Archive | December 16, 2012
Nigeria. New church building razed down by unknown people.

Nigeria. New church building razed down by unknown people.

Members of the Living Faith Church (a branch of Winners Chapel) along Airport road in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital woke up Monday morning to find their new church razed down by unknown people. The new church building which was constructed about two months ago has been an issue of litigation between the church and [...]

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Egypt. “It’s not safe at all, if your a christian surname, they can beat you up but good.”

Egypt. “It’s not safe at all, if your a christian surname, they can beat you up but good.”

As reports from Cairo reach America, it’s hard to ignore what Lila has to say. “It’s not safe at all,” said Lila, whose name has been changed to protect the brother and sister she hopes to get out of Egypt as soon as she possibly can. On Tuesday, an Associated Press story about recent clashes [...]

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Iraq. Heavy threats from radical Shiite Muslim leader: “Conversion to Islam or death.”

Iraq. Heavy threats from radical Shiite Muslim leader: “Conversion to Islam or death.”

Iraq’s Christians, who are celebrating the reopening of the cathedral of Baghdad are at the same time subjected to new – and heavy – threats from a radical Shiite Muslim leader. From studies of a television broadcaster based in Egypt, an Iraqi Ayatollah launches a fatwa against the religious minority on the eve of Christmas: [...]

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Egypt. Christian women voters were banned from casting their ballot in disputed constitutional referendum.

Egypt. Christian women voters were banned from casting their ballot in disputed constitutional referendum.

A group of Egypt’s Christian women voters were banned on Saturday in Cairo’s Nasr City from casting their ballot in a disputed constitutional referendum, an Al Arabiya correspondent and AFP reported. Nasr City was the scene of mass rallies last night as Islamists who support President Mohammed Mursi took to the streets. Details of banning [...]

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