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Russia approves ‘anti-missionary bill’

July 4, 2016 Russia Russia, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin, Yarovaya Law

The upper chamber of the Russian Assembly has approved what is being referred to by one Christian organisation as an “anti-missionary bill”. ‘s Sergey Rakhuba says the the bill “prohibits missionary and evangelistic activity in residential areas of Russia and limits missionaries to acting only on behalf of registered religious . . . Read More

Chibok girls’ life with Boko Haram

July 4, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

New details about the ordeal of the Chibok girls at the hands of Boko Haram have now emerged. A month ago, Amina Ali was the first of a group of 219 schoolgirls detained by the radical Islamist group to be rescued, prompting widespread coverage. Yakubu Nkeki, a spokesman for the . . . Read More

Mob attack damages Copt homes in Minya, Egypt

July 4, 2016 Egypt Alexandria, Churches, Copts, Egypt, Kom El-Loufy

Angry Muslims set fire to four Coptic homes in the Minya village of Koum al-Loufi, about 230km south of Cairo, suspecting a house would be turned into a church. According to Coptic news site Wataninet, two Copts, Ashraf Khalaf and his brother Ibrahim Khalaf, were in the process of building . . . Read More

At least six killed in bus attack in NE Kenya

July 1, 2016 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mandera, Nairobi, Somalia

At least six people were killed as gunmen attacked two buses on Friday in Kenya’s north-eastern region of Mandera, near the Somalia border. The identity of the assailants is not yet known, but attacks carried out by Al Shabaab are frequent in that volatile region. In November 2014, a bus . . . Read More

Islamic State kills priest in Sinai

July 1, 2016 Egypt Copts, Egypt, El-Arish, Islamic State, Minya, Mohamed Morsi, Sinai

A Coptic Orthodox priest was shot dead yesterday morning (30 June) in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula by Islamist militants. Fr. Raphael Moussa, 46, was shot four times in the head from a passing taxi as he stood next to his car in Arish, the capital of northern Sinai. The priest was . . . Read More

Verdict postponed on Malatya murders

June 30, 2016 Turkey Malatya, Turkey

Turkish Christians are disappointed that no verdict was given on 28th June in a long-standing, nine-year murder trial following the killing of three Christians in Malatya in 2007. Court officials said that a verdict would be given, but the trial was adjourned until 28th September. Necati Aydin, Ugur Yuksel and . . . Read More

Nigerian Army claims it’s freed 5000 hostages

June 30, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Children, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Trauma

The Nigerian army says it has freed over 5,000 people held hostage by Boko Haram during an operation conducted on June 25, in the north-eastern of the country. Six militants killed and several others wounded, said the army spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman. Yet local media and NGOs have not been . . . Read More

Pew reports decline in religious restrictions

June 28, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Religious freedom, Sub-Saharan Africa, Syria, Terrorism

In its latest report, Pew Research Center says there was an overall decline in religious restrictions and hostilities between 2013 and 2014, despite a continued rise in religion-related terrorism. The US-based “fact tank” ranked 198 countries and territories in the seventh report of its kind, titled “Trends in Global Restrictions . . . Read More

India: bishop ‘shocked’ after Assam attack

June 27, 2016 India Assam, Bajrang Dal, Hindu nationalism, Hyderabad, India, Minorities, Mumbai, Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh

A bishop in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam has spoken of his “shock” after a local priest was attacked with a machete on 19 June. Bishop Michael Akasius Toppo of Tezpur it was “the first ever incident like this in our region”. (Assam is one of , linked to . . . Read More

Bangladesh Muslim clerics: terrorism ‘un-Islamic’

June 27, 2016 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamic extremism, Terrorism

Bangladesh is holding its breath after 100,000 Bangladeshi Muslim clerics signed a “fatwa” stating terrorism and militancy are “un-Islamic”, following a spate of violent attacks. Earlier this month, the attacks on religious minorities, secularists and atheists had led to the detention of more than 11,000 suspects, according to national police. . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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Russia approves ‘anti-missionary bill’

Chibok girls’ life with Boko Haram

Mob attack damages Copt homes in Minya, Egypt

At least six killed in bus attack in NE Kenya

Islamic State kills priest in Sinai

Verdict postponed on Malatya murders

Nigerian Army claims it’s freed 5000 hostages

Pew reports decline in religious restrictions

India: bishop ‘shocked’ after Assam attack

Bangladesh Muslim clerics: terrorism ‘un-Islamic’

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