Source: Reuters – Mon, 14 Oct 2013 02:43 AM Author: Reuters By Siva Sithraputhran PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, Oct 14 (Reuters) – A Malaysian court ruled on Monday that a Christian newspaper may not use the word “Allah” to refer to… Read More ›
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Syria Christian church looted, ruined by rebels
Photo: RIA Novosti Three weeks after seizing the mostly Christian-populated town of Maaloula north of Damascus, Syrian rebels have ruined and looted the community’s church, destroying or stealing a lot of revered old icons. The 4th-century church of St Sergius… Read More ›
Egypt’s Coptic Christians forced to pay taxes to Muslim Brotherhood
4:32 PM 09/11/2013 The Muslim Brotherhood has started implementing a tax on the nearly 15,000 Coptic Christians in Egypt’s Dalga Village, the Washington Times reports. Those that do not convert to Islam will be forced to pay the tax, or… Read More ›
Destruction of Christianity as the result of the Arab Spring
© Collage: The Voice of Russia The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime would mark the end of the Christian civilization not only in Syria, but also in the entire Middle East, experts are afraid. Already today in the region… Read More ›
First Vatican envoy to Malaysia sparks Muslim anger over ‘Allah’ / state government would not allow the word Allah to be used by non-Muslims in their holy books
The Vatican’s first envoy to Malaysia has opened a storm of controversy by apparently supporting the use of the word “Allah” by Christians, prompting a rebuke from the government and condemnation from nationalist Malay groups in the majority-Muslim… Read More ›
Christian teacher to be tried in Egypt for insulting Islam
Egypt’s prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana Abdel-Nour, who was arrested on Wednesday, was accused by her Muslim students’ parents of insulting Islam and comparing it to… Read More ›
Coptic Christians under siege as mob attacks Cairo cathedral
Alastair Beach sees gunfire exchanged as armed gang descends on funeral of five Christians killed in recent sectarian clashes Alastair Beach Monday, 8 April 2013 Hundreds of Christians were under siege inside Cairo’s Coptic cathedral last night as security forces… Read More ›
One dead in clashes after funeral of Egypt Coptic Christians
07 Apr 2013 CAIRO (AFP) One person died Sunday in clashes at Cairo’s Coptic cathedral after funeral prayers for four Christians during which angry Copts chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, an official said. Fighting between Christians and Muslims meanwhile… Read More ›
Cairo cathedral clashes: 1 dead, 29 injured
Photo: AFP One person was killed on Sunday in clashes outside Cairo’s Coptic cathedral following funeral prayers for four Christians killed in sectarian violence, an Egyptian health ministry official said. “There is one fatality in (Cairo’s) Demerdash hospital,” Ahmed… Read More ›
Christian football fans outraged after LSU airbrushes out crosses painted on their chests
The Painted Posse are Christian football fans who attend every home game at the Louisiana college with their chests painted with the school’s colours and a small cross above their hearts. But in an email to the university’s students,… Read More ›
Catholics call for Israeli hate-crime crackdown
Published: 20 September, 2012, 20:29 Edited: 20 September, 2012, 20:29 A spate of hate crimes against Christian places of worship in Israel has prompted usually reticent Roman Catholic officials to speak out, hoping that intervention by authorities might bring an… Read More ›
Pakistan Christian ‘blasphemy’ girl freed from jail on Bail
A Christian girl accused of blasphemy in Pakistan was released from jail on Saturday, a minister said, in a case that has sparked an international outcry. Rimsha Masih was arrested on August 16 for allegedly burning pages containing verses from… Read More ›
Pakistani mullah ‘planted charred texts’ on girl accused of blasphemy
Hardline cleric deliberately framed Rimsha Masih, believed to be just 13, in order to ‘get rid of Christians’, court hears Jon Boone in Islamaba guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 September 2012 05.48 EDT Pakistani policemen escort Islamic cleric Hafiz Mohammed… Read More ›
Bail hopes dashed of Christian girl in Pakistan blasphemy case
A judge has deferred hearing of Rimsha Masih over charges of burning sacred Islamic texts after legal wrangling Jon Boone in Islamabad guardian.co.uk, Saturday 1 September 2012 09.16 EDT Lawyers leave a court in Islamabad hearing the case… Read More ›
Pakistan arrests 11 year old, mentally disabled Christian girl for alleged Qur’an desecration
By Jon Boone, The Guardian Sunday, August 19, 2012 20:06 EDT An 11-year-old Christian Pakistani girl said to suffer from a mental disorder could face the death penalty under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws, after she was accused by her… Read More ›
Christian girl with Down’s Syndrome arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan
By Agence France-Presse Sunday, August 19, 2012 11:09 EDT ISLAMABAD — A Christian girl with Down’s Syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran, police and activists said on… Read More ›
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