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Turkey not keen on opening Armenia border
Public Radio of Armenia 18 January 2013
Turkey is not positive about opening its land border with Armenia to facilitate Syrian-Armenians’ entrance to the country, as suggested by a petition on the White House’s 
Saudi Clerics Protest King's Move To Empower Women
Women Against Shariah 18 January 2013
A group of hardline clerics protested outside the royal palace in Riyadh against the king's decision to appoint 30 women to the kingdom's top advisory body, a YouTube video
Non-Muslims want equal funeral rights in Turkey
Hurriyet Daily News 17 January 2013
By vercihan ziflioglu
Non-Muslim communities in Turkey have asked for municipal and state services at their funerals similar to the services given to the country’s Muslim citizens. Municipalities
Thailand: Muslims fire grenades at children’s centre to stop their party…
JihadOnBuddhists.org 17 January 2013
"Two M79 grenades landed in a rubber plantation behind a children’s development centre and opposite an army base in Ruso district of Narathiwat province last night, but caused
Turkey's ugly Islamic supremacist trap for Assyrian Christians
Jihad Watch 17 January 2013
Islamic law forbids subject non-Muslims, dhimmis, to build new churches or repair old ones. Even in "secular" Turkey, this has been a sticking point, and now in rapidly
Gay Muslims Struggle To Find Inclusion
pride source.com 17 January 2013
By ANDREA POTEET
News out of France of Europe's first openly-gay mosque in the last weeks of 2012 again brought to the forefront two points rarely heard in the mainstream media: There are gay
Christian Family Sentenced To 15 Years For Converting From Islam
The Inquisitr 17 January 2013
An Egyptian court has sentenced a Christian family 15 years in prison for converting from Islam. The woman and her seven children we given the sentence in Beni Suef, Egypt last
Lesbians Chased from Indonesian Home for ‘Marrying’
JakartaGlobe 17 January 2013
Two women who married in Indonesia by disguising themselves as a heterosexual couple were chased away from their village after neighbors discovered they were lesbians,
East Java: six Catholic schools could be shut down for not teaching Islam
AsiaNews 17 January 2013
By Mathias Hariyadi
Municipal authorities in Blitar, a town in East Java province, are threatening to shut down six Catholic schools "by 19 January" if the latter do not provide Islamic courses
Beheading: Allah's Justice in the 21st Century
islam-watch 15 January 2013
U.N. human rights expert has accused Saudi Arabia of violating international law by beheading an underage Sri Lankan domestic worker Rizana Nafeek on charges of killing a baby in her care in 2005.
She was sentenced to death in 2007, and ignoring appeals from the Sri Lanka government for a reprieve of her life, she was beheaded in the town of Dawadmy, near the capital Riyadh, on Wednesday morning.
American/Egyptian citizen arrested in New York after calling Brotherhood leader a ‘liar and a murderer’
The Muslim Issue 15 January 2013
Under Obama the U.S. is no longer the same country and is becoming a police state. You are now arrested for protesting while extremist dictators are free to come and go as they
The maids on Saudi Arabia's death row: Scores of foreign women facing execution for child abuse, witchcraft... and killing would
Daily Mail 15 January 2013
By Alex Gore
Foreign workers are being warned of the 'deadly risks' they face in Saudi Arabia, with more than 45 maids awaiting execution despite growing anger at the country's mistreatment
In Erdogan’s Turkey, Censorship Finds Fertile Ground
Al-Monitor 14 January 2013
By Sibel Utku Bila
The zeal of Turkish censorship seems to know no limits. It has recently set a new landmark with a bid to censor John Steinbeck’s classic, "Of Mice and Men," on grounds of
India Has A Rape Crisis, But Pakistan’s May Be Even Worse
International Business Times 14 January 2013
By Palash R. Ghosh
The infamous gang-rape (and subsequent death) of a young medical student on a Delhi bus last month has cast a harsh glare on India’s ancient patriarchal attitudes towards
France: Kurds furious. "Erdogan is a killer"
ANSAmed 11 January 2013
"Erdogan is a killer." "We're all in the PKK." "Free Ocalan". Hundreds of Kurds are chanting these and other slogans outside the building where three Kurdish women, including
• Video: Sabatina James Christmas Interview
EuropeNews 10 January 2013
Sabatina James, an ex-Muslim of Pakistani origin, explains the dire situation for those in Pakistan and elsewhere who do not accept Islam as their religion, but are finding that Christianity is a more humanitarian religion and are putting their faith in Jesus. A human rights disaster usually ignored by our governments.
Christmas interview with Sabatina James from EuropeNews TV on Vimeo.
Islamic extremism dominates persecution list
BP News 10 January 2013
By Tom Strode
Islamic extremism, especially in Africa and the Middle East, dominates the latest annual report on global persecution of Christians. Eight of the top 10 persecutors of
Human Rights Activist: Many Christians 'Ignorant' of Extent of Persecution
Christian Post 10 January 2013
By Michael Gryboski
A human rights activist with more than 25 years' experience in ministering to persecuted Christians said Tuesday that many Christians are "ignorant" of the extent of
Upheaval In Islamic World Greatest Threat To Christians In 2013
Cross Rhythms 10 January 2013
Continuing upheaval in the Islamic world looks set to pose the greatest threat to Christians in 2013, believes Release International, which serves persecuted Christians
Report points to 100 million persecuted Christians
Deutsche Welle 9 January 2013
The non-denominational Christian relief organization Open Doors has said about 100 million Christians face persecution around the world. The group pointed to an increase in
