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April 9, 2009
USA
Textbook bias
and falsehoods in the classroom.
(Video).
April 15,
2009
Washington,
D.C., USA
Obama bans Jesus at Georgetown. Update 4/17
: The Christian Defense Coalition is 'appalled' at the move.
April 17, 2009
Orlando, FL, USA
The Council of American-Islamic Relations was caught
selling jihadist literature advocating genocide, violence, and the overthrow of
non-Sharia governments. (Video).
April
21, 2009
USA
A hate speech law, HR 1913, could restrict religious freedom and
freedom of speech. The law has since passed the House.
April
24, 2009
Washington
D.C., USA
Obama's Armenian genocide dilemma. He
chose not to brand it as such, possibly because Erdogan does not "support
apologies to Armenians".
April
24, 2009
Vallejo Co.,
CA, USA
Missionary author to recount her year in
captivity in the Philippines at the hands of Abu Sayyaf militants.
April
27, 2009
Seattle, WA,
USA
A militant who is to testify in a high-stakes terror
trial admits to having tried to carve out no-go zones and institute
Sharia.
April
30, 2009
Arlington,
VA, USA
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., awards "Muslim Democrat of the
Year" to the President of the Maldives, a nation in which Christianity is
illegal and which ranks
6th
on the list of the worst oppressors
of Christians.
May 1, 2009
USA
The US Commission on
International Religious Freedom named 13 countries as serious violators of
religious freedom, 8 of which were Muslim countries. (Video
).
May
18, 2009
USA
Newsweek's cover story on April 4
was 'The Decline and Fall of Christian America.' Meacham: halving the
magazine's circulation "is a good thing."
May
27, 2009
Los Angeles,
CA, USA
"A Message to President Obama From Christian
Copts of California: Reconciliation With the Islamic World is a Two-Way
Street."
June
2, 2009
USA
Obama: The US is
“one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” Video here
.
June 3,
2009
Arkansas,
USA
The Arkansas jihadist had maps to a Baptist church, Jewish
organizations, a daycare center, and a post office.
June
3, 2009
USA
US lawmakers call upon Saudis to stop using hate speech in their
textbooks.
June 4, 2009
USA
Sharia’s inroads in the US. (Video).
June
5, 2009
USA
US tax dollars fund madrassas in Gambia.
June 6, 2009
San Diego, CA, USA
A Muslim and a Christian got into an argument
about religion so the Muslim shot the Christian 5 times.
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Colombia
Colombia has detained and expelled
an ethnic Albanian war crimes suspect who was the
commander of the KLA because of an Interpol warrant for war crimes.
Eritrea
Eritrea's
government is involved in attacking rights activists abroad, claims Christian
Solidarity Worldwide.
Minna and
Gwada, Nigeria
Churches were burnt and scores injured in Easter violence.
Khartoum, Sudan
Converts
from Islam struggle to survive; some are beaten and imprisoned by family
members.
Eritrea
Human Rights
Watch says that Eritrea is becoming a giant prison, particularly for religious
minorities.
Qena,
Egypt
Two Copts
were gunned down leaving an Easter vigil.
Mogadishu, Somalia
Two
aid workers were 'seized' by al-Shabaab militants. Last year 35 aid staff
were killed and 16 abducted in Somalia, according to UN estimates.
Hagaza,
Egypt
Two Copts
were killed and another seriously injured on the eve of the Orthodox Easter
while returning from church.
Somalia
Somalia: Land of
jihad, piracy, and Christian persecution.
Tripoli,
Libya
Libya
released four Christians who were detained for three months for converting from
Islam.
Cairo,
Egypt
A convert
was arrested for marrying a Christian, which is not illegal in Egypt. Her
family burned off the bride's cross tattoo.
Algiers,
Algeria
Twenty-two Christian churches reopen after having been closed by
authorities last year.
Egypt
Copts criticized the Muslim Brotherhood platform which bans women and Copts
from being President.
Egypt
'Are Egypt's
Christian Copts Equal Citizens Under the Law?' (An open letter).
Cairo,
Egypt
Targeting
of apostates and Christians is on the rise.
Cairo, Egypt
An
ex-Muslim who converted to Christianity and her Christian husband had to go into
hiding after her family and the police threatened their lives amidst a series of
attacks upon the Coptic community.
Egypt
Christians riot
after the government's decision to kill all the pigs.
Egypt
A Coptic
priest was unjustly tried and imprisoned for helping a woman obtain an ID
card. Update 5/22
: The woman he was helping aired a declaration of the
priest's innocence.
Khartoum,
Sudan
President Bashir's Islamist supporters intensify their attacks on
Christians.
Marsah Matrouh,
Egypt
Egyptian state security forces demolished the Coptic Church's services
building and assaulted women and clergy.
Cairo,
Egypt
Coptic
farmers clash with police over pig culling, which is more "linked to religion
that fear of the disease [swine flu]," part of forced Islamization, and
a threat
to the Coptic-run industry
.
Egypt
Egyptians Against
Religious Discrimination Group discusses discrimination in education.
Cairo, Egypt
The right to
convert from Islam is again spotlighted in Egypt as another family is on the
run.
Libya
An Egyptian Christian
was imprisoned in Libya on charges of proselytizing on his website.
Asmara,
Eritrea
Eritrea has
released three Christian women from a notorious prison camp after 6 months'
detention.
Somalia
A Kenyan pastor was
beaten and threatened with death by immigration officials at the Somaliland
border.
Cairo,
Egypt
A bomb went
off right in front of a highly-revered Coptic church, "one of the holiest sites
for Egypt's Coptic minority."
Cairo, Egypt
An Egyptian
convert's case over his right to convert to Christianity poses a "threat to
societal order."
Alexandria, Egypt
An
Egyptian Christian was kidnapped from his home, pressured to convert to Islam,
and pressured to marry a Muslim girl. Police refused to file a report but
detained him in state security.
Cairo,
Egypt
A 16-year-old
Coptic girl was abducted.
Somalia
The President
signed into law a bill introducing Sharia.
Giza, Egypt
"'Hurling a
Stone at a Mosque' Rumor Leads to Attacks on Christians," and the arrest of a
paralyzed Copt who disappeared while in police custody.
Egypt
'Plea: Save Egypt's
Children From Forced Islamization.'
Egypt
The mass
slaughter of the pigs in Egypt as they are picked up by a bulldozer and thrown
into quicklime. (Video). Not for sensitive viewers. Update:
the video has sparked
outrage
.
Egypt
Copts describe being
tortured. (Video).
Minya,
Egypt
A Copt
leaving a sanctuary was stabbed by three men, injuring him severely. Three
Copts have been arrested illegally and tortured.
Jos, Nigeria
A Christian
pastor discusses the destruction of his church. (Video).
Eritrea
A woman was
arrested for practicing Christianity and died from torture.
Ungunja Ukuu,
Tanzania
Muslims drove worshippers from a makeshift church three
weeks in a row by using threats and gathering to attack.
Ethiopia
A young Christian
convert learned that the body of her deceased infant son had been dug up and
left at the doorstep of a church leader.
Giza, Egypt
Two police officers who
threw a Copt out of a window received five-year sentences. The third was
not sentenced at all. Update
6/01
: Christians demand harsher
sentences.
Sudan
232 Sudanese slaves
were liberated from their Muslim masters.
Egypt
Two Copts were
detained for a third time for defending themselves during an attack on a
monastery.
Egypt
A former Muslim was
arrested for marrying a Christian man. (Video).
Cairo,
Egypt
The Swine Flu
pig cull destroyed a way of life for Christian Cairo rubbish collectors.
Baghdad
Christians in
Iraq publically celebrated Easter for the first time in three years.
Basilan
Island, Philippines
Abu Sayyaf claims the lives of two Christian farmers.
Doha,
Qatar
A church
doubles its congregation after facing great difficulties opening in the first
place.
Manila,
Philippines
Aby
Sayyaf militants beheaded a hostage captured in a raid on a Christian
community.
Iran
Iran recognized as
a threat to religious freedom in a US State Department report. President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad "has said that he will eliminate Christianity from Iran."
Iran
Iran makes excuses
to keep two Christian women in jail.
Middle East
'Iraqi Refugees
Live Life of Desperation.' Update 5/26
: Iraqi refugees in Syria
staged a protest at the UN.
Middle East
Holy Land: Christians
in Peril
(trailer). Why Bethlehem is no longer a Christian
town.
Tamergara, Pakistan
Upper and Lower Dir. Pushtons demonstrated for Sharia law.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
A
deacon was given a 15-day jail term for teaching Baptist beliefs.
Iraq
Iraq's minorities
have issued a joint statement on Kurdish expansion plans, which would encroach
upon Christian areas.
Pakistan
The struggle of
Pakistan's Christians. (Video).
Malatya, Turkey
The role of local officials in the Malatya murders
emerges. Update 5/28
: Efforts
to tie the murders to a 'deep state conspiracy' fizzle.
Iraq
The vice president
of Iraq urged the country’s Christian population to resist fleeing Iraq and
called on the international community to help protect them from extremists.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Ironic
persecution: Islamic scholars meet to discuss religious tolerance under Sharia
in Mecca, where non-Muslims cannot enter.
Lahore, Pakistan
High
court clears two Christians of unfounded blasphemy charges after three years'
imprisonment.
Jolo, Philippines
A Red
Cross hostage was freed, but an Italian worker was reported to still be held by
kidnappers.
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Persecution of Palestinian Christians under Islamic
law. (Video, part 2 here
).
Amman, Jordan
The Muslim
Brotherhood warned Pope Benedict to cancel his trip to the Middle East unless he
apologized for quoting a 14th-century Byzantine emperor three years ago.
Lahore, Pakistan
Two
elderly Christian men were released from prison after two years for blasphemy
charges.
Kirkuk, Iraq
The
Archbishop of Kirkuk says that the plan for a ghetto for Iraqi Christians is an
illusion.
Lahore, Pakistan
The
Archbishop of Lahore says that Sharia in the Swat Valley is contrary to
Pakistan's founding principles. "Special concern has been prompted by the
creation of a 'parallel legal system.'"
South Sumatra, Indonesia
Four militants were jailed for the murder of a Christian school
teacher and plots to kill a priest and bomb a café.
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Christians face persecution from Islamic extremists.
"Palestinian official says they need to be watched, prevented from evangelizing,
converting Muslims."
Lahore, Pakistan
A
Pakistani Christian girl who was raped in December struggles to get justice.
Lahore, Pakistan
A
14-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to
Islam.
Shiekupura, Pakistan
Muslims gang raped a 13-year-old Christian girl.
Lahore, Pakistan
The
Taliban persecutes Christians as they spread out from Swat. Mission
workers have been kidnapped, beaten, and mistreated.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Two
Christian brothers who were jailed for blasphemy were freed but activists are
concerned for their safety.
Karachi, Pakistan
Taliban militants killed two Christians in an armed attack on a
Christian colony.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Islamic fundamentalists threaten UN agencies and the Red
Crescent.
Cotabato,
Philippines
Three civilians were killed, five injured in an ambush by Islamic
militants.
Manila, Philippines
Rescue operations to recover the last of the three Red Cross
hostages started. He was
reportedly suffering from poor health and unable to
walk. Update 4/23
: Troops clashed with the militants, sustaining casualties.
The hostage's fate was unclear.
Karachi, Pakistan
The
Taliban executed two Christians after attacking a Christian neighborhood and
vandalizing a church.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Christians worship in secret churches and on the Internet.
Adana, Turkey
Armenians
remember the Adana massacre 100 years ago.
Istanbul, Turkey
The
Armenian genocide was commemorated in Turkey by the Istanbul branch of the Human
Rights Organization of Turkey.
Basilan, Philippines
40
Muslim militants raided a Christian village, killing two. One man remains
missing.
Kirkuk, Iraq
Attacks on Christians left three dead and two seriously
injured. Update 4/27
: An
archbishop has called it an act of terrorism and a police lieutenant believes
that it was al-Qaeda-linked.
Karachi, Pakistan
"You
infidels have to convert to Islam or die."
Judea and Samaria
The
Christian mayor of Bethlehem's car was firebombed by Islamic militants.
Malaysia
Malay
Christians oppose the “non-Allah” Bible.
Taiser, Pakistan
The
Taliban attacked and killed Christians, shooting an 11-year-old boy
execution-style.
Iran
The crackdown on
Christians is worsening in Iran.
Iraq
'The Slaughter After
the Pull-Out in Vietnam May Happen to Iraqi Christians.' Update 5/3
: US troops may have to stay in Mosul.
Iraq
Four Christians
were killed in 48 hours. Christians are urged not to flee
in the wake if
the murders.
Sulawesi, Indonesia
A
Christian priest and his wife were murdered by militants.
Pakistan
Taliban-inspired attacks hit Christians. Armed
militants fired into a crowd, harming three, and the jizya has been imposed in
Orakzai.
Ankara, Turkey
The
Turkish PM has stepped into the Mor Gabriel Monastery dispute.
Iraq
"The Iraqi
government is happy if all Christians leave."
Swat, Pakistan
Religious
minorities complain about having the jizya imposed upon them and having court
cases heard before Sharia judges. Update 5/1
: The Taliban forced Sikhs
and Christians out for non-payment.
Karachi, Pakistan
A
Christian boy who was wounded in a Taliban attack on April 22 died.
Uzbekistan
Baptists are
persecuted and the practice of Christianity is severely restricted. (Video).
Nazareth, Israel
Islamists welcome Pope Benedict to Jesus' childhood home by unveiling
a banner condemning him for 'insulting the Prophet.'
Jakarta, Indonesia
A
Muslim mayor has rescinded a construction permit for a Protestant church.
Ankawa, Iraq
An Assyrian
church security guard was severely beaten by Kurds at gunpoint.
Baghdad, Iraq
Muslim
militants attacked Mandaeans, killing at least 3. "Since 2003 the
group suffered numerous incidents of targeted attacks including 167 killings,
275 kidnappings, and 298 assaults and forced conversions to Islam."
Pakistan
The government
has been urged to ban forced conversions after a 14-year-old Christian girl was
raped and forced to convert to Islam.
NWFP, Pakistan
Five hundred
thousand Christians in the NWFP face hardship and fear.
Philippines
The Philippines
had the most internally displaced people in 2008, according to a UN study.
Gaza
Christians are
“desperate to leave Gaza.”
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The
Malaysian Cabinet slammed a ban on forced conversions of children for being
un-Islamic.
Pakistan
Blasphemy laws in
Pakistan. (Video).
Punjab, Pakistan
Christian
families fled the Punjab after a presumed blasphemy case out of fear for their
safety.
Sahiwal, Pakistan
Christians fled their homes in fear after five were arrested for
blasphemy.
Nagorno-Karabakh
Protestants are denied legal status and cannot meet
together to worship.
Karachi, Pakistan
Christians
are locking themselves in their homes for fear of the Taliban. Others
flee
.
Manila, Philippines
Church
workers and associates have been targeted for torture and execution.
Pakistan
Jamiat
Ulema-e-Pakistan: "Agents of Jews And Christians Want To Create Sectarian
[Sunni-Shi’ite] Conflict"
Jaranwala, Pakistan
A
nine-year-old Christian girl was raped and murdered before being dumped in a
canal.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The first black Saudi appointed as imam of the Haram Mosque in Mecca
discusses the driving out of the Jews and Christians from the Arabian
Peninsula. (Video).
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
A
lawyer threatened to kill a Christian charged with blasphemy.
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Taliban militants murder and rape Christians.
Iraq
The UN has altered its
Iraq refugee guidelines, but still recommends asylum for all ethnic and
religious minorities.
Iraq
Fear keeps Christians
quiet about the extent of the persecution they suffer.
Amman, Jordan
Islamists
have called the Pope's Mideast visit a provocation.
Jordan (?)
Members of an
Islamist forum called upon members to assassinate Pope Benedict.
Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghan
Taliban threatens "harsh reprisals" if the Pope does not stop Christian
conversions.
Manila, Philippines
The
jihadists who are holding the Red Cross worker hostage murdered a police
chief. Seven others were killed in the clash.
Iraq
The destruction of the
Mandaean religion.
Iraq
'Iraqi Suffering: The
Untold Story.' (Video).
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
A
church is struggling to retain its building as authorities target religious
property.
Amman, Jordan
Islamic clerics: "We want [the Pope's] apology to be clear just
like the insults to Islam were clear. He should acknowledge his
mistakes. That's our position and the position of all Jordanians."
Swat, Pakistan
Christians
flees from the Taliban as military strikes continue.
Amman, Jordan
Pope
Benedict urged the world to protect Iraq's Christians. He also praised them
for
persevering.
Lahore, Punjab
A Christian
councilor was imprisoned in iron chains by a Muslim man in his home.
Mosul, Iraq
A
five-year-old Christian boy was kidnapped and killed.
Lahore, Pakistan
Muslim
fanatics threatened a Christian journalist and his family.
Turkmenistan
Old
"offences" are used to punish current religious activity.
Middle East
'Tony Blair
Has helped Destroy One of the Oldest Churches on Earth.'
Pakistan
Pakistani
Christians face discrimination in relief camps.
Uzbekistan
Concerns mount
over a pastor who has been imprisoned since 2007.
Turkmenistan
Severe
censorship and import laws restrict religious literature.
Turabdin, Turkey
The
continuing legal battle over Mor Gabriel Monastery.
Jerusalem, Israel
Christians in the Middle East are losing numbers and influence.
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
“[W]e are the beaten and forgotten church.”
Ankara, Turkey
Ankara's
General Directorate for Foundations has appropriated Orthodox church properties
for gaming halls and other uses.
Ouroumieh, Iran
A retired
Christian woman is being intimidated and her pension withheld.
Kirkuk, Iraq
An armed band
kidnapped a teacher.
Pakistan
Christians in the
crossfire: blasphemy charges, jizya payments, exile, displacement, violence, and
discrimination.
Iraq
Christian emigration
redraws Iraq’s demographic map.
Karachi, Pakistan
The Taliban have turned on Christians with a
vengeance. Video
here
.
Pakistan
Spiraling
violence targets religious minorities.
Lahore, Pakistan
A Muslim
mob attacked Christians in court.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A
blogger and Christian convert was released from prison after being arrested "for
choosing Jesus."
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
Christians face new religious restrictions, such as censorship
of religious literature and harsher punishments for unregistered religious
activities.
Lahore, Pakistan
A Muslim
man raped a Christian woman for four years, keeping her as a slave.
Basilan Island, Philippines
Muslims beheaded a Christian farmer whom they had abducted when
his family failed to pay the ransom.
Jakarta, Indonesia
A
Catholic politician won a seat in a parliamentary election; Islamists promptly
attacked his home and demanded that he convert to Islam.
Ankara, Turkey
An author
is again on trial for “insulting Turkishness” by writing about the Armenian
genocide.
Zamboanga, Philippines
Villagers discovered the severed head of a Christian farmer who
had been abducted by militants.
Tajikistan
A repressive religion law censors religious literature and controls
religious teaching. (Video).
Baghdad, Iraq
A homicide
bombing killed 12 at an Assyrian market.
Zamboanga, Philippines
Militants beheaded a retired Christian carpenter abducted nearly
two months ago.
Afghanistan
The US
military has burned a bunch of Bibles for fear that they would be used to convert
Muslims.
Bandar Mahshahr, Iran
Authorities threaten and blackmail the father of a Christian convert who
lives in England.
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Why Palestinian Christian are 'disappearing.'
Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
The Bible and a Mel Gibson film were banned in the town.
Karaj, Iran
Plain-clothes
security officers invaded a home church and arrested new Christian converts.
Sarghoda, Pakistan
A
young Christian was killed and another raped by a Muslim man.
Malaysia
A Malay court is
now hearing the 'Allah' case. (Video).
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Muslim against violence and intolerance toward Christians.
(Video).
Manila, Philippines
Muslim
lawmakers push for more Sharia courts in the 90% Christian nation.
Judea and Samaria
PA
Muslims desecrated Christian gravestones.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Islamic militants attacked a historic church in a secure military
zone, burned Bibles, and destroyed the altar and cross.
Manila, Philippines
MILF
militants bombed a bridge and attacked a village in the southern Philippines,
forcing hundreds to flee their homes.
Karaji, Iran
Iranian
security forces arrested five Christian converts from Islam.
Pakistan
Nine pastors
stand to serve prison time for using loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and
sermons from their churches on Easter.
Islamabad, Pakistan
The
homes of hundreds of Christian families were bulldozed by police.
Central Asia
Jihadism and
Islamic extremism are on the rise.
Orumieh, Iran
A Christian
convert from Islam has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court for “conspiring
against the government.”
Telkepe, North Iraq
An
Assyrian political activist was detained and threatened by Kurdish security.
Kyrgyzstan
A strict new
religion law has led to a crackdown on religious organizations, particularly
Christian ones.
Malaysia
The ban on the
use of the name 'Allah' by Christians has been upheld by the high ruling
court.
Pakistan
A man was beaten
by his own family and imprisoned for converting to Christianity.
Singapore
A Christian
couple was convicted of distributing a booklet which was critical of Islam and
now faces possible jail time.
Telkepe, Iraq
An Assyrian
politician was detained and threatened by Kurdish security personnel.
Mustafabad, Pakistan
Islamic radicals storm a Christian couple’s blasphemy hearing and a
member of the prosecution team threatened to kill the wife.
Punjab, Pakistan
A
9-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered and police are not carrying out a
sincere investigation. (Video).
Turkey
Study: 52% do not
want Christian neighbors.
Fulgazi, Bangladesh
Muslim
villagers beat Christian evangelists for showing the “Jesus Film.”
Lebanon
“The Crisis of the
Christians is the Crisis of Lebanon.”
Landikotal, Pakistan
Christians are denied housing.
Peshawar, Pakistan
Christians, Sikhs, and Hindus agree to pay the jizya after threats
to destroy their homes.
Lahore, Pakistan
A
12-year-old girl was kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, and then to marry a
37-year-old Muslim as police and others mock and extort her mother.
Lahore, Pakistan
Catholic
leaders denounce the imposition of the jizya upon non-Muslims.
Kosovo
Evidence of
NATO wrongdoing and KLA murder chambers. (Video).
Luton,
U.K.
Double
standards regarding freedom of expression: spitting on returning troops is
allowed but not celebrating St. George's Day. Allowed (video). Not allowed
(video).
Kosovo
More
evidence of kidnapping, murder, and organ theft during the civil war in
1999. (Video; part 2 here
).
Sodertalje,
Sweden
Iraqi immigrants
gang raped Swedish teens. (In Swedish; English auto-translation here
).
The Hague, Netherlands
The
International Court of Justice tackles the issue of the legality of Kosovo's
independence as briefs by 18 states are submitted.
East London,
U.K.
Manchester schools to close down on Muslim holidays in an officially
Christian nation.
Kosovo
Serbia, along
with UNESCO, has condemned an attempt to register monasteries and Orthodox
churches as belonging to medieval Kosovar culture.
Holland
The Seyfo
("sword") Center, which works for international recognition of the Assyrian
genocide, has launched a website: http://www.seyfocenter.com/
Kosovo
Serbian heritage
has been renamed in Kosovo.
Netherlands
An
Egyptian-American professor, Christian, apostate from Islam, and Islam critic
was forced to cancel his trip due to death threats.
Malta
An MEP hopeful
accused Gaddafi of pushing for a Muslim invasion of the tiny, Christian island
nation.
Europe
EU judges in 9
states want Sharia law applied across Europe.
Cologne, Germany
A demonstration
for Mor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey. (Video; part 2
).
Sweden
Sweden tops the
list for proportion of rapes, largely due to its huge immigrant
population. Sexual attacks against children are on the rise as well.
Kosovo
History books for
Serbs are to be rewritten by ethnic Albanians.
Ireland
A defamation
bill making blasphemous libel a crime has been proposed, which would restrict
freedom of speech.
Rome,
Italy
The OIC
Sharia Law Academy debated the killing of apostates from Islam with predictable
results.
Serbia
The EU probes a
horrific organ claim.
London, UK
A preacher was attacked
in London and threatened. (Video).
East London,
England
A
hospital has banned paintings of churches.
Netherlands
Dutch MP Geert
Wilders ripped the country's ambassador to Indonesia for defending Islam rather
than oppressed Christians.
Blackburn,
England
A Muslim
father demands that his son be removed from his grandmother's care because she
is Christian.
UK
The UK has banned the
Queen's medal of honour has been scrapped because it was too Christian.
UK
A British publisher has
scrapped a high-profile Christian encyclopedia for being too critical of
Islam. An American publisher pulped the same encyclopedia last
February
.
Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Two
19-year-old Muslim men were arrested for raping a boy.
UK
A British Muslim was
chosen as the BBC's head of religious programming.
UK
A Northern Ireland
politician says that BBC's decision to appoint a Muslim to head up religious
programming is an "insult to Christians."
Chechnya,
Russia
Chechen Muslim leader endorses almost indiscriminate murder, including
humanitarians.
UK
Nick Griffin discusses
Muslim pedophile gangs in the UK.
London,
UK
UK
Foreign Secretary David Miliband apologizes to Islamic world for the
Crusades. More here
.
UK
Parents allege that a teacher made children pray to
Allah and punished those who refuse.
Minsk,
Belarus
One of
Belarus’ largest Evangelical church faces imminent eviction by security
forces.
Dagestan, Russia
Islamic
scholars have issued a fatwa forbidding Muslim men from marrying Christians and
Jews.
UK
A TV drama featuring a
fanatical Christian who beheads a moderate Muslim was backed by the
taxpayer-funded BBC.
Geneva,
Switzerland
Islamic states threatened a UN expert for defending freedom of
expression.
London,
UK
Poll:
Christians in the UK face increasing official discrimination.
Blackburn
Lancashire, UK
A
British man urged fellow Muslims to “kill all the unbelievers,” starting with
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Sydney
New legal defense:
“At least he [a serial rapist] didn’t bash them.”
Jihad against history: The
History Channel's distortions of the Crusades.
'A Christian World Under
Islam's Rule.'
World update on the persecuted
church. (Video).
'Muslim Persecution of Christians,' a video from the David
Horowitz Freedom Center. (Video here
).
'Christians unwelcome here:
The Muslim world is becoming more intolerant.'
May
18, 2009
'UN Human Rights Council:
Friend of Jihadists.'
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