The report said the people were between ages 18 and 25 and were “killed by sharp tools.” The London-based monitoring group called it “the largest execution operation carried out by the Islamic State organization in 2017.”
Pakistani Christians in Thailand under renewed pressure to return Published on: 2:02 am, March 14, 2017 by: mattersindia.com Pakistani Christians in a Thai detention facility Bangkok: The Thai government is planning to cancel bail for all male asylum seekers in Bangkok.The move would require them to return to detention centres straight away. This would include…
Bundestag member Erika Steinbach and Iranian-born pastor Mahin Mousapour called for much stronger sanctions for Muslims who abuse Christians in Germany at a press conference on Monday. Highlighting the fact Christians suffer violence, harassment, and death threats in migrant lodgings, Ms. Mousapour criticised Germany for granting Islam “too much respect”. Declaring anti-Christian hate attacks an…
JERUSALEM – The Jewish people are grateful for Christian support to Israel, World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder told a crowd of 3,000 Evangelical pilgrims from around the world in Jerusalem. Lauder spoke Sunday at a celebration held by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem on the occasion of the Feast of Tabernacles, the largest…
Contact: Lisa Jones, Christian Freedom International, 800-323-2273 FRONT ROYAL, Va., Feb. 17, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — What do we know about the religious and political beliefs of refugees and asylum seekers who have entered the United States these past eight years? The U.S. takes more than twice as many refugees as all countries from the rest…
Tomorrow, on April 29th, Rome’s white marble Trevi Fountain—its swirling waters and the charging baroque statues of Oceanus, his sea shell chariot and attendant tritons and horses—will all be turned blood red in a campaign to raise awareness about modern day Christian martyrs. The popular fountain is decidedly not Christian-themed and historically seems to have…
A Nigerian state official says an air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists has mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 refugees and wounding aid workers
SAFIN HAMED VIA GETTY IMAGES Alon Ben-Meir Senior Fellow, Center for Global Affairs, NYU from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/the-persecution-of-christ_b_13652002.html Although Christians have lived in the Middle East – the birthplace of Christianity – for nearly two thousand years, as a result of years of persecution and discrimination, especially in the past 15 years, they now constitute no more than…
BALTIMORE, Feb. 13, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — Pastor Howie Gardner of Bel Air Assembly of God releases the following and is available for comment: The President has given the Pentagon 30 days to develop a plan to defeat ISIS. I have spoken with several people there and am hopeful they will at least consider the…
Islamic State is likely to launch more attacks in Europe, the EU police agency Europol warned on Friday, with several dozen militants already in place and more possibly arriving as IS faces setbacks in Syria and Iraq. In a report on the threat the Islamist group poses to the 28-nation bloc, Europol said the most…
