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North Korea detains another Korean-American ‘Christian’

April 24, 2017 North Korea Hyeon Soo Lim, Kim Dong Chul, Otto Warmbier, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, Tony Kim

North Korea has detained another American citizen, reports Reuters. Korean-American Tony Kim was arrested on Saturday (22 April) at Pyongyang International Airport as he was trying to leave the country. He had spent a month teaching accounting at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). The university’s chancellor, Chan-Mo Park, . . . Read More

Indonesia: Ahok’s blasphemy charges reduced after failed re-election bid

April 21, 2017 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Jakarta

Jakarta’s governor, “Ahok”, who has been on trial for alleged blasphemy, heard that he can expect a lighter sentence the day after he loses a bid for re-election.

A day after failing in his bid for re-election as Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as “Ahok”, heard that he should at least avoid prison over alleged blasphemy charges. Prosecutors have downgraded the blasphemy charges against him and recommend that, if he is found guilty, Ahok will serve . . . Read More

Turkey vote ‘could lead to hate crimes against non-Muslims’

April 21, 2017 Turkey Andrew Brunson, Islamic extremism, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey’s referendum result, which allowed President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to expand his powers, could lead to the further erosion of democracy and of the demonising of non-Muslims, a former opposition politician has warned. In the referendum, held on 16 April, 51 per cent of voters approved proposals to abolish the . . . Read More

German pastor tells of terrible suffering Nigerian Christians experience at hands of Boko Haram

April 20, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Islamic extremism

A German pastor whose charity supports widows and orphans in north-eastern Nigeria has spoken of the terrible suffering endured there by victims of Boko Haram. Renate Ellmenreich used to teach literacy classes in the country, but returned home in 1999 after her husband died. However, speaking on the BBC World Service’s . . . Read More

Islamic leader calls for prompt execution of Asia Bibi

April 20, 2017 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Sunni Tehreek

A Muslim cleric in Pakistan has renewed calls for the hanging of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who has spent seven years on death row, having been convicted of committing blasphemy. Mufti Muhammad Haneef Qureshi said the State’s failure to punish Bibi’s alleged blasphemy caused the death last week of . . . Read More

IS claims deadly attack near old Egyptian monastery

April 20, 2017 Egypt Copts, El-Arish, Ismailia, Sinai

One policeman was killed and four others injured when gunmen opened fire near St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt on Tuesday (18 April), reports Reuters. The attack, at a police checkpoint less than a kilometre from the monastery, was later claimed by the Islamic State group. It came a week after . . . Read More

‘Blasphemy’ leads to another murder in Pakistan

April 19, 2017 Pakistan Asia Bibi, Mardan, Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has urged his countrymen to collectively condemn the lynching of a Muslim student killed for allegedly posting “blasphemous” content on Facebook. Mashal Khan, 23, was reportedly “stripped, beaten, shot, and thrown from the second floor” of the Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, northern Pakistan, . . . Read More

Unicef: Boko Haram increasing use of child suicide bombers

April 13, 2017 Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Chibok girls, Children, New York, Niger, Nigeria, West Africa

As it torments West Africa, Boko Haram is increasingly turning to children to carry out its crimes. One of every five suicide bombers deployed by Boko Haram in the past two years has been a child, usually a girl, according to a report released on Tuesday (11 April) by Unicef. . . . Read More

Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh’s abduction has increased fears of ‘religious vigilantism’

April 13, 2017 Malaysia Islamic extremism, Raymond Koh

The abduction two months ago of Raymond Koh, a Malaysian pastor, is believed by many to be part of an “unprecedented” spate of disappearances in the country, reports the BBC. Koh was last seen on 13 February. A widely-circulated CCTV clip appears to show that he was taken in what . . . Read More

Persecution of Christians ‘still not taken seriously’

April 12, 2017 Global News -- No Particular Country Batnaya, Boko Haram, Egypt, Hindu nationalism, Iraq, Islamic State, Middle East, Nigeria, North Africa, Syria

Christians are the “most harassed religious minority in the world” but their oppression is largely under-reported in the West.

Following the Palm Sunday bomb attacks on two Egyptian churches, Ewelina Ochab, writing for Forbes, suggests that it’s time to be more proactive in response to the persecution of Christians – “the most persecuted religious group in the world”. “The situation [for Christians] has not improved [in] recent years,” she writes. . . . Read More

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North Korea detains another Korean-American ‘Christian’

Indonesia: Ahok’s blasphemy charges reduced after failed re-election bid

Turkey vote ‘could lead to hate crimes against non-Muslims’

German pastor tells of terrible suffering Nigerian Christians experience at hands of Boko Haram

Islamic leader calls for prompt execution of Asia Bibi

IS claims deadly attack near old Egyptian monastery

‘Blasphemy’ leads to another murder in Pakistan

Unicef: Boko Haram increasing use of child suicide bombers

Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh’s abduction has increased fears of ‘religious vigilantism’

Persecution of Christians ‘still not taken seriously’

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