Originally published in Foreign Policy Do we want to be the generation that stood by as Christians disappeared almost entirely from the ancient homelands they have occupied since the days of the New Testament? Will the Trump administration and this Congress let this historic and preventable tragedy happen on their […]
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Iraqi government leader says Christians must ‘convert, pay tax or be killed’
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A video showing a call for jihad from a senior Iraqi Shi’ite cleric has caused anger among Iraqi Christians. The undated footage shows Sheikh Alaa Al-Mousawi, head of the Shia Endowment, a government body that looks after Iraq’s Shia holy sites, describing Christians as […]
Trump’s new travel ban offers no priority for persecuted religious minorities
Originally published in Ecumenical News US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 6, amending his controversial January 27 executive order that banned refugee resettlement for seven — now six — Muslim-majority countries. The new order removed specifications that would have given persecuted religious minorities priority in the […]