Originally published in Yahoo News A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced the editor of an Internet forum he founded to discuss the role of religion in the conservative Islamic kingdom to 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes, Saudi media reported on Wednesday. Raif Badawi, who started the “Free […]
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Egypt sentences 863 to death in mass trial
Originally published in WND An Egyptian court in the southern city of Minya sentenced 683 people to death Monday in the most recent of a series of mass trials that have alarmed the international community, nine months after a military coup ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president. The ruling came […]
Palestinian Christian woman threatened over opinion on Israel
“…I got threatened to be killed for sharing my beliefs and views.” Originally published in The Blaze A Palestinian Christian woman says she fled her hometown of Bethlehem and was granted political asylum in Britain due to threats on her life after she criticized Palestinian terrorism and expressed support […]
Christian TV Network influences Muslim viewers with Farsi dialect
Originally published in The Christian Post. His brother was executed by firing squad in Iran when he was only 16 for a minor political offense. But instead of taking revenge, Dr Hormoz Shariat decided to share the Gospel with Muslims and love them into the Kingdom of God. Dr Shariat […]
Hamas-Fatah Unity Deal Jeopardizes Peace Talks
Originally published in CBN On Wednesday (April 24, 2014), Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian factions, announced a reconciliation deal and pledged to form a unity government within weeks. The announcement shocked Washington, angered Israel and left the U.S.-sponsored talks in limbo after Israel cancelled a meeting with the Palestinian […]
Dutch priest shot dead in Syria
By Open Doors SA A Jesuit Priest, Frans van der Lugt, was killed in Homs on Monday morning. Armed men apparently entered the monastery where he lived and took father Frans. Dutch broadcaster, NOS, reports that he was beaten while inside, but once outside, he was shot with two bullets […]
Iranian Christians lose appeal against prison sentences
Prisoner goes on hunger strike Originally published in Christian Today A group of Christians imprisoned after a raid on a prayer meeting in Iran have lost appeals against their sentences. The sentences being served by the six Christians vary in length and were upheld by a court on 29 March […]
Church attacks in Egypt and Libya: 5 dead
Originally published by Barnabas Fund Four people were killed in an Islamist attack on a church in Egypt, while another Egyptian Christian has been murdered in Libya. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shot at the church building in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, and set cars parked by it on […]
Misuse of blasphemy laws increases
Originally published in Worthy News An increasing number of Muslim majority nations are strictly enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws in order to penalize Christians and other religious minorities, according to Barnabas Aid. All blasphemy laws are incompatible with international human rights standards, according to a recent report by the US Commission […]
3 000 Syrian Christians flee Armenian village as Islamist rebels take control
By World Watch Monitor An Armenian* Syrian pastor, whose family is from Kessab, close to Syria’s northern border with Turkey, has reported that they have fled the village after Syrian rebel jihadists took control of the area. The fighting in the predominantly Armenian Christian town started Friday March 21st. World […]