Catching Our Eye

Who owns the church? Sudan court puts elders on trial for trespass and theft

Algeria: Another Protestant church closed

Eritrea: Orthodox Patriarch Antonios expelled for ‘heresy’

Iranian church closed, cross torn down

Egypt legalises 156 churches with many more still waiting

Tag: Tajikistan

Tajikistan to ‘tighten restrictions’

January 31, 2014 Tajikistan Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tajikistan

The World Evangelical Alliance predicts religious restrictions will tighten in Tajikistan as a response to expected Taliban attacks in neighbouring Afghanistan as the number of US troops there falls from 66,000 to 34,000 in February. In a report issued on Jan. 31, the alliance says an “anticipated resurgence of the . . . Read More

‘Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians’

June 5, 2013 International Afghanistan, Algeria, Arab Spring, Armenia, Asia Bibi, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Central Asia, China, Communism, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Middle East, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Russia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

‘Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians’

This is a book designed to show that “Christians are the single most widely persecuted religious group in the world today” (p4). With that aim, three authors well known in the field of religious advocacy give the reader the ultimate global briefing on the causes, patterns and trends in the persecution . . . Read More