After 7 years, authorities approved the project propelled by a Filipino expat livig in the country. There are about 1,200 evangelical believers in Qatar.

Jaume Llenas (Spanish Evangelical Alliance) analyses the difficulties believers face in Europe when trying to participate in the public arena. “We need to reach society not only with arguments, but with a new narrative.”

InterVarsity student groups had been ejected from all 19 California State campuses after a controversial new policy which forced them to accept non-Christians in leadership.

Two men holding Bibles attacked an 11-year-old girl and shouted: “You are going to burn in hell.” Assemblies of God reacted asking for freedom of religion for all. 

The attacks to evangelical communities are recurrent in Mexico since 2012, but the state government remained silent.

MEPs ask the EU to clearly promote freedom of belief in its external action. European Parliament Intergroup on Freedom of Religion and Belief introduced its first annual report on the state of religion in the world.

The German Evangelical Alliance considered that the article of well-known magazine is poor journalism and contradicts reality.

While the draft for the ban is yet to be approved, authorities have removed nearly 400 crosses from the rooftops of churches since early 2014.

The City of Calvin banned religious activities on the streets last September. Local court now condemns council for “disproportionate decision.”

A proposal to declare Liberia a Christian nation created division between religious groups.

The Religious Liberty Commission has published a statement warning about the terrorist groups that “compete with each other in revealing their evil intent.”

Pro-gay groups and some companies, Apple among them, say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is discriminatory.

The conservative Hungarian government has postponed until the autumn a redrafting of the controversial church law. 

The U.S. Supreme Court guaranteed equality for all citizens long ago, but secularists ask constitutions to be changed because atheists are portrayed as “second-class citizens”.

Both the media and mosques have been accused of escalating the situation with hate messages. Riots erupted in reaction to explosions which killed at least 14 in two churches. Christians have asked the government to take real action to protect churches.

Taliban bombers are said to have detonated their explosives near the gates of St John's Catholic Church and the Protestant Christ Church.

U.N. rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt suggests preventing violence in the name of religion through trust building and a political agenda based on freedom of conscience

In France, the timely “Libre de le dire” campaign adds an Evangelical voice to the debate about freedom of religion and ‘Laicité’. Jurist Nancy Lefèvre thinks the pressure from politicians and the media causes Christians to be “unsure about their rights”.

Freedom of speech of the Christian Unions is “assured,” says Home Secretary. UCCF had reacted to Government plans to ‘protect’ Universities from radical ideas which included restrictions to Christian activities on Campus.

Head of the Republic Sergio Mattarella is described as “a man who knows how to listen and engage.”

31 cases of attacks on Christians registered in December alone. Believers create United Christian Forum with helpline. 

The Chinese Communist Party worries that, on current trends, China will be the largest Protestant country in the world by around 2030.

What can The West learn from Africa about religion in the public square? At least 5 lessons. 

New churches in northern Italy will need to have large parking sites and a “minimum distance” to other places of worship. Evangelicals fear “damage to freedom of religion” and denounce new rules might be “unconstitutional.”

It seems that our politicians slowly realise that the question really is what we believe about diversity and the role of the state in religious affairs. Are our governments elected to ensure uniformity among citizens? Should it be that intolerance and discrimination targeting Christians is somehow less serious because they represent power?