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Christian Holy Sites and Holy Places In The Middle East

By Lord David Alton – (Extended version of) Remarks in Washington DC on July 18th 2019 by David Alton at a special conference on “Christian Holy Sites and Holy Places in the Middle East,” [...]

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Pakistan Christian Asia Bibi has arrived in Canada, lawyer confirms

By Euan McKirdy and Sophia Saifi – CNN Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman freed from death row last year has arrived in Canada, according to her lawyer, Saif Ul Malook. Bibi, a mother [...]

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Persecution of Christians is modern-day ‘genocide’ says report as UK Foreign Secretary blames failure to confront the oppression of world’s most targeted faith group on ‘political correctness’

By Jack Doyle, Associate Editor for The Daily Mail – Christians are ‘by far the most persecuted’ religious group and are enduring what amounts to genocide in some parts of the [...]

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Kidnapping, Torture in Egypt of Christian Woman from Sudan Highlights Convert Pressures

By Morning Star News –  A Christian mother from Sudan had deep cause for fear last November when her Muslim brother went to her church in Cairo, Egypt with a photo of her husband and asked [...]

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Trump signs legislation to help religious minorities in Iraq, Syria

By WorldTribune –  U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 11 signed legislation to direct U.S. humanitarian assistance to persecuted religious minorities in Iraq and Syria who were targeted [...]

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‘Pure Genocide’: Over 6,000 Nigerian Christians Slaughtered, Mostly Women and Children

By Stoyan Zaimov – The Christian Post –  Church leaders in Nigeria have said that Christians are experiencing “pure genocide” as 6,000 people, mostly women and children, [...]

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ISIS Claims Credit for Attack that Kills Christians in Egypt

By The New York Times – Declan Walsh and Mohamed Ezz Islamist gunmen killed at least seven Coptic Christian pilgrims in Egypt on Friday and wounded at least 16 in an attack later claimed by [...]

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Pakistani Christian gets life for blasphemy despite learning difficulties

By WorldWatch Monitor –  Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June 2015. He has been in prison ever since, and now [...]

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Pakistan: Death or Life for Christian “Blasphemer”?

By Raymond Ibrahim – Gatestone Institute –  Ruling Expected on the Fate of Asia Bibi In her memoirs, Asia Bibi wonders “whether being a Christian in Pakistan today is not just a [...]

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Middle East’s Christians Are Dwindling Despite Deep Roots

By AFP – AINA Christians have been rooted in the Middle East as minority communities since the birth of the religion, but their numbers are dwindling amid conflict and jihadist attacks. [...]