OPINION – How to Get Christians to Stay
ANALYSIS: For Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, the goal now is ‘not just surviving; it’s thriving’ in their ancestral home National Catholic Register | Edward Pentin | 053018 ERBIL, Iraq…
Ministerial July 24-26 – Pompeo to host religious freedom summit at State Department
Washington Times | 05/29/18 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo put a spotlight on the Trump administration’s push to bolster religious freedom around the world Tuesday, calling it the “most fundamental…
NIGERIA – Boko Haram bomber kills four, suspected herders attack Catholic seminary
The Guardian Nigeria | 052918 Four people have been killed and seven others injured in the latest Boko Haram attack in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, the police…
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on the Release of the 2017 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
U.S. Department of State | 052918 Press Briefing Room Washington, D.C. AMBASSADOR BROWNBACK: I want to thank Secretary Pompeo. I’m grateful to him, to President Trump, Vice President Pence, the…
NIGERIA – Herdsmen attack seminary in Taraba, Catholic priest shot
New Telegraph | 052818 Fulani herdsmen have attacked a minor seminary in Jalingo, Taraba State capital. According to a report, Two Catholic priests were beaten, one shot in the leg,…
BURMA – Rohingya Muslim militants massacred 99 Hindu men, women and children who refused to convert to Islam
Creeping Sharia | Persecution of other religious groups | 052718 The Rohingya military group Arsa carried out deadly massacres and abductions of the Hindu community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last…
Trump: American Pastor Jailed In Turkey Is ‘A Totally Innocent Man’
The Daily Caller | 052718 An American pastor facing trial in Turkey on allegations of aiding terrorist groups is “a totally innocent man,” President Donald Trump said Saturday. “We have…
IRAQ – A Mostly Non-Christian Militia Won 2 Of Iraqi Christians’ Parliamentary Seats, Now Christians Want Trump To Intervene
The Babylon Brigade is led by a Christian but is tied to the brutal Iranian-backed Muslim paramilitary Badr Organization. Huffington Post |052318 WASHINGTON ― A mostly non-Christian militia linked to…
IRAQ – Exclusive – Iraqi Lawmaker-Elect Vows to Push for ‘Christian Province’ to Ensure Future of Faith
Breitbart | 052318 The future of Christianity in its cradle of Iraq is contingent upon the establishment of a separate province for the persecuted minority, an Iraqi member of parliament…
CHINA – ‘Purge Against Christians’ Underway in China as Persecution Ramps Up
CBN News | 052218 Photo credit: Getty Images It feels like every day we are hearing more news about China increasing persecution on the Christian community. Abuses are escalating to…
RUSSIA – Russian police KILL four terrorists as petrol bomb gunmen storm church and take hostages
Daily Star | 051918 RUSSIA: Cops killed four gunmen after they stormed the church in GroznyGunmen stormed the building in a bid to take hostages – with no responsbility for…
VIDEO: Ambassador Sam Brownback Addresses Religious Freedom Concerns at IRD’s Persecution Summit
JuiceyEcumenism | 051818 The Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) hosted a global Christian persecution summit, “Why Christians Don’t Care About Christians,” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday,…
GERMANY – Over 300 Christians Assaulted by Muslims at Refugee Camps in Germany, Report Reveals
Christian Posts | May 16, 2018 There have been over 300 incidents of Christians being physically or sexually assaulted by Muslims in refugee camps in Germany, while thousands of other…
LIBYA – Egypt: Families of beheaded Copts finally reunited with remains of loved ones
WorldWatch Monitor | 051618 After a three-year wait and a number of broken promises, the Egyptian Coptic families of 20 men beheaded by IS in Libya in 2015 have finally…
Trump Urged to Take On Religious Liberty
NewsMax | 051318 The Trump administration is being urged to elevate the cause of religious liberty — some liken it to the same urgency that the Obama administration placed on…
INDONESIA – Family of suicide bombers kills at least 7 in Indonesia church attacks
Washington Post | 051318 | VIDEO Three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, were targeted in suicide bomb attacks on May 13. Police say the family of six was in an Islamic…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christian Teen Raped, Then Tied Down and Murdered in Front of Father by Muslim Family
Black Christian News | 051218 A 17-year-old Christian girl was murdered in Pakistan after being tied down and strangled to death by a Muslim family before her father’s own eyes,…
Senators Lankford, Tillis urge rethink of U.S.-Turkey relationship in wake of Andrew Brunson trial
EPConnection | 051118 Sen. Thom Tillis, speaking from the Senate floor on May 10: “We’re going to continue to work every day that (Andrew Brunson) is in prison to…
U.S. Religious Freedom Ambassador: A ‘Global Religious War’ Rages Against Christians
Breitbart | 051018 AP/Hussein Malla 10 May 2018421 WASHINGTON, DC — Sam Brownback, the new U.S. ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, joined faith leaders, activists, experts, and laymen at a…
‘We Can Look Away, But We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know’: The Persecuted Church Is Heard On Capitol Hill
CBNNews | 051018 WASHINGTON – Nearly 215 million Christians experience severe persecution worldwide, according to the Institute on Religion and Democracy. The plight of the oppressed has long been advocated…
NORTH KOREA – Trump Greets 3 American Detainees Freed From North Korea
The New York Times | 051018 JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Three American prisoners freed from North Korea arrived here early Thursday to a personal welcome from President Trump, who…
EGYPT – Young newlywed becomes 8th Egyptian Coptic Christian woman to go missing since April
Christian Today | 050918 A young Coptic Christian woman who had been married for two weeks has been missing since disappearing from her school on May 2, sparking fears that…
SAUDI ARABIA – Saudis Draw Line in the Sand for Christians
The Patriot Post | 050518 Imagine a country of 830,000 square miles — bigger than Alaska — without a single church. Right now, that’s Saudi Arabia. For Christians, it’s a…
KENYA – Gunmen Attack Church in Central African Republic, and Warn of More Violence
New York Times | 050218 NAIROBI, Kenya — Former members of a Muslim militia killed at least 16 people in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic,…
Why atheists (and everyone else) should support freedom of religion
LDS Church | 050118 LONDON, England — While freedom of religion or belief is being seen more and more merely as a right to worship rather than a right to…