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Persecution of Christians
Video: Tommy Robinson (EDL) speaks about Woolwich terrorist attack
youtube. 23 May 2013
- Tommy Robinson (EDL) speaks about Woolwich terrorist attack and the English Defence League response
Tommy Robinson speaks to @CoelusMedia about the Woolwich terrorist attack, the EDL's response and what can be done to make
New law bans 'Christmas' for Asturias kids
thelocal.es 22 May 2013
Schoolchildren in the northern Spanish region of Asturias will no longer be able to call Christmas by its name now that a new law passed by the local education ministry 
Catholic Cardinal Calls for End to Blasphemy Laws
AINA (press release) 22 May 2013
Speaking at a conference in Milan, Italy, on May 8, 2013, that city's archbishop, Cardinal Angelo Scola, called for the abolition of blasphemy laws worldwide. Such a step would
Iranian Christians Face 'Systematic Persecution and Prosecution'
Charisma News 22 May 2013
Iran’s treatment of its Christian minority has come under fresh scrutiny in recent months with some damaging verdicts on the country’s human rights record. Reports from the
Muslims Attack Christian Village in Pakistan, Murder Christian Teenager
AINA (press release) 22 May 2013
A Christian village named Khushpur in sub-district Samundari of Faisalabad district came under attack of Muslims on May 19, 2013, killing one Christian student of 10th Grade
The woman who is inspiring Africans to turn against female genital mutilation
Evening Standard 21 May 2013
By Anna Davis
A revolutionary education programme that has saved tens of thousands of African girls from female genital mutilation could work in London, claims the woman behind the
Pakistan: Calls for attacks on Christians emanate from Mosque loudspeakers
ChristianToday 21 May 2013
A Muslim political candidate suspected of murdering a Christian has instigated calls from mosque loudspeakers for attacks on Christians, whom he blames for his May 11 election
Christian student killed by firing of Muslims in native village of Shahbaz Bhatti
Pakistan Christian Post 21 May 2013
A Christian village named Khushpur in sub-district Samundari of Faisalabad district came under attack of Muslims on May 19, 2013, killing one Christian student of 10th Grade
France: Priest Attacked by Muslim, Archbishop Denounces Muslims Taking Control of District
Islam versus Europe 16 May 2013
The day after the attack on Father Grégoire, Monsignor Cattenoz has spoken out strongly and denounces "people of the Muslim faith taking control of the district". The facts are
Arab Christians suffer as Islamists rise to power
The Japan Times 16 May 2013
By Fiorello Provera
BRUSSELS – The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not only the increasing brutality of
Attorney: Ruling by Michigan judge lets Muslims silence Christians with violence
Examiner.com 16 May 2013
On Tuesday, federal judge Patrick J. Duggan dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought by Christian evangelists who were violently assaulted by a hostile Muslim mob while
Holocaust of Christians in the Muslim World on the Horizon
FRONTPAGEMAG.COM 14 May 2013
By Theodore Shoebat
Arrests and deportations of Christians in Sudan are becoming more momentous in Bashir’s government. On April 12, the Secretary General of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference was ousted out of North Sudan into South Sudan
As a church elder in Khartoum was praising God in his church, government officials from the Security Service (NISS) seized and interrogated him for information on Christian missionaries in North Sudan. He said:
Canada: Turkish groups celebrate Armenian Genocide
jihadwatch 14 May 2013
What illness has overtaken these people? "Turkish-Canadian Groups Celebrate Armenian Genocide," from the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada, April 24 (thanks to
Pope canonises 800 Italians beheaded by Muslims for refusing conversion or submission to Islam
Creeping Sharia 13 May 2013
The Italian "Martyrs of Otranto” were executed after 20,000 Turkish soldiers invaded their town in south-eastern Italy
Pope Francis has proclaimed the first saints of his pontificate in a ceremony at the Vatican – a list which includes 800 victims of an atrocity carried out by Ottoman soldiers in 1480.
They were beheaded in the southern Italian town of Otranto after refusing to convert to Islam.
Their names are unknown, apart from one man, Antonio Primaldo.
The Armenian hero Turkey would prefer to forget
The Independent 13 May 2013
By Robert Fisk
The Armenian-Turkish officer Torossian was awarded medals by Enver Pasha
Think Captain Terossian. Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one and a half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s government is planning to swamp memories of the Armenian massacres with ceremonies commemorating the Turkish victory over the Allies at the battle of Gallipoli in the same year.
Already, loyalist academics have done their best to ignore the presence of thousands of Arab troops among the 1915 Turkish armies at Gallipoli -- and are now even branding an Armenian Turkish artillery officer who was decorated for his bravery at Gallipoli as a liar who fabricated his own biography.
Turkey: Plot to murder Patriarch Bartolomeu
euronews.com 13 May 2013
According to Turkish private broadcaster NTV, local authorities are questioning a suspect following an investigation by the Prosecutor of Ankara into a plot to kill the
Tanzania: Muslim and Christian leaders to hold meeting after attack on church
Independent Catholic News 8 May 2013
Christian and Muslim religious leaders are planning to hold a meeting this week in an effort to reduce religious tensions after a church bombing on Sunday left two people dead
Turks Attack Christian Churches
Islam versus Europe 6 May 2013
On Saturday afternoon, a group of 30 to 40 people attacked the "Atasehir Yeni Umut Kilisesi" ("Atasehir New Hope Church") in Istanbul's Atasehir district with stones and raw eggs. The only member of the parish
Turkey’s Orthodox pray for release of bishops
Hurriyet Daily News 6 May 2013
Turkey’s Orthodox Christian community celebrated a somber Easter over the weekend amid fervent prayers for the safety of two bishops that were recently kidnapped in
When Christians become a 'hated minority'
CNN (blog) 6 May 2013
By John Blake
When Peter Sprigg speaks publicly about his opposition to homosexuality, something odd often happens. During his speeches, people raise their hands to challenge his
