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Chibok girl freed 7mths ago not yet allowed home

January 10, 2017 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

Sunday (8 Jan.) marked 1,000 days since 276 schoolgirls were abducted from the government boarding school in Nigeria’s northern town of Chibok. So far, 195 remain in captivity. However, the few who’ve regained freedom, like Amina Ali Nkeki, have found themselves not completely free. Amina was the first to escape, . . . Read More

Church body calls for equal education in N Nigeria

January 10, 2017 Nigeria Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria, Education, Nigeria, Quran, Sharia, Yobe

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the north-eastern state of Yobe has appealed to the state government to introduce Christian religious studies in public schools. Despite the constitutional provision for freedom of worship, the teaching of Christian religious knowledge is prohibited by local authorities in Yobe and other northern . . . Read More

Mother and son escape after 2 years under IS

January 9, 2017

A Christian mother and son who escaped Islamic State-held Mosul have told their story of kidnap and torture by the extremists. Speaking to the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Jandark Benham Mansour Nassi, 55, and her son Ismail, 16, gave an account of being taken from their . . . Read More

NGO law shows China’s ‘challenging environment’

January 4, 2017 China China, Crosses, Inner Mongolia, Zhang Kai, Zhejiang

Christians working in China may be facing the “most challenging environment in decades”, according to Brent Fulton, president of China Source. This observation comes following the 1 January introduction of a new law regulating foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs), which, according to a spokeswoman for the American Embassy in Beijing, could . . . Read More

Egypt: bombed church restored in less than a month

January 3, 2017 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Cairo, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Pope Tawadros II

The Egyptian church in which a suicide bomber killed 27 people has been fully restored less than one month after the attack, reports Coptic news site Watani. The Boutrossiya chapel, which is adjacent to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo, was restored following a pledge from President . . . Read More

Governor Taseer’s son accused of hate speech

January 3, 2017 Pakistan Apostasy, Asia Bibi, Blasphemy, Christmas, Imran Khan, Mumtaz Qadri, Pakistan, Prophet Muhammad, Salmaan Taseer, Shaan Taseer

The son of a senior politician murdered six years ago for criticising Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law has been accused of committing “hate speech” for echoing the criticism. Shaan Taseer, son of the former Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, said the law was “inhumane” during a filmed Christmas message shared via social . . . Read More

USCIRF says Myanmar must ‘control’ its military

December 21, 2016 Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhist nationalism, Chin, Churches, Kachin, Ma Ba Tha, Myanmar, Naga, Rape, Torture

A new, critical report on religious freedoms in Myanmar by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom says the major challenge facing Aung San Suu Kyi’s government is “bringing the military under civilian control”. The report says the Burmese Army, which, due to constitutional provisions, is beyond civilian control, has . . . Read More

Indonesia: Islamists stop Christmas celebrations

December 14, 2016 Indonesia Ahok, Bandung, Blasphemy, Christmas, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Jakarta, Java

An Indonesian church’s Christmas celebrations were stopped on 6 Dec. by members of a local Islamist group in Bandung, who protested that such services should take place in a church, not a public space. The mayor of Bandung, capital of the West Java province, wrote on his official Instagram account: . . . Read More

Two ‘young girls’ used as human bombs in Nigeria

December 12, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Potiskum, Women, Yobe

Two girls said to be aged seven or eight have been used to bomb a market in Maiduguri, in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one other person and wounding 18. Both girls were killed as they detonated their explosives minutes apart, witnesses said. Police said the attacks happened when the . . . Read More

Christian hostages reveal Syrian ransom saga

December 9, 2016 Syria Assyrians, Hasakah, Islamic State, Khabur, Kidnapping, Syria

Former Islamic State hostages have revealed that , launched by a Syrian bishop who rallied the Assyrian Christian diaspora around the world. , the Assyrian Christians were handled roughly and harassed repeatedly to convert to Islam. They expected to die, but within a week the IS militants sent 17 Assyrians . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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Chibok girl freed 7mths ago not yet allowed home

Church body calls for equal education in N Nigeria

Mother and son escape after 2 years under IS

NGO law shows China’s ‘challenging environment’

Egypt: bombed church restored in less than a month

Governor Taseer’s son accused of hate speech

USCIRF says Myanmar must ‘control’ its military

Indonesia: Islamists stop Christmas celebrations

Two ‘young girls’ used as human bombs in Nigeria

Christian hostages reveal Syrian ransom saga

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