‘Sick of Islam,’ Muslims turn to Christ
Kurdish Muslims in Iraq are turning to Christ after witnessing first hand the brutality of ISIS as it wages violent jihad in the name of Islam.
Christian Persecution – Middle East
Mosul churches become ISIS slaughter houses
Churches in Iraq were turned into animal slaughterhouses by ISIS during the Islamic Festival of Sacrifice.
Iran: Pastor’s Three-Year Anniversary of Imprisonment
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has just marked the three-year anniversary of Iran’s imprisonment of an American pastor.
House Resolution to call extermination ‘Genocide’
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan resolution in September that called for the murder of Christians and other religious minority groups in Iraq and Syria to be officially classified as “genocide,” according to Barnabas Aid.
UK discriminates against Syrian Christian refugees
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the U.K. Prime Minister that his government’s policy on refugees discriminates against Christians trying to leave Syria.
Syrian Christians leaving the Country
A Syrian Catholic leader has issued an impassioned plea for young people to stay in Syria, according to the Catholic Herald.
Iraq: Committee to ID crimes against Christians
The Prime Minister of Iraq has established a committee that intends to identify and document the homes and properties that have been fraudulently or forcefully seized from his country’s Christians.
Syria: IS gives Christians Ultimatum
Islamic State jihadists have given Christians living in Qaryatain, Syria, just 48 hours to decide whether they will convert to Islam, pay the jizya tax, or be forced to leave town.
Muslim Kidnappers Ransom Christians
Hundreds of kidnapped Arab Christians have been ransomed last year by Islamist terror groups trying to raise funds by spreading terror across the Middle East, according to The Christian Post.
Syria: IS Abducts Dozens of Christians
Islamic State jihadists have captured several Christian families after seizing Qaryatain, a town in the Syrian province of Homs.
Iraqi Christian Martyrs Commemorated
The Assyrian community commemorated the 1933 massacre of an estimated 3,000 Christian martyrs in the town of Semele in Iraq’s Mosul district on Aug. 7.
Iran: Religious minorities executed for “enmity against God”
A human rights group recently reported that the Islamic Republic of Iran had executed members of religious minorities who were convicted of “enmity against God,” according to The Christian Post.
U.K. Denies Refuge to Christians Fleeing Islamic State
With the rise of the Islamic State, we are seeing what may become a “genocide” of Christians in the Middle East, yet the U.K. has closed its doors to them, according to Barnabas Fund International Director Patrick Sookhdeo.
Iran: Two Christians Recalled to Jail
Two Iranian Christians have been sent to serve the prison sentences they received in 2013.
No Visas for Christians Facing Muslim Persecution
Despite persecution from Islamic terrorists, Christians in Iraq will not receive any support from the United States government.
Mosul Cathedral to become ‘Mosque of the Mujahedeen’
The Islamic State has announced that the Syriac Orthodox Cathedral Church of St. Ephrem in Mosul will become known as the “Mosque of the Mujahedeen” in honor of the “holy warriors” of Islam who wage jihad in Allah’s name.
Christians: Is ISIS Influencing Muslims in Territories, Israel?
Muslims in both the Territories and Israel are becoming much more aggressive towards Palestinian Christians.
Iran: Appeals Court upholds Fathi’s Sentence
Last month an Appeals Court in Iran increased the prison sentence handed down to Pastor Farshid Fathi.
Iran sentences 18 to prison over faith
Iran’s revolutionary court imposed harsh prison sentences last week on 18 Christian converts for charges including evangelism, propaganda against the regime, and creating house churches to practice their faith, according to sources with knowledge of the Islamic Republic’s secretive judicial system, Fox News reported.
Syria: Monk Abducted from Monastery
A Syrian Catholic monk of the Mar Elian Monastery has been abducted by armed jihadists.