Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2015
Islamic violence accelerates in countries not known for religious conflict. (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist violence in countries not known for religious tensions, majority-Christian Kenya and Uganda, topped Morning Star News’ stories in 2015. While the...
TAJIKISTAN: Religious freedom survey, January 2016
By Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service, and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service Before the May 2016 UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tajikistan, Forum 18 News Service notes continuing violations of freedom of religion or belief and related...
REFUGEE FLIGHT OF FAITH SET TO CONTINUE IN 2016
Release International is warning that the flight of faith witnessed in 2015 is set to continue into 2016, as Christian refugees are driven out of their communities and countries because of their religious beliefs. ‘This flight of faith is a growing trend around the...
Pakistani Christians face eviction from Islamabad slums
Christians in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, are facing eviction from their homes, after the Capital Development Authority went to the country’s highest court to request the demolition of the slums in which many of them reside. The majority of the residents of...
Indonesian churches celebrate Christmas without building – or even tent
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on 23rd Dec promised a safe Christmas celebration throughout Indonesia. It’s the world’s most populous Muslim nation, but only one of its provinces applies sharia. Ten churches were destroyed in this province – Aceh, in the Singkil regency – in the month of October alone, out of more than 30 churches nationally which were torched, destroyed, or forced to shut down in 2015.
5 years on: what has the Arab Spring meant for Christians?
The Arab Spring, which began five years ago today (17th December) started with a wave of protests in Tunisia followed by other Arab countries. It was positively acclaimed as a social movement demanding an end to human rights violations, government corruption and...