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Main suspect behind Sri Lanka Easter churches’ deaths arrested

India: Eight Christians acquitted of kidnapping and forced conversion

Sudan: Three churches burned down twice within one month

Nigeria: ‘Government is Boko Haram but without bomb’, says church leader

Christians in Africa face ‘explosion’ in violence, senior church leader says

Pakistan sewage workers’ widows pressured to drop criminal negligence cases
Her co-hostage freed a year before; nun meets Pope after Islamists let her leave Mali
Pakistani Senator alleges police collusion with gang whose gun attack injures seven, one critically
Pakistani Christian couple acquitted of blasphemy after 7 years on death row
Boko Haram ‘flies flag 2 hours from Abuja’ warned Governor, as Nigerian captive teen turns 18

Articles

Nabil Habashi Salama, taken by unseen watchers; he was 'executed' by ISIS, March 2021

Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Kidnapping, Middle East

Death threats, by Islamic State in Sinai, against Egyptian Copt sons who mourn dad

Fears that ‘Islamic State’ once again threatens the lives of some of the Middle East’s largest Christian population have emerged again, after the radical militant group . . . Read More

Pictures of 82 girls freed in 2017; 112 are still un-accounted for

Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Women

‘Bring back our 112 Chibok girls – now and alive!’ Demands for closure and disclosure 7 years on

Pictures of 82 girls freed in 2017; 112 are still un-accounted for ‘I’m Chibok girl Dad. Bring Back Our Girls Now’ read the white letters . . . Read More

'Allah', Bibles, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Jill Ireland, Malaysia, The Herald

Malaysian woman wins 13 year fight for right to call God ‘Allah’

A Malaysian woman’s campaign for Christians’ right to use the word “Allah” for “God” has succeeded after almost 13 years of court hearings and delays. Jill . . . Read More

The boy is alleged to have "defamed" the Kaaba in Mecca

Facebook, juvenile, Kaaba, Pakistan

Freed on bail after 4 years in jail; no evidence Pakistani ‘liked’ blasphemy Facebook post, aged 16

A Pakistani Christian accused of blasphemy for “liking” and “sharing” a Facebook post which “defamed and disrespected” the . . . Read More

Boko Haram, China, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, Human rights, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Middle East, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Turkey, Women

COVID-19 exacerbates discrimination against minority Christians globally

• Christians refused coronavirus aid in countries from India to Yemen to West Africa • COVID-19 legitimises increased surveillance and restrictions by authoritarian governments • Organised . . . Read More

Chinese woman, phone in hand, 2020

Boko Haram, China, Churches, Egypt, Fulani herdsmen, Hindu nationalism, Human rights, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Minorities, Nigeria, Religious freedom, Turkey, Women

Church surveillance, COVID-19 controls affect China’s Christians – 1 of 5 global trends

The emergency that dominated the globe during the past year — the novel coronavirus — also dominated . . . Read More