Persecutions

Persecutions January 26, 2018

Anti-Semitism in Germany mars International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The legacy of anti-Semitism still haunts Germany.

Persecutions January 18, 2018

Coming Home: Christian family returns to ISIS-ravaged village to rebuild

Young Noeh and his family were forced to flee their village in Northern Iraq over three years ago when ISIS invaded and occupied the region. Like many other Christian and Yazidi families, the family is now working to rebuild.

Persecutions January 17, 2018

US vital in stabilizing Northern Iraq says Archbishop of Erbil

One of the most predominant religious heads in the ISIS-scarred region of northern Iraq says that assistance from the US in stabilizing the region is vital in ensuring a safe return for the Christian and Yazidi residents of the Nineveh Plain.

Persecutions January 11, 2018

Christian persecution continues to rise, more incidents against women in 2017, new report says

Nearly one in 12 Christians across the globe is the victim of high-level persecution, according to an annual report by a top religious advocacy group.

Iran December 24, 2017

Under threat? Iran's quiet infiltration over Iraqi Christian communities

ISIS has been officially wiped from the Iraqi map, but Christian communities face another threat to their existence: strategic infiltration from neighboring Iran, experts say.

Christianity December 21, 2017

Christmas in Egypt this year means 230,000 security forces to protect Christians

Nearly a quarter million security forces will stand guard outside Christmas celebrations across Egypt next week, following a series of church and mosque bombings that rocked the country earlier this year.

Christianity December 15, 2017

Iraqi Christians in Baghdad nearly gone, but some shelter at Camp Virgin Mary

Just days shy of Christmas, dozens of Iraqi children fill the stage at the Alliance Evangelical Church in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood to sing "Jingle Bells" and rehearse their Nativity play. Odds are it will likely be the city's last such performance.

Christianity December 14, 2017

Life after ISIS: Christians say they can't go home without international protection

Residents of this small Christian town in northern Iraq were forced to flee when ISIS militants overran it in 2014. But now that the town has been liberated by Iraqi forces, the Christians who have trickled back are desperate to leave once again.

isis November 23, 2017

ISIS sexual violence victims: Minorities targeted more than documented, face honor killings if returned

Yazidi women aren't the only members of minority communities whom the Islamic State has held as sex slaves.

State Department November 22, 2017

Violence against Rohingya Muslims in Burma is 'ethnic cleansing,' US declares

The United States on Wednesday labeled as “ethnic cleansing" the Burma military operation against Rohingya Muslims that has sent over 600,000 refugees flooding into Bangladesh, and said it would consider possible "targeted sanctions."

Christianity November 8, 2017

ISIS victims in Iraq, Christians and Yazidi, desperately need global aid, Vatican says

The religious minorities of Iraq and Syria have recounted horrific accounts of their abuse at the hand of ISIS as the Vatican calls on the global community to address the plight of Christians and Yazidi communities and bring them back from the verge of extinction.