No Irish MEP voted against report
Fulani herdsmen responsible for most deaths.
The Iraqi parliament has unanimously voted to make Christmas Day an official state holiday.
The charity states that 80% of all acts of religious persecution are perpetrated against Christians in over 95 countries.
A feminist march for abortion marking International Women’s Day in Mexico city turned violent on Sunday, as protesters attacked churches and clashed with police.
Christians are often reported to government surveillance groups called “inminban”, literally meaning “people’s groups”, who conduct regular house inspections, arresting suspected Christians, or anyone found worshiping or in possession of the Scriptures.
“Make known the atrocities”, pleads the president of the Nigerian bishops’ conference as Christians continue to suffer at the hands of Boko Haram and Islamist Fulani tribesmen throughout the country.
A Nigerian priest has issued a desperate plea for help in the wake of a litany of brutal executions and kidnappings in northern Nigeria by Islamic militants.
Fleeing from one repressive country to another in search of a better life might seem like a living hell to most of us, but the story of Bon-Hwa*, a North Korean refugee in communist China, is sure to bring hope to many.
Lost in the Christmas festivities was another tragic episode in Nigeria’s ongoing strife between Islamic militants and the Christian population of a deeply divided country ravaged by lawlessness.
Today, conspiracy theories about non-Muslim minorities dominate the public sphere. At the root of these stories, Christians are depicted as collaborators with foreign powers to undermine the Turkish identity.
Over 245 million Christians are living in places where they experience high levels of persecution, while 4,305 Christians were killed because of their faith from 2017 to 2019, and 1,847 Churches and other Christian building were attacked in that period. They are just some of the figures being highlighted by the Persecuted and Forgotten report from Aid to the Church […]