Archive | January 18, 2012
The persecution of Pakistan’s Christian minority

The persecution of Pakistan’s Christian minority

In August 2009, an angry mob of extremist Muslims torched Christian homes in Gojra, Pakistan. At least seven people were shot to death or burned alive. A few days after the attacks, American photographer Gary S. Chapman visited the area with his wife, Vivian, to document the aftermath. “I want people to see my images [...]

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Acts of violence Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011

Acts of violence Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011

NEW DELHI, January 4 (CDN) — Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches symbolizing the plight of the religious minority. The Indonesian Protestant Church Union, locally known as PGI, counted 54 acts of violence and other violations against Christians in 2011, up from [...]

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Somali Convert from Islam Whipped in Public

Somali Convert from Islam Whipped in Public

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 10 (CDN) — A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said. Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somali’as Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into custody by Islamic extremist al Shabaab militants in [...]

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CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED IN SUDAN

CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED IN SUDAN

KHARTOUM, Sudan, (CDN) — Muslim extremists have sent text messages to at least 10 church leaders in Khartoum saying they are planning to target Christian leaders, buildings and institutions, Christian sources in Khartoum said. “We want this country to be purely an Islamic state, so we must kill the infidels and destroy their churches all over [...]

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