A Christian man was killed in central Egypt on Saturday after sectarian clashes between Christians and Muslims, security and medical sources said. (more…)
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Friends and family remember Shafayet Reja as an affectionate young man who stayed up late to write poetry, danced exuberantly at weddings and explored the faiths of his father and mother with an openheartedness that led him to declare on his Facebook page, “I never get tired of learning the new things that life has to offer.” (more…)
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Following the Appeal Court of Alexandria on Sept. 24 granting custody of 13-year-old Christian twins to their Muslim father, their mother lives with the fear that police will take away her children at any moment. (more…)
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A new attack against the Christians in Mosul: yesterday afternoon, an armed group assassinated Hazim Thomaso Youssif, age 40. (more…)
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Last week, Iran’s Majlis ratified a bill under which any Muslim who converts to another religion would be put to death, with no possibility of pardon. (more…)
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The Muslim Fatah-controlled authority in Judea and Samaria is encouraging a “sharp demographic shift” in Bethlehem, where the Christian population went from a 60 percent majority in 1990 to a 40 percent minority in 2000, to about 15 percent of the city’s total population today. (more…)
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Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India on Thursday, police said, as Italy said it would summon India’s ambassador to demand “incisive action” to prevent more attacks. (more…)
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A young girl in Saudi Arabia was brutally executed by her Muslim father this week after he learned his daughter had converted to Christianity. (more…)
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The other night flipping through Arabic satellite stations, I came across a Coptic man who was lividly discussing the “Coptic question.” (more…)
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[The article also reminds us that Bahrain recently appointed a Jewish ambassador to the U.S. - Gene]
Last week, King Al-Khalifa and Bahraini Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa met in London with a group of expatriate Bahraini Jews who currently live in the United Kingdom. (more…)
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