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Copt teens flee Egypt after blasphemy convictions

September 5, 2016 Egypt Blasphemy, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Upper Egypt

Four Coptic teenagers sentenced to five years in prison for “blasphemy against Islam” have escaped from Egypt, via Turkey, to apply for religious asylum in Switzerland. They flew out of Istanbul on 1 Sept. under special “humanitarian” visas granted by the Swiss government. Since early April, they had lived in . . . Read More

Myanmar Christians join latest peace talks

September 1, 2016 Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Kachin, Karen, Myanmar, Nay Pyi Taw, Rape, Refugees, Women

Myanmar’s Christians have joined other ethnic groups at this week’s five-day peace conference in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw, aimed at ending decades of conflict. The conference was attended by the UN Secretary-General, but some critics say it’s happened without enough preparation and consultation. The 17 ethnic groups, including representatives . . . Read More

Animation highlights N. Korea religious violations

August 31, 2016 North Korea Communism, North Korea, South Korea

Claims reported today in by South Korea that North Korea has executed a top official from its own cabinet highlight the risks of falling foul of the communist dictatorship – also faced by groups such as Christians. Their fate is usefully explained in a from the International Coalition to Stop . . . Read More

Blasphemy rumour leads to arson, 8 dead

August 24, 2016 Nigeria Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Prophet Muhammad, Zamfara

A mob, outraged by reports that Islam’s holy prophet had been insulted, burned down a house in northwest Nigeria 22 Aug., killing eight people inside. Police confirmed the incident, the news organization . It began when a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic school in Nigeria’s Zamfara state was alleged to . . . Read More

Maiduguri trauma centre for Boko Haram victims

August 23, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Trauma

An Anglican church in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northern Nigeria, is building a clinic and trauma centre for the victims of Boko Haram attacks. The Bishop of the Maiduguri Diocese, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Mani, said the trauma centre will be open to people of all faiths. . . . Read More

Aleppo church helped ‘almost 2,000 Muslim refugees’

August 19, 2016 Syria Aleppo, Armenians, Greek Orthodox, Hasakah, Islamic State, Kurds, Refugees, Syria

A church in the beleaguered Syrian city of Aleppo has opened its doors to Muslims as well as Christians fleeing the war. Nearly 2,000 Muslims have benefited from the help offered by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, including by the Church of Elias the Prophet, reported Ruptly.tv, an affiliate of Russia . . . Read More

Frontier town sees first Communion despite IS

August 18, 2016 Iraq Alqosh, Assyrians, Chaldeans, IDPs, Iraq, Louis Raphael I Sako, Nineveh Plains

A Christian town some 50km north of the Islamic State’s Iraq stronghold of Mosul has celebrated its first Communion Mass, completing the initiation of a hundred boys and girls in the faith. In what was described as a “historic moment”, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako presided over the ceremony . . . Read More

Fulani attack kills 10 in Christian area

August 17, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Kaduna, Nigeria

Ten people have been killed after another attack by ethnic Fulani herdsmen in the early hours of 16 Aug. in the Christian-dominated Jema area of Nigeria’s Kaduna state. Earlier this month, after an attack on three villages in the same area. Attacks by the herdsmen have claimed hundreds of lives. . . . Read More

Religious freedom ambassador visits Mexico

August 17, 2016 Mexico Catholics, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Lauro Pérez Núñez, Mexico, Mexico City, Protestants, Puebla, Religious freedom

The US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, David Saperstein, is in Mexico to discuss how its federal and state governments are adhering to their international obligations to uphold freedom of religion and belief. As World Watch Monitor has reported, Mexican Christians who branch away from the “traditionalist” village churches, which . . . Read More

Chibok girls shown ‘alive’

August 15, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria

A video released by the radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, appears to show some of the schoolgirls they abducted in April 2014 from the northern Nigerian town of Chibok. The footage begins with a shot of a masked man carrying a gun, who demands the release of militants. Speaking in . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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Copt teens flee Egypt after blasphemy convictions

Myanmar Christians join latest peace talks

Animation highlights N. Korea religious violations

Blasphemy rumour leads to arson, 8 dead

Maiduguri trauma centre for Boko Haram victims

Aleppo church helped ‘almost 2,000 Muslim refugees’

Frontier town sees first Communion despite IS

Fulani attack kills 10 in Christian area

Religious freedom ambassador visits Mexico

Chibok girls shown ‘alive’

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