Originally published in Breaking Israel News Welcomed into the room with the blasts of the shofar (ram’s horn) and thunderous applause, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Christian supporters of Israel in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday (June 5 2016). Netanyahu opened his speech asking the audience how many of them […]
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Zimbabwean bishop calls for Mugabe resignation after torture reports
Originally published in Christian Today A senior church leader in Zimbabwe has urged President Robert Mugabe to resign over reported incidents of torture, harassment and abduction of civilians. Bishop Ancelimo Magaya used the United Nations day against torture on Sunday to say it was shocking the African nation had not […]
Muslim mob torches Christian homes as punishment for wanting to build church
Originally published in The Christian Post A Muslim mob torched and looted the homes of 80 Christian families in the Al-Beida village in Egypt, looking to punish them for wanting to turn one of the buildings in the village into a church so they can worship. International Christian Concern, which […]
Converting from Islam deserves death says top cleric
Originally published in World Watch Monitor To convert away from Islam is “treason” that should carry the death penalty, according to Sunni Islam’s topmost religious authority. “The penalty for an open apostate, departing from the community, is well stipulated in Sharia,” Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayyib declared on Egypt television […]
Christian leaders concerned over closure of world’s largest refugee camp
Originally published in Christian Today Christian clergy and humanitarian workers have warned the closure of the world’s largest refugee camp this year could cause a humanitarian crisis. They have called for the Kenyan government to treat the refugees facing expulsion from Dadaab refugee camp with dignity, while fearing that infringement […]
How Nigerian Christians and Muslims are fighting Sharia law
Originally published in CBN News Hundreds of Nigerian Muslim and Christian youth stormed a government building in Abujah this week to stop Sharia law from ruling their nation. Legislatures passed a bill that many fear will mean the Islamisation of Nigeria. The measure, sponsored by Hon Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, was […]
Nigeria: Pastor’s wife killed after blasphemy accusation
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Christians in Kano, the largest city in mainly-Muslim northern Nigeria, were bracing for widespread violence following the June 2 killing of a Christian woman, but the weekend and Sunday services passed without further violence. Bridget Patience Agbahime, 74, originally from the southern state of […]
Hundreds of women and children migrants drown in Mediterranean
Originally published in The Gospel Herald At least 700 migrants, mostly Eritrean women and children, drowned in their perilous attempt to reach Italy’s shores. Their journey ended in a shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea in a span of three days. Survivors broke in tears recounting the tragedy of how women […]
Pastor re-arrested in Sudan could face capital crime charges
Originally published in Morning Star News Sudanese authorities on Wednesday (May 25) re-arrested Sudanese church leader Kwa Shamaal, who along with a denominational colleague could face charges calling for the death penalty, attorneys said. Pastor Shamaal, head of missions for the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC), was re-arrested in Khartoum […]
Christian jailed for blasphemy acquitted, released after three years
Originally published in Christian Today An Egyptian Coptic Christian who was imprisoned for defamation of Islam before being proved innocent, has said he thanks God for his time in jail. “I spent three years and two months in prison,” Bishoy Kameel Garas told International Christian Concern (ICC). “But I thank […]