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Russia closes Baptist church despite recent praise of Protestants

November 15, 2017 Russia Baptists, Communism, Moscow, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Soviet Union, Yarovaya Law

A Baptist church has been closed down in Russia only weeks after a senior official praised the contribution Protestants had made to the country’s culture during a speech marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The owners of the church in Tula, central Russia, were charged with “improper use of . . . Read More

Euro MPs visit Asia Bibi’s family and press Pakistan for blasphemy law reform

November 15, 2017 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Pakistan

Three European Parliament Members have visited senior Pakistani government officials and the family of Asia Bibi, the Christian mother-of-five on death row, in a bid to change the country’s controversial blasphemy legislation. Dutch MEP Peter van Dalen told the Christian news website BosLifeNews that he and colleagues from Poland and . . . Read More

Egypt: Copts request new church to honour 28 killed in bus attack

November 14, 2017 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Minya, Sohag

The governor of Minya in Egypt has said he will consider an application to build a church to honour the 28 Coptic pilgrims killed in May when militant Islamists intercepted the buses they were travelling on and opened fire. Anba Athanasius, Bishop of Beni-Mazar and Bahnassa, met General Essam Bedeiwi . . . Read More

CAR: 7 dead after attack on peace concert in Bangui

November 14, 2017 Central African Republic Bangui, Bocaranga, Central African Republic, PK5, UN

The Central Mosque of Bangui in the predominantly Muslim neighbourhood of PK5. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Four people were killed and 20 injured after a grenade attack at a peace concert in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on Saturday (11 November). The event, which was held at a bar in the restive, mostly Muslim PK5 neighbourhood, had been organised by young Christians and . . . Read More

Christian Association of Nigeria asks President about Fulani violence

November 11, 2017 Nigeria Christian Association of Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen, Middle Belt, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Plateau

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the main umbrella organisation of the major Churches, has expressed concern to President Muhammadu Buhari over ongoing violence by Fulani herdsmen in the country’s Middle Belt states. Throughout September and October, repeated attacks against Christian communities left more than 75 dead, according to an . . . Read More

‘Mutual respect’ needed to combat radicalisation in Indonesia

November 10, 2017 Indonesia Catholics, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Religious freedom, Sumatra

Altar of the Stasi Kinali Catholic Church, West-Sumatra, Indonesia, which was attacked in May 2014. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Religious leaders should be more involved in creating an inclusive and pluralistic Indonesia and “leave the ‘comfort zone’” of their community, Catholic bishops were told at a conference this week. What the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation needs from its religious leaders now “is greater commitment to get involved more . . . Read More

Vietnam told to release prisoners of conscience

November 9, 2017 Vietnam Human rights, Maria Tran Thi Nga, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Van Oai, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

Freedom of expression in Vietnam is not a given. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A group of 17 NGOs has called for the release of detained bloggers and human rights activists in Vietnam, the country Amnesty said last year had the highest number of prisoners of conscience in Southeast Asia. In July, there were more than 90 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam’s jails, according . . . Read More

First Christian school to open in Iraq since 1970s

November 9, 2017 Iraq Basra, Chaldeans, Children, Iraq

Iraq has given permission for the first new Christian school to open in the country since 1974, when education was nationalised, reports Asia News. The Catholic primary school will open in September 2018 in Basra, near the country’s Gulf coast. Chaldean Archbishop of Basra, Alhava Habib Jajou, said he hopes . . . Read More

Iran: appeal due for Christians given 10 years for ‘missionary activities’

November 9, 2017 Iran Bahram Nasibov, Converts, Eldar Gurbanov, House churches, Iran, Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh, Religious freedom, Tehran, Yusif Farhadov

The appeal hearings will take place on Sunday (12 November) for an Iranian and three Azerbaijani Christians sentenced in May to 10 years in prison for “missionary activities” and “actions against national security” in Iran. The three Azerbaijanis – Eldar Gurbanov, Yusif Farhadov and Bahram Nasibov – were allowed to . . . Read More

Indonesia High Court in ‘milestone’ ruling for religious freedom

November 9, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Religious freedom

Young men joining the protest march against Jakarta's former Governor Ahok in December 2016. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

In a “milestone” ruling, Indonesia’s High Court on Tuesday (7 November) said all religious groups should be treated equally before the law in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, and that failing to do so would be “unconstitutional”. A law adopted in 2013 requires Indonesian citizens to declare their religious . . . Read More

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Russia closes Baptist church despite recent praise of Protestants

Euro MPs visit Asia Bibi’s family and press Pakistan for blasphemy law reform

Egypt: Copts request new church to honour 28 killed in bus attack

CAR: 7 dead after attack on peace concert in Bangui

Christian Association of Nigeria asks President about Fulani violence

‘Mutual respect’ needed to combat radicalisation in Indonesia

Vietnam told to release prisoners of conscience

First Christian school to open in Iraq since 1970s

Iran: appeal due for Christians given 10 years for ‘missionary activities’

Indonesia High Court in ‘milestone’ ruling for religious freedom

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