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IS destroys Christian landmark in Mosul

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The ‘Islamic State’ has completely destroyed another historic Christian landmark in an area under its control, this time in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Quoting “local residents,” “the terrorists … blew the Clock Church fully after booby-trapping it from all sides and the evacuation of nearby houses in the . . . Read More

Hong Kong Christians oppose Beijing’s policy

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Christians in Hong Kong protested outside Beijing’s liaison office there Sunday, urging the Chinese authorities to respect religious freedoms following President Xi Jinping’s recent insistence that religious groups ‘devote themselves’ to his reforms, . Cardinal Joseph Zen Zekiun, the former Bishop of Hong Kong, joined about 50 protestors at the . . . Read More

Hate speech fuels violence vs. Turkish non-Muslims

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A new report analysing freedom of religion or belief in Turkey faults both strong nationalism and the Erdogan government’s public endorsement of a Sunni Muslim identity for rising levels of hate speech against the nation’s religious minorities. According to studies cited in the April report by Christian Solidarity Worldwide, “religious . . . Read More

Coptic monk kidnapped from Sudan farm

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The Cairo-based news organization Watani International that an Egyptian-born Coptic monk serving in Sudan has been kidnapped. Rev. Ghabrial al-Antony was working on his brother’s farm in Sudan’s Darfur region, Watani quoted Rev. Boulos Fouad of the Coptic Church in Khartoum as saying. Fouad said three men tied up the . . . Read More

Boko Haram will leave legacy of ‘hatred’

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Boko Haram’s terror tactics in north-eastern Nigeria have led to increasing mistrust between Christians and Muslims, according to . Long after Boko Haram has gone, she said, the insurgents will leave behind in some communities ‘a dense cloud of internecine hatred and suspicion’. Nwaubani visited Michika in the north-eastern state . . . Read More