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Why Christian persecution is worrisome in Sri Lanka
From Christian Today: Four years after its military victory over Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka appears to be seeking to establish social and political supremacy of the Sinhala Buddhist majority within a unitary state, instead of bringing about reconciliation. And this post-war resurgence of nationalism no longer threatens only the Tamil ethnic minority, but also religious [...]
The Unknown Story Of China’s Martyrs
Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. of the Catholic World Report, writes: Only hours after Bishop Ma Daqin was consecrated the auxiliary bishop of Shanghai in July, 2012, the 54-year-old champion of Shanghai’s Catholic community was quietly escorted away by plain-clothed Communist officers. He has not been seen publicly since. Bishop Ma was favored and recognized by Pope [...]
Christian Said To Be Killed For Standing up against “corrupt local officials”
From BosNewsLife: HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)– The family of a Vietnamese Hmong Christian believe he was killed while in police custody because of defending his church and standing up against “corrupt local officials”, rights activists said Tuesday, June 11. The statement came after police claimed their investigation showed that the death of Hoang Van Ngai on March [...]
Christians Arrested In Ethiopia For “Crimes Against Islam”
From The ICC: Radicals Use Local Governments to Persecute Christians 6/10/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two Christian men were arrested in Ethiopia by local police influenced by radical Muslims. In separate incidents, these men were detained by local police for what authorities are calling “crimes against Islam,” [...]
Egypt Court Fines Christian Teacher For Blasphemy
From BosNewsLife: LUXOR, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)– An Egyptian court has fined a Coptic teacher for “insulting Islam” and proselytizing at her primary school, adding to concerns among rights activists about the alleged growing persecution of devoted Christians in the country. The court in the ancient southern city of Luxor ruled that schoolteacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour must [...]
Christians Are Being Eradicated, and Obama Doesn’t Care
From Breitbar Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom and a Hudson Institute Fellow, told Breitbart’s “Uninvited” panel at CPAC on Saturday that “religious persecution is the gravest human rights crisis of our day.” She added that “Christians are as a group the most persecuted, out of sheer numbers, across the world. This [...]
State Department Doesn’t Touch Christian Persecution, For Fear Of Political Correctness
From IPT: Christian persecution is on the rise throughout the Muslim world, and the United States is leading from behind on the issue, according to a panel that gathered at the Hudson Institute in Washington Wednesday to discuss the book, Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians. The U.S. State Department and Western governments have been largely silent on [...]
Muslim Throws Christian Boy Into Toilet After Killing Him And Taking Ransom Money
This is how sick the Islamic mentality truly is! From Human Events: Attacks on Christian children, both boys and girls, are on the rise in Egypt. Last week, a six-year-old Coptic Christian boy named Cyril Yusuf Sa‘ad was abducted and held for ransom. After his family paid off the Muslim kidnapper, Ahmed Abdel Moneim Abdel-Salam, [...]
Doctor: if they identify a priest, they will simply put a gun to the back of his head
From Bishop Edward J. Burns: In a recent pastoral visit to our Holy Name Parish and School in Ketchikan, I spoke to a dentist, a parishioner of ours, who makes regular mission trips to poorer countries to provide dental care to the neediest of the region. As he was speaking I rejoiced in his charitable [...]
Beijing Justice Bureau Refuses Annual License Renewals for Human Rights Lawyers & Law Firms
From Christian Newswire: BEIJING, June 3, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — Nearly a dozen Beijing law firms and more than 10 lawyers known for taking on human rights and rights defense cases have been unable to get their licenses renewed by the Beijing Justice Bureau in what appears to be a targeted move by the government [...]
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