PERSECUTION WATCH: FEBRUARY – MARCH 2017
Suffering Christians: an average of five churches are attacked every Sunday in Nigeria Plea to halt genocide in Nigeria Christian leaders and human rights campaigners in Nigeria are warning that…
Egypt: Muslims attack Christian homes in Alexandria
Recent visits by a Coptic priest to one man’s home in a village outside Alexandria gave locals reason to think a Christian place of worship was springing up in their…
EGYPT: PROTECT YOUR CHRISTIANS, MR PRESIDENT
Archangel Michael Church in Cairo – burned by militants and still unrepaired. Picture: Andrew Boyd / Release by Andrew Boyd Release International has gathered thousands of names to present a…
Response of grace to 21 beheadings
THE EGYPTIAN CHURCH has caused tears across the nation following messages of forgiveness from Christian families of 21 hardworking men beheaded by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya. HEART reported…
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.
Egyptian churches reopen
TEN CHURCHES wrecked by radical Muslims in the summer of last year (2013) in Egypt have now been reopened.
Christian Eritreans suffer in Egyptian Sinai
MEN AND WOMEN FROM ERITREA who fled their homeland due to Christian persecution are being kept in Egyptian prisons following the chaos of the Arab Spring and tormented by radical…