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Anglicans raise ‘religious freedom’ with Muslims

November 7, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Abu Dhabi, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Pakistan, UK, United Arab Emirates

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has led a delegation of Anglican leaders to the “Muslim Council of Elders” at a meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to discuss integration and religious freedom. According to Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS), a letter by Anglican Communion Secretary General Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon stressed . . . Read More

Christian killed in Basra for ‘selling alcohol’

November 4, 2016 Iraq Basra, Iraq, Qaraqosh

A Christian shop owner said to be serving alcohol was shot dead in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, days after the country’s parliament passed a law prohibiting the commodity deemed “un-Islamic”. Nizar Elias Musa, 47, was shot in the neck late on Tuesday (25 Oct.) by two unidentified gunmen riding . . . Read More

One pastor among NE Nigeria blast victims

November 3, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Church of Christ in Nigeria, IDPs, Maiduguri, Nigeria

A Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) pastor was among seven persons killed in two assumed Boko Haram suicide bombings in Maiduguri on 29 Oct. No further details on the pastor were yet available, but BBC reports that a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside the Bakassi IDP camp, . . . Read More

Sharia by-law in Indonesia ‘biased against poor’

October 28, 2016 Indonesia Aceh, Indonesia, Sharia, Sumatra

Residents of the Indonesian province of Aceh, in north-western Sumatra, have complained that the implementation of Sharia there appears to disproportionately target people of low status. The Islamic criminal code stipulates punishments such as caning for actions outlawed under Sharia, such as homosexual activity, adultery, drinking alcohol, gambling, rape and . . . Read More

Priests visit scene of anti-Christian violence

October 28, 2016 India India, Kandhamal, Narendra Modi, Odisha

Thirty-two priests from north-eastern India have visited the scene of the worst anti-Christian violence in India’s history, . Villages in the Kandhamal district of the eastern state of Odisha (formely Orissa) were the scene of a rash of violence in 2008, during which more than 100 Christians were murdered and . . . Read More

One ‘Christian’ town freed en route to Mosul

October 21, 2016 Iraq Assyrians, Bartella, Erbil, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurds, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, Qaraqosh

As anti-Islamic State (IS) forces continue their operations to recapture Iraq’s second city of Mosul, Christians from towns around it have welcomed the retaking of their two-years’ deserted homes. According to sources monitoring the situation on the ground, Bartella, a town with a significant Christian presence prior to the IS . . . Read More

Iranian pastor released after six years in prison

October 18, 2016 Iran Behnam Irani, Church of Iran, Exile, Iran

An Iranian pastor has been released from prison after serving six years for “acting against national security”. Behnam Irani, from the self-styled “Church of Iran”, was originally given a five-year suspended sentence in 2008. He was re-arrested in 2010 during a service at a “house church” and in 2011 he . . . Read More

Maldives leaves Commonwealth over rights progress

October 18, 2016 Maldives Commonwealth, Islamic extremism, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism

The Republic of Maldives has withdrawn from the Commonwealth after the Indian Ocean nation was accused of failing to show progress on democracy, . Describing its move as “difficult but inevitable”, the nation says the Commonwealth did “not recognise its achievements in strengthening its democratic institutions and a raft of . . . Read More

ISIS defeated at ‘apocalyptic’ battleground, Dabiq

October 18, 2016 Syria Al-Qaeda, Dabiq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Prophet Muhammad, Syria

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have recaptured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic State (IS). A commander from the Hamza Brigade rebel group told the Associated Press resistance from IS was “minimal”. Dabiq holds major significance for IS as the location of a prophesied battle it . It’s . . . Read More

Jordan curriculum change ‘acknowledges’ Christians

October 14, 2016 Jordan Islamic extremism, Jordan, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood

Jordan has introduced to curb the influence of Islamic extremists on society and improve its education system. However, the Ministry of Education has faced a backlash from conservatives such as the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic Action Front, which described the reforms as “an affront to our heritage and values [which is] . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

Anglicans raise ‘religious freedom’ with Muslims

Christian killed in Basra for ‘selling alcohol’

One pastor among NE Nigeria blast victims

Sharia by-law in Indonesia ‘biased against poor’

Priests visit scene of anti-Christian violence

One ‘Christian’ town freed en route to Mosul

Iranian pastor released after six years in prison

Maldives leaves Commonwealth over rights progress

ISIS defeated at ‘apocalyptic’ battleground, Dabiq

Jordan curriculum change ‘acknowledges’ Christians

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