Middle East

Israeli airstrike kills Hamas militant chief

Originally published in Charisma News An Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the military wing of Gaza’s Hamas rulers Wednesday, Hamas officials and Israel confirmed, in a dramatic resumption of Israel’s policy of assassinating Palestinian militant leaders. Ahmed Jabari was the most senior Hamas official to be killed since an […]

Egypt’s Coptic Christians choose new pope

Originally published in Cisna News Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Tawadros II, in a sumptuous service on Sunday November 5 and Christians hope he will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and protect what is the Middle East’s biggest Christian community, according to Reuters. Christians, who make […]

British PMs Released a Report on Intensifying Pressure on Iranian Christian Converts

A group of Christian members of Parliament of England released the results of their research on “harassment of Christian converts in Iran” in a ceremony held in British Parliament. According to Mohabat News correspondent in London, after some months of study and investigation on the “current situation and harassment of […]

Five Iranian Christian converts receive trial date

Originally published in Mohabat News Following a long wait and much uncertainty and after the judicial authorities rejected their appeal to be released on bail, five Christian converts in Shiraz officially received a trial date. They spent eight months after their arrest in prison with their fate unknown. According to […]

Millions pray for peace of Jerusalem

Originally published in Charisma News Millions of Christians united across denominational, cultural, and political differences yesterday (Sunday) as part of The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ). As its name suggests, the purpose of the prayer rally was to intercede for the city God calls His own […]

Iranian lawyer imprisoned, sentenced to 9 years

Originally published in Mission Network News Human rights watchdog Amnesty International is demanding freedom for lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. He’s currently detained in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, sentenced to nine years of imprisonment. “I was in a court in Tehran defending one of my clients–a jailed political activist on death […]