Egyptian convert not allowed to travel to court
THE FIRST Egyptian citizen to change his legal religious identity from ‘Muslim’ to ‘Christian’ faces losing his prison appeal because he is not allowed to travel to court.
Persecution of Christians not discussed with Algeria
THE UK GOVERNMENT has not raised the issue of the persecution of Christians when discussing human rights with Algeria.
Pastor Saeed’s mum flees death threats
THE MOTHER OF JAILED PASTOR Saeed Abedini is believed to have escaped to America after receiving daily death threats in Iran – where her son is being held and tortured…
IS sells children, age 1-9, for more than teenage girls
THE PRICES OF CHRISTIAN SLAVES captured by Islamic State militants in Iraq have been published.
Children ‘chopped in half’ – Vicar of Baghdad
Why won’t Westerners believe me, asks Canon Andrew White “CHRISTIAN CHILDREN have been chopped in half by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq – but no one believes it.” Canon…
The ‘holy war’ against Christians
THAT THERE IS A ‘HOLY WAR’ in the name of ‘God’ raging in the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity, will not surprise most readers of this paper. But a…
New laws could save Pakistan mum from hanging
ASIA BIBI HAS SAT IN A PRISON CELL in Pakistan for the past five years and often in solitary confinement – on death row over a glass of water. The…
Late News Dec-Jan
PA to delay statehood bid Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki told the Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency that the PA leadership has decided to delay a bid to seek recognition…
CHRISTIAN MEDIA: WHAT CRISIS?
A TIDAL WAVE OF CHALLENGES has hit some of the UK’s best-known and loved broadcasters this autumn. But the broadcasters have rallied and have vowed to carry on bringing the…
Tweeting the Word
WORSHIP DIRECTOR Chris Juby, aged 30, of King’s Church in Durham has successfully tweeted summaries of every Bible chapter since August 20, 2010. He finished with the last chapter of…