A group of Islamists surround the Abu Maqar Church in Shubra al-Kheima on Monday in an attempt to stop construction on the church’s annex, claiming that the building is not licensed, said sources from the Qalyubiya security department. Security forces were deployed to the area to convince the group to step down and allow work […]
Mohammed Khidir Khalil Hassan, a Sudanese convert from Islam, has to be careful what songs he sings to his sons. Nearly a year ago, after his wife left him and Christianity behind, a Sudanese court had ruled that as a convert from Islam he was forbidden to see his children, then ages 3 and 5. […]
The 35 year-old Khalid Masih had agreed to witness to a trade – for free- at first welcomed by both parties. The next day the Muslim Irshad Gujjar demanded more money. On refusal, he avenged himself by ambushing Christian intermediary. The police refused his complaint and the criminals go unpunished. “I want justice, but no […]
From our contact in Pakistan… The Local Muslims of Saddiqabad in the town Mandi Farooqabad (district of Shiekhpura) tried to falsely accuse a Christian man named Jan Masih under Pakistan Blasphemy law. A Muslim resident of Saddiqabad named Sehar-ul-Zaman accused Jan Masih, saying that he used a cloth sheet on which there is a foot […]
Libyan authorities continue to imprison Christians under accusations of proselytization. As of last week the number reached to seven in custody, including an Egyptian Copt named Sherif Ramses who sources say has been tortured. The Libyan Preventive Security Unit arrested three Egyptian Christians on 13 and 16 February, in addition to the four foreign Christians […]
Having deported scores of foreign Christians and demolished several church buildings in the past few months, Sudan continued ridding the country of Christianity this week by raiding Christian bookshops in Khartoum and arresting Christians, sources said. Men who described themselves as agents of Khartoum State Security on Monday (Feb. 18) confiscated books, films and archives […]
Attackers, including some wearing military uniforms, have killed 10 members of the same family, with half the victims under the age of six, the military and an official said Friday. Central Plateau state, where the attack occurred late Thursday, has seen waves of violence that has killed thousands in recent years, in part due to […]
A group of Christian priests from a local Coptic church in Egypt were told to convert to Islam or face death, according to an Arabic news site. The incident, which comes in the midst of continued persecution and pressure on Egypt’s Christian community, took place this week in the town of Safaga, near the Red […]
American pastor Saeed Abedini, jailed in Iran’s notorious Evin prison for preaching the Christian faith says prison authorities have subjected him to “horrific pressures” and “psychological warfare,” which includes death threats. The American Center for Law and Justice, which is urging the U.S. government and United Nations to intervene, today reported Pastor Saeed Abedini has written […]
A Christian boy named Mard-e-Khuda, resident of Tehsil Haroonabad, District Bahawalpur, aged 19 years was barbarically assassinated on 9th January 2013. He was falsely accused of having an affair with a Muslim girl. The local young Muslims had threatened him and they also used to proclaim openly that they will kill Mard-e-Khuda. On 9th January […]
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