USA – Museum of the Bible Exhibit Tells the Stories of Persecuted Middle East Christians

National Catholic Register | Lauretta Brown | February 11, 2020 The haunting faces of Christian refugees surround desecrated religious books and statuary at the new “Cross in Fire” exhibit at…

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WORLDWIDE – The ‘double vulnerability’ of persecuted Christian women

Christian Today | January 22, 2020 Last year, the Bishop of Truro published a monumental review into the persecution of Christians. The findings were stark: anti-Christian persecution is spreading and increasing in severity…

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MIDDLE EAST – Jesus appeared to Middle Eastern Muslim every night, recited entire Gospel of John: ‘God is moving’

Christian Post | Leah MarieAnn Klett | Sept. 19, 2019 A church planter working in the Middle East has shared the miraculous ways the Gospel is moving across the persecuted…

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MIDDLE EAST – Brownback: Christianity’s future in Middle East has reached defining moment

CRUX | Josephine von Dohlen | Sept. 13, 2019 In a file photo, Sam Brownback, U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom and former Kansas governor, speaks during a forum addressing…

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MIDDLE EAST – Persecution of Christians ‘coming close to genocide’ in Middle East – report

The Guardian | Patrick Wintour |May 2, 2019 Pervasive persecution of Christians, sometimes amounting to genocide, is ongoing in parts of the Middle East, and has prompted an exodus in…

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PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear New Security Mandate May Lead to Church Closures

International Christian Concern | Jan. 8, 2019 On January 2, the government of the Punjab province in Pakistan mandated that churches comply with set security standards by March 31 or…

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MIDDLE EAST – Church leaders call for aid for Christians, minority religious groups in Middle East

Abouna - Dec. 2, 2018 Armenian, Greek, Catholic and Syriac church leaders are asking for President Donald Trump’s support in protecting the religious freedoms of oppressed Christians and other minorities…

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Persecution of Minority Christian Women ‘Hidden, Complex, and Interwoven with “Everyday” Discrimination’

World Watch Monitor | Nov. 26, 2018 Five new reports – about Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Colombia and the Central African Republic – unmask the multiple domestic, societal and state dynamics…

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PALESTINE – Palestinian Authority, Hamas Using Torture to Silence Critics, Human Rights Watch Says

The Christian Post | Oct. 24, 2018 A leading human rights watchdog has called out the Palestinian authorities for establishing police states in which peaceful protestors are regularly arrested and…

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