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Nigeria: Kidnapped priest freed

September 30, 2016 Nigeria Abuja, Anambra, Fulani herdsmen, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Nigeria

A Catholic priest kidnapped on Monday (26 Sep.) by Fulani herdsmen in south-eastern Nigeria was released yesterday (29 Sep). Fr. Emmanuel Dim was travelling with two other priests when they were attacked by some heavily armed men on Monday evening. “We thank God for the release of Rev. Fr. Emmanuel . . . Read More

French church attack survivor describes ordeal

September 29, 2016 Europe, France, Islamic extremism, Jacques Hamel

An 87-year-old man forced to video the graphic murder of his priest in a church in northern France two months ago has spoken of his ordeal. Guy Coponet was stabbed three times – including once in the throat – and left for dead, after two young Islamists had used him . . . Read More

Iranians still don’t know why they were arrested

September 28, 2016 Iran Amin Afshar Naderi, Amir Saman Dashti, Evin Prison, Hadi Asgari, Iran, Mohammad Dehnavi, Ramil Bet-Tamraz, Tehran

Five Iranian Christians in the Alborz Mountains north-east of Tehran still haven’t been told why they are being detained, nor have they been allowed any visitors – not even lawyers. Amin Afshar Naderi, Ramil Bet-Tamraz, Hadi Asgari, Mohammad Dehnavi and Amir Saman Dashti were arrested on 26 Aug. Their families . . . Read More

Iraqi MPs reject ‘safe areas’ for Christians

September 28, 2016 Iraq Assyrians, Genocide, Iraq, Islamic State, Kurds, Mosul, Nineveh Plains, Shia, Sunni, Yazidis

A majority of Iraq’s Members of Parliament have rejected any proposals to set aside safe areas for Christians and other indigenous minorities in the country’s Nineveh Plains, once the province is liberated from the “Islamic State” (IS). “The Parliament has voted to keep Nineveh’s provincial boundaries as they were prior . . . Read More

Sudan’s trial of pastors for ‘spying’ continues

September 27, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Hassan Taour, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Petr Jašek, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan

The trial of four defendants, including two local pastors and a foreign Christian worker, accused of “spying” continued in Khartoum yesterday (26 Sep.), with the prosecutor presenting more “evidence”. The hearing against Rev. Hassan Taour, Rev. Kuwa Shamal (both ethnic Nuba), Czech aid worker Petr Jasek and Darfuri graduate Abdulmonem . . . Read More

Jordanian writer killed after Facebook ‘blasphemy’

September 26, 2016 Jordan Amman, Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Jordan

A Jordanian writer charged with offending Islam after sharing a satirical cartoon on his Facebook page has been killed. Nahid Hattar was hit by three bullets outside the court in the capital, Amman, where he was standing trial, the BBC reported. The cartoon shows Allah catering for the whims of . . . Read More

DR Congo: 7 killed by suspected Islamist militants

September 23, 2016 Democratic Republic of the Congo ADF, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Islamic extremism, Joseph Kabila, Uganda

A fresh attack in the volatile region of Beni, in eastern DR Congo, has left at least seven dead. The night raid on 22 Sep., which targeted communities in Kasinga, about 5km from the town of Beni, was carried out by suspected Islamist militants from the ADF-NALU group, local sources . . . Read More

Kurds ‘expel Christians’ in Hassaka

September 23, 2016 Syria Aleppo, Churches, Hasakah, Islamic State, Kurds, Qamishli, Syria

Christians are being targeted as Kurdish militia assert their control in Syria’s north-eastern city of Hassaka, a senior local Christian leader has said. “Whenever the Kurdish militia enter in action to reaffirm its military hegemony over the city, the epicentre of their raids and acts of force is always the . . . Read More

Migrant boat captain tried for killing Christians

September 22, 2016 Cameroon, Migrants

A Cameroonian is on trial for allegedly murdering six other occupants of a migrant boat because of their Christian beliefs, reports . According to witnesses who survived the crossing from Morocco to Spain in 2014, the captain of the inflatable craft blamed Christian passengers for the onset of a storm . . . Read More

‘Face of displaced Iraqi Christians’ is ordained

September 22, 2016 Iraq Ankawa, Baghdad, Erbil, IDPs, Iraq, Islamic State, Karamles, Louis Raphael I Sako, Nineveh Plains

The ordination of Martin Baani, a Catholic priest who became one of the when he dedicated himself to the needs of thousands of people in displacement camps, has been celebrated as a revival of Christianity in the Middle East, reports . Louis Sako, Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Baghdad, who performed . . . Read More

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Nigeria: Kidnapped priest freed

French church attack survivor describes ordeal

Iranians still don’t know why they were arrested

Iraqi MPs reject ‘safe areas’ for Christians

Sudan’s trial of pastors for ‘spying’ continues

Jordanian writer killed after Facebook ‘blasphemy’

DR Congo: 7 killed by suspected Islamist militants

Kurds ‘expel Christians’ in Hassaka

Migrant boat captain tried for killing Christians

‘Face of displaced Iraqi Christians’ is ordained

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