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Arrest of Philippines bishop condemned as ‘illegal’

May 16, 2017 Philippines Human rights, Philippines

The arrest and detention of Carlos Morales, Bishop of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independent Church), for harbouring a man wanted by the police has been condemned as “appalling and a violation of human rights”, reports ACNS. Mathews George Chunakara, general secretary of the Thailand-based Christian Conference of Asia, said in a statement . . . Read More

Girl, 14, sent on suicide mission for refusing to marry Boko Haram fighters

May 16, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri

A 14-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of being on a suicide mission in northern Nigeria says she was chosen because she refused to marry Boko Haram fighters. One of three suspects arrested at a military facility, the girl said that a week after she had refused her third proposal she . . . Read More

Istanbul Patriarch ‘losing sleep’ over closed Orthodox seminary

May 16, 2017 Turkey Greek Orthodox, Halki Seminary, Istanbul, Patriarch Bartholomew I, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Istanbul’s Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew II admitted last week that he is “losing sleep” over the long-delayed opening of the Holy Theological School of Halki. The historic seminary is located on an island hilltop, an hour’s ferry ride from Istanbul. One of the most prestigious seminaries in Eastern Orthodoxy, the Halki . . . Read More

Afghan Christian woman stabbed to death in Germany

May 11, 2017 Afghanistan, Asylum seekers, Converts, Germany, Refugees

Police are investigating a possible religious motivation behind the murder of an Afghan Christian woman in the Bavarian town of Prien, southern Germany. The 38 year-old mother, known only as FS, was with two of her children when she was stabbed outside a supermarket on 29 April. She later died of her . . . Read More

Priest kidnapped in Yemen appeals for help in new video

May 11, 2017 Yemen Aden, Tom Uzhunnalil, Yemen

The Catholic priest held captive for 14 months has appeared in a new video pleading for the international community to secure his release. Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who was taken captive in a raid on a care home in the Yemeni capital Aden, looks frail in the short . . . Read More

Pakistan releases IS-linked woman who planned Easter suicide attack

May 10, 2017 Pakistan Islamic State, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Lahore, Mardan, Multan, Pakistan, Youhanabad

Pakistani Christians have expressed dismay at a decision by the authorities to quietly release a woman who was planning to carry out a suicide bomb attack in a church in the city of Lahore over the Easter weekend. Pakistan’s army chief spokesman, Major-General Asif Ghafoor, said that Noreen Leghari, 19, . . . Read More

Jakarta’s governor, Ahok, jailed for 2 years for blasphemy

May 9, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Jakarta, Joko Widodo

Jakarta's governor arrives in court for his verdict and sentence in his blasphemy trial. Photo: Getty Images

In a verdict that surprised many, an Indonesian court has sentenced Jakarta’s outgoing governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as ‘Ahok’, to two years in prison for blasphemy. The sentence is higher than the prosecutors had asked for. The news was welcomed by Islamic hardliners who had gathered outside of the . . . Read More

Nigerian officials stole food meant for starving victims of Boko Haram

May 9, 2017 Nigeria Borno, Chibok girls, Maiduguri, Yola

Despite the good news of 82 freed ‘Chibok girls’, 14 million are in need of aid in north-east Nigeria, the centre of the Boko Haram insurgency. Of the 14 million, more than half are “severely food insecure”. The UN describes the unfolding disaster in the region as the “greatest crisis on . . . Read More

US Christian arrested for ‘hostile acts’ against North Korea

May 8, 2017 North Korea Donald Trump, Hyeon Soo Lim, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak Song, Kim Jong Wook, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, Tony Kim

A fourth US citizen has been detained in North Korea, as he prepared to leave the country after working for several weeks at the Pyongyang University for Science and Technology, which trains the children of North Korea’s elite and which numbers Christians on its staff. The North Korean state-run news agency KCNA said . . . Read More

Jordanian King ‘will protect Arab Christians’

May 8, 2017 Jordan Israel, Justin Welby, King Abdullah II, Middle East

The Archbishop of Canterbury is visiting Israel. In this picture (2013) he and is wife are just leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Photo: Getty Images / Ilia Yefimovich

King Abdullah II of Jordan said that he will protect the existence and identity of Arab Christians, when last week he met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who is on a 12-day tour of the Middle East. King Abdullah II spoke of Jordan as a model of harmonious coexistence between . . . Read More

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Arrest of Philippines bishop condemned as ‘illegal’

Girl, 14, sent on suicide mission for refusing to marry Boko Haram fighters

Istanbul Patriarch ‘losing sleep’ over closed Orthodox seminary

Afghan Christian woman stabbed to death in Germany

Priest kidnapped in Yemen appeals for help in new video

Pakistan releases IS-linked woman who planned Easter suicide attack

Jakarta’s governor, Ahok, jailed for 2 years for blasphemy

Nigerian officials stole food meant for starving victims of Boko Haram

US Christian arrested for ‘hostile acts’ against North Korea

Jordanian King ‘will protect Arab Christians’

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