restore and re-open a 900-year-old church as a “gift” to the Lebanese Patriarch. The church is to be used as a centre for inter-religious dialogue, according to Catholic news agency Fides. The Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Boutros al-Rai, has . . . Read More

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Iraq: Basra Christians living in ‘deep fear and mistrust’

US designating Pakistan a ‘Country of Particular Concern’ would be ‘ineffective’

Mauritania: death penalty for blasphemy ‘even if they repent’

Catholic teachers warn against India’s attempts to ‘saffronise’ education

Bangladesh: 12 militants charged with Catholic’s murder

Egypt: Coptic priest’s murderer sentenced to death

Refugees call for African Union to stop Eritrea’s ‘reign of terror’

Religious minorities’ struggles the focus of Morocco conference

Chinese Christians told to believe in President Xi, not Jesus

Saudi Arabia to reopen ancient church as ‘gift’ to visiting Lebanese Patriarch

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