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Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton has denied that Christian faith is “a visa advantage” for believers in the Middle East fleeing persecution and violence.
The claim was made in a leading article for The Times discussing...
Turkey has escalated a supposedly anti-terrorist military campaign in Syria and Iraq which appears to be targeting Christians and other minorities.
A spate of Turkish attacks beginning in late August 2021 – including the bombing of a hospital – has...
A deceased Christian woman in the village of Karukkamunai, eastern Sri Lanka, was buried according to Hindu rites after residents refused to allow a Christian ceremony.
The Grama Niladhari (village administrative officers appointed by the government) of Karukkamunai along with...
Kidnappers in Nigeria released five more students and the matron of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna State on 8 October.
The President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Dr Israel Akanji, announced the development and stated that four students remained in captivity. “Glory...
Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, has raised concerns about the growth of Islamophobia, arguing that since the 11 September terrorist attacks suspicion of Muslims “has escalated to epidemic proportions”.
Shaheed raised these concerns...
A Muslim-background Christian in Indonesia was brutally beaten in prison following his arrest for allegedly insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Muhammad Kace, who was formerly an Islamic cleric, was subject to what his attorney described as “a murder attempt and torture” in...
Hunger and food insecurity could lead to increased social unrest, instability and violence in Africa, according to a report by the South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
ISS argues that food shortages caused by “supply chain disruptions, climatic shocks, rapid spikes...
Gunmen killed 34 people and razed several houses on Sunday 26 September in an attack on Madamai village in Kaura Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Seven others injured in the raid were rushed to hospital.
The attackers invaded the village...
A pastor was killed and his home, church and mission school burned to the ground following an attack by a Muslim mob in Nigeria’s northern Kano State.
Pastor Yohanna Shuaibu, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Sumaila...
The Lahore High Court has ruled that a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man should not be returned to her Christian family.
Even though the legal age for marriage in Pakistan...
