More and more young Turks are asking themselves who they really are. And quite a few are discovering their Christian and non-Turkish roots.
A man with a Palestinian flag tried to set fire to a Jewish place of worship near Montpellier. “Tolerating verbal aggression paves the way for physical aggression”, says the Prime Minister.
“Due to the threats, many Christians refused to stand as witnesses in court”, says one of the residents who filed a complaint. 11 more persons accused of blasphemy have lost their lives in the past 18 months.
The Anglican Church of Pakistan welcomes an initiative that will “pave the way for unified action on forced conversions of underage girls and misuse of the blasphemy laws”.
A drunk man shouted anti-Christian slogans as he tried to enter the building. The police arrested him after he smashed a window.
Dozens of other Christians were wounded and received treatment in hospitals, sources in the area said.
United Nations experts say Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence.
It is 20 years since the biggest terrorist attack in Spain. The Islamist attack that killed 193 people marked an entire country and today we explore that memory.
Pedro Tarquis was on duty as a doctor on the day of the 11 March 2004 terrorist attack in Madrid in one of the hospitals that received many of the injured. These are some of his memories and reflections of that day.
Macron’s government wants to see more Muslim preachers trained in France. The step is connected to the 2020 anti-separatism law to fight radical Islamism.
Some radical Muslims in attendance also broke the motorcycle of the Christians and tore up their Bibles. The event was organized by Muslims.
After a pro-Palestinian demonstration, radicals intimidated Jewish shopkeepers and police officers had to be deployed.
Reactions from evangelical Christians in France, UK, Spain, Germany, and the European Evangelical Alliance.
Two Christians explain how they are experiencing the outbreak of war. “It is impossible not to think about God and how He may be guiding these events”, says Andrés from Tel Aviv.
Christians are against desecrating holy books, says Olof Edsinger, leader of the Swedish Evangelical Alliance. But “something is terribly wrong when totalitarian regimes are trying to force us to abandon our hard-won human rights”, he adds.
Attackers entered the worship place, smashed windows, destroyed the prayer room, and wrote the message: “The last prophet was Mohamed”.
On 25 February, the most populated country of Africa elects its new president. A Christian university lecturer in northen Nigeria analyses the socio-political scenario.
Not everyone is able to worship with the same freedom in the country hosting the 2022 football World Cup. Open Doors UK and Ireland asked believers in Doha.
“If Christians cannot meet in their homes, where should they meet to worship?”, asks the Spanish the Spanish Evangelical Alliance.
Church leaders and rights activists cite forced conversion as the biggest challenge for vulnerable minority communities of Pakistan.
The government says it has investigated around one hundred mosques and Muslim prayer halls because of possible “separatist” ideology.
The Reverend Dauda Bature of the First Evangelical Church Winning All in Kaduna state, was kidnapped by armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in November while working on his farm.
Decision cloaked for two months to deter Islamist backlash.
The President of the Moroccan Christian Union explains why, although the change of government has raised expectations, many Christians remain cautious.
Perhaps you’ve never consciously articulated your hope for Afghanistan. You just watched the news and wondered what would come of it all.
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