Life and death on the Nile
As Egypt’s Christians are targeted by Islamist extremists and rats bite off the ears of slum-dwelling Christian children, Wilfred Wong reports on this country that has long played a mysterious…
Kidnapped girl found
Another fresh start for an uncertain Christina on her way home to Dohuk
Bible survives arson attack on church
Amid the charred remains of this church stands the altar Bible without so much as a scorch mark. Unsurprisingly, the Christians who used to worship here believe the undamaged Bible…
China, Nigeria and India are top three ‘countries of concern’ for 2018
China, Nigeria and India share the dubious distinction of being the ‘top three’ countries for increased attacks on Christians. The annual Persecution Trends Report by UK-based Release International warns that…
New Year in Nigeria: 65 Christians dead
Fulani herdsmen regularly attack Christian villages Muslim Fulani herdsmen continue to murder Christians in Nigeria, and the latest attacks left at least 65 dead
Death at the nativity
This little boy is wounded but is able to feel his mother’s reassuring hand after death came in the form of two Islamist suicide bombers to a nativity service
Imprisoned heroine Asia honoured by MEPs
HEROINE: Asia Bibi languishes in prison but is now a nominee for the Sakharov Prize A Christian woman who has been on death row in Pakistan for seven years has…
Coptic bishop hacked down in Cairo
A Coptic Orthodox bishop from Upper Egypt has been murdered in a Cairo street. The attacker slashed Bishop Samaan Shehata in the head, neck and torso. According to Morning Star…
Sudan blocks Bibles, arrests church leaders
Port authorities in Sudan have held a shipment of Bibles without explanation for over two years. Morning Star News reports that the container was one of two deliveries of Arabic…
Burmese pastors imprisoned on false charges
Two assistant pastors arrested by the Burmese (Myanmar) army last December were sentenced to prison on 27 October. The charges of unlawful association, defaming the military and spying were all…
Plot to blow up Egyptian church fails
Egyptian police have prevented a terrorist attempt to bomb a Coptic church in northeast Egypt. The Mar Girgis (St George) church in El-Arish, which was also attacked during anti-Christian violence…
Nine-day massacre kills 48 in Nigeria
A terrorist rampage in central Nigeria left 48 Christians dead in nine days in October, including many women and children. The attackers were Islamic Fulani herdsmen – responsible for hundreds…
Policemen murder Christian schoolboy
Six Pakistani police officers have been arrested and charged with the murder of a Christian child at his school. Young Christian Arslan Masih was killed after being dragged out of…
Persecution Watch Oct – Nov 2017
Rebuilding hope in Iraq Christians are slowly returning to the town of Karamles in Iraq after Islamic State (ISIS) was ousted. Over half of the houses in the town are…
Persecution Watch: Aug – Sept 2017
ISIS hold 100 Christians hostage in Philippines Brothers Abdullah and Omar Maute, co-founders of the Maute Islamist terror group Since an ISIS proxy terror group called the Maute group invaded…