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Political party campaigns for Nepal to become a Hindu state

March 1, 2019 Nepal Hindu nationalism, Minorities, Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

Christians are concerned about a campaign to make Nepal a Hindu nation. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

A pro-Hindu political party in Nepal has launched a campaign calling for the country to become a Hindu theocracy, reports Asia News. The right-wing pro-Hindu Rastriya Prajatantra Party launched the initiative in all seven provinces with a conference in the capital Kathmandu on 27 February. The party has been calling . . . Read More

Indonesia: Christian student faces jail sentence for blasphemy

March 1, 2019 Indonesia Ahok, Blasphemy, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, North Sumatra

Thousands of Muslim gathered in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on 26 October last year after a Muslim flag was burned. The incident also triggered a response from a Christian student and he is now facing a prison sentence for blasphemy. (Photo: Getty Images)

A Christian student in North-Sumatra, Indonesia, faces 18 months in prison for insulting Islam, reports the Catholic news site UCAN. The alleged blasphemy took place on 24 October last year, when Agung Kurnia Ritonga, 22, saw a picture showing three Muslims burning a flag containing Islamic symbolism and that belonged . . . Read More

Unity among Cuban Christians unprecedented following constitutional vote

February 28, 2019 Cuba Churches, Constitution, Cuba, Religious freedom

Cubans search their names in lists as they prepare to cast their vote on Cuba's new constitution in Havana, against the backdrop of an image of late Revolution leader Fidel Castro. (Photo: Getty Images)

Cuba’s vote for a new Constitution was characterised by an unusual level of opposition as well as an unprecedented unity among churches. Nearly 87% of the voters approved a new Constitution in a referendum held last Sunday (24 February), while about 15 percent stayed at home and more than 700,000 people voted . . . Read More

India: Christian convert killed and left on the road, beheaded

February 22, 2019 India Anti-conversion law, BJP, Converts, Hindutva, India, Narendra Modi, Odisha

A street in a village in India. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

An Indian man who had become a Christian last year was killed and beheaded in eastern India earlier this month, reports Persecution Relief. On 11 February, Anant Ram Gand, 40, was taken from his home in the village of Raigarh Tehsil, in the district of Nabarangapur, Odisha, by three men . . . Read More

Nigeria: ‘Dangerous speech and polarising narratives’ fuel Middle Belt violence – report

February 21, 2019 Nigeria Boko Haram, Elections, Fulani herdsmen, Middle Belt, Nigeria

Attacks from Fulani herders against Christians in the Middle Belt have been on the increase, [caption id="attachment_37447" align="aligncenter" width="770"]Attacks from Fulani herders against Christians in the Middle Belt have been on the increase, displacing thousands of people. (Photo: World Watch Monitor) Attacks from Fulani herders against Christians in the Middle Belt have been on the increase and the conflict has become the country’s gravest security challenge. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

The use of dangerous rhetoric and religious polarisation has contributed to the escalation and can spark further violence, particularly in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, ahead of the presidential elections this Saturday, says a new report. Central Nigeria is seen as one of the most influential constituencies in Saturday’s elections “because of . . . Read More

Book about beheaded Copts offers ‘different view of martyrdom’

February 15, 2019 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Islamic State, Libya, Upper Egypt

The 21 men moments before they were executed on a beach in the coastal city of Sirte, Libya, in February 2015. (Still from video)

Four years since the beheading of 20 Coptic Christians on a beach in Libya by Islamic State militants, a book has been published about the victims based on interviews with their families. The 20 Copts plus one Christian from Ghana, all daily labourers in Libya, were abducted by armed militants who . . . Read More

Iran continues to arrest Christians, on eve of 40th anniversary of revolution

February 13, 2019 Iran Church of Iran, Iran, Mohammad Reza Omidi, Rasht, Saheb Fadaie, Yasser Mossayebzadeh, Youcef Nadarkhani

Ayatollah Khomeini spoke about human rights and religious freedom when he returned to Iran 40 years ago. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Iran’s security officials have arrested three Christians who were leading a house church in the absence of their pastor who is serving a ten-year jail sentence, reports Article 18. In the latest raid on a non-Trinitarian “Church of Iran” on Sunday, 10 February, in the northern city of Rasht, officers . . . Read More

Iraqi Christians hesitate to return to Bartella

February 12, 2019 Iraq Bartella, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Nineveh Plains

Two years after Islamic State was forced out of the northern Iraqi town of Bartella, Christians hesitate to return, reports the Associated Press. Fewer than a third of the 3,800 Christian families have come back to the town in the Nineveh Plains they once shared with the Shabak, a mostly . . . Read More

US Ambassador tells Nigerians: “Citizens are the government”

February 11, 2019 Nigeria Elections, Nigeria

The Archbishop of Jos, Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, speaks while (from left to right) Secretary General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, US Ambassador Stuart Symington and Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam listen. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

As Nigerians prepare for elections this week, the US Ambassador encouraged religious leaders to “inspire non-violence through their actions”, reports the Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust. Stuart Symington told Christian and Muslim leaders at a roundtable event in the central Nigerian city of Jos last week (6 February) that “it’s about . . . Read More

Iranian officials interrogate 65-year-old Christian woman for 10 days, day and night

February 1, 2019 Iran Evin Prison, Iran, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz

Some Christians end up in Tehran's infamous Evin Prison, referred to as "the world's most brutal prison". (Photo: Getty Images)

Iranian authorities continue to arrest Christians, among them a 65-year-old woman who was held in detention and interrogated for ten days, day and night. Security officials raided Ruhsari Kamberi’s home in Karaj, 50km west of the capital Tehran, a few days before Christmas while she was there with four other . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Political party campaigns for Nepal to become a Hindu state

Indonesia: Christian student faces jail sentence for blasphemy

Unity among Cuban Christians unprecedented following constitutional vote

India: Christian convert killed and left on the road, beheaded

Nigeria: ‘Dangerous speech and polarising narratives’ fuel Middle Belt violence – report

Book about beheaded Copts offers ‘different view of martyrdom’

Iran continues to arrest Christians, on eve of 40th anniversary of revolution

Iraqi Christians hesitate to return to Bartella

US Ambassador tells Nigerians: “Citizens are the government”

Iranian officials interrogate 65-year-old Christian woman for 10 days, day and night

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