MidEast Christian News has released a video recorded April 7th when Muslims attacked a cathedral where Christians were mourning five men killed by a Muslim group.
The video shows men shooting guns, throwing stones and swinging machetes as the Christians carry caskets out of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral while police stand and watch the Islamists attack. At one point in the video, a police officer is shown helping a gunman aim at a courtyard of mourners. Continue reading
Saeed Abedini, the American pastor jailed in Iran for being a Christian, has been inflicted with new beatings in Evin prison that have severely impacted his physical condition.
Abedini’s wife told Fox News that the beatings have left him with internal bleeding. The bleeding complication is on top of other injuries from repeated beatings at the hands of his Iranian captors. Continue reading
An American imprisoned in Libya for more than a month for spreading the Gospel is going to be freed.
U.S. diplomats have withheld the American man’s identity but reports say the man also holds Swedish citizenship. He was arrested with an Egyptian man and South Korean man along with a South African woman just days before a priest was almost assassinated in Tripoli. Continue reading
Florida Atlantic University, facing tremendous pressure from Christians and other groups outraged over an exercise that asked students to stomp on the name of Jesus, announced Monday afternoon they would be clearing the student who blew the whistle of all charges related to violating the student code of conduct. Continue reading
Christians in Phatachanchara, India were tortured and beaten on February 15th according to a report just released from the Barnabas Fund.
Christians were forced from their homes at 2:30am by close to 60 local police officers who invaded the homes without warning. The Christians were beaten, abused and in some cases made to march miles across rocky, thorny ground in bare feet. Continue reading
Christians in Benghazi, Libya were captured and tortured last week by Islamists.
The 48 Christians were initially held on charges of proselytizing as Islamist Salafists claimed they had Christian icons in their marketplace stalls.
The Islamists shaved the heads of the Christians, beat them and in some cases used acid to burn tattoos of the cross off the bodies of the men. The men were eventually released but are going to be deported by the Islamic dominated government. Continue reading
Attacks on Christians have been on the rise in Indonesia according to a report from Human Rights Watch.
HRW’s report, researched over a year between August 2011 and December 2012, showed that the government has made little attempt to stop Islamic extremists from taking violent action against Christians in the nation. The report states “harassment and intimidation of minority communities by militant Islamist groups has been facilitated by the active or passive involvement of Indonesian government officials and security forces”. Continue reading
The Chinese government has begun a significant crackdown on house churches in the country, forcing them to have “patriotic” gatherings or be sent to prison where they are tortured, according to human rights advocates. Continue reading
“DJesus Uncrossed” may have crossed the line, with some calling it the single most offensive skit in “Saturday Night Live” history.
The skit spoofs Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” with a mock trailer for the ultimate historical revenge fantasy starring “Jesus H. Christ” himself. If that’s not enough, the skit arrives during Lent, one of the most solemn periods in the Christian calendar. Continue reading
Authorities in New Jersey allege a Muslim man beheaded two Coptic Christians, burying their bodies and heads and hands in separate graves near Philadelphia, bringing the horror of the persecution of Christians in Islamic nations to the United States. Continue reading