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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.

Syria November 6, 2017

Syria's Antioch Church patriarch: US sanctions are hurting Christians too

His Beatitude John X, the Damascus-based leader of the Antioch Christian Church, wrapped up his recent visit to the United States with a desperate appeal for American leadership to bring an end to the suffering in Syria, assist in locating the whereabouts of three kidnapped church leaders, and help secure the future of Christianity in the volatile region.

Christianity November 2, 2017

Series of attacks in Egypt targeting Coptic Christians forces churches to close

Egypt has been one of the worst places for Christian persecution in recent months.

Middle East October 25, 2017

Iraqi Christians forced to flee homes again after skirmishes between Kurds and central government

The first Iraqi Christians to return home after their village was freed from Islamic State control were forced to flee yet again Tuesday as Peshmerga forces stormed the area, a dark turn in what was broadly considered a “success story” of rebuilding in Northern Iraq.