Christian Persecution

The Palm Sunday massacre targeted Pope Tawadros II – why the media silence?

If a suicide bomber had detonated himself in a pew at St Peter's Basilica while the Pope of Rome was presiding over the liturgy, the world's media would be talking about an assassination attempt on the life of Francis, which…

Scores of Anglican clergy complain to Home Secretary about Syriac Orthodox bishops banned from visiting UK

December 8, 2016
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Following the shocking revelation that the Home Office refused to grant visas to three persecuted bishops from Iraq and Syria (who had simply wanted to attend the consecration of a…

Persecuted Middle East bishops banned from visiting UK

December 4, 2016
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Why are suffering Syrian and Iraqi bishops banned from visiting the UK? They only wanted to attend the consecration of the country's first Syriac Orthodox cathedral, dedicated to St Thomas.…

Red Wednesday: Houses of Parliament turn to blood in honour of those who suffer for their faith

November 23, 2016
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The Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral will be all be lit up red this evening to remember those who are persecuted or killed for their beliefs. The…

Christian missionaries in Aleppo crucified and beheaded

October 16, 2016
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"At several steps on their path to death by beheading and crucifixion last month, 11 indigenous Christian workers near Aleppo, Syria had the option to leave the area and live.…

Egypt's Coptic Christians are being slandered, humiliated and murdered

July 26, 2016
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"They burnt the house and went in and dragged me out, threw me in front of the house and ripped my clothes," recounted 70-year-old Souad Thabet. "I was just…

The Home Office's shameful treatment of Christian asylum seekers

June 8, 2016
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A few years ago we had a popular children’s song at my church that started like this: You won’t get to heaven on the back of a camel, And…

Open Doors demands action on behalf of persecuted Christians in Nigeria

May 3, 2016
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Have you ever been to an open-air church service? Not those of the balmy British summerness where the vicar sets up a pulpit on the village green and children…

While Erdoğan seizes churches, Cameron fights for Turkey to join the EU

April 25, 2016
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David Cameron has pledged to fight for Turkey to be admitted to the European Union. This, he avers, would place them at "the top table of European politics", where,…

ISIS is committing genocide, but Tory MPs are whipped into denial

April 20, 2016
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The legal definition of genocide is not restricted to genus: it is defined as the intent "to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious…

Global persecution of Christians more extreme than ever

January 13, 2016
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This week many in the church and a few in the media have their eyes on Justin Welby and the Primates meeting in Canterbury, waiting to see if the…

On the Feast of Stephen

December 26, 2015
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The funeral of St Stephen, by Filippo Lippi (1460). St Stephen – 'a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost' (Acts 6:5) – was chosen to be a…

Kenyan Muslims say "I'm Spartacus" to protect Christians

December 22, 2015
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Peace on earth won't magically descend from the clouds: it has to be aimed at and worked for. And it starts in the hearts of each and every one…

Nissar Hussain battered with a pickaxe in Bradford for converting from Islam to Christianity

November 21, 2015
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Quite a few British Muslims are eager to abandon the path of Mohammed and the faith of their forefathers. Some are brave enough to convert to Christianity and make…

The Queen hosts President Xi Jinping, and the Catholic Herald sneers at her hypocrisy

October 21, 2015
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"As the Catholic Herald has constantly stressed, China continues to persecute Christians, and there is evidence that this persecution is getting worse. How ironic, then, that the Supreme Governor…

Bradford ex-Muslim Christian converts "have given up on the Church of England"

October 3, 2015
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"Muslim family are driven from their home... after they converted to Christianity." "Neighbours vandalise car and call them 'blasphemers'"; "windows are constantly smashed"; "family attacked in the street"; "Bradford…

ISIS destroys the the ancient Monastery of Mar Elian

August 22, 2015
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"The Monastery of St. Elian was a Christian monastery near the town of Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs Governorate," says Wikipedia. "Was"? Yes, the tense is accurate. It had stood…

China abolishes the cross of Christ

August 13, 2015
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China's stock-market has plunged: its GDP has crashed, the yuan has been devalued and economic confidence is in free fall. Another boom-and-bust bubble has burst: Mammon threatens another tidal…

It is time to arm Iraq's anti-ISIS Christian militia

July 26, 2015
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While HM Government faffs around arguing over whether we should be calling the Islamic State 'ISIS', 'ISIL' or 'Daesh' because, according to David Cameron, the Islamic State is neither…

House of Lords pleads for the freedom of religion and belief

July 22, 2015
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With a Conservative majority government in place for the next five years we won’t need to worry about any potential reforms to House of Lords for the time being.…