Iraq makes Christmas a holiday
The Iraqi government has designated Christmas Day as a public holiday, encouraging the 300,000 Christians left in the 95 per cent Muslim country. On 25 December, the Iraqi government tweeted:…
Kidnapped girl found
Another fresh start for an uncertain Christina on her way home to Dohuk
“Time to engage with the bad guys” says Vicar of Baghdad
Canon Andrew White, St George’s Church of England Foundation School, Broadstairs, Kent, 4 June. Report by Iris Watson The strong reputation of Iraq based, wheelchair-bound, Canon Andrew White (the ‘Vicar…
TEXT SAVES CHRISTIANS FROM ISIS
A group of Christian girls has been rescued from Isis after they texted their local priest. Under the headline of ‘Divine intervention’, the Sunday Express reported that seven girls had…
Gasps and tears at a church ruined by Isis
There were gasps, followed by tears at a small church in northern Iraq as a group of Christians returned to their parish Sunday November 13 to find that everything had…
Persecution Watch: 100 MILLION CHRISTIANS UNDER PERSECUTION
Homes, shops and churches destroyed in Lahore, Pakistan, as police look on. © persecutedchurchnews.blogspot.co.uk 3,000 more killed than in 2015 – and that doesn’t even include North Korea, Syria and…
Music and marriage tips for refugees
This paper has reported extensively on the devastating impact of Isis on Iraq’s civilians, including the scandal of our government only taking refugees from UN camps which Christians are scared…
Obama and UN urged to follow EU in calling ISIS slaughter ‘genocide’
After the EU and Council of Europe recognised the slaughter of Middle East Christians by ISIS as genocide, the US Christian campaigners American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) urged…
Genocide against Christians in Iraq and Syria
Now is the time to make your voice heard Christians in Iraq and Syria are experiencing genocide. Last issue we included a petition for Barnabas Fund’s Operation Safe Haven to…
TWO WOMEN HAVE REMARKABLE VISIONS TO SEE PAIN AND SUFFERING ALLEVIATED IN THE TROUBLED MIDDLE EAST
Read how Samara and Yochana are seeing their visions become reality Samara Levy Samara Levy is married and has two children aged three and six. She is becoming well-known for…
IRAQI CHRISTIANS ESCAPE ‘LIVING HELL’ UNDER ISIS
In moving scenes at Prague airport, the first of 37 families rescued from Iraq arrived in late January. Majid Rashid, one of the first ten arrivals, expressed relief: “For Christians,…
JIHADIST GENOCIDE
Christians across Syria and Iraq are struggling to survive. The advance of Islamic State (IS) has made an already devastating situation worse. Kidnappings and killings of Christians are on the…
Thousands of refugee children walked barefoot in temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius, while Kurdistan’s freezing winter awaits them
EXCLUSIVE: another eyewitness report from the doctor whose story in last issue’s HEART prompted many of you to act and has helped link Dr Baker to Samara Levy, the mother…
Boy lays cross on the altar for his dead dad
A LITTLE BOY began crying during a special Father’s Day service held at an Iraqi refugee school in Jordan set up by the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the…