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Egypt: Islamic lawyers charge a Christian convert with apostacy. He is in hiding and has been beaten in the street. 2/26
Egypt: Human rights, including freedom of religion, have declined in Egypt and other
North African countries, according to a report from the State Department.
3/5
Egypt: The Foreign Ministry ignored an application from the Center for Human Rights to
invite an international commission to conduct a census of Copts. 3/4
Ain Shams, Egypt: A Coptic jewelry shop was robbed and staff were beaten but the
police won't investigate. A Muslim man killed a Copt and beat his son. 3/5
Egypt: Authorities recently sentenced six Christian brothers to three years in prison
for opening their café during Ramadan (video). 2/23
Abu Korkas, Egypt: Christian lawyer gets six-month prison sentence and a fine
for complaining about an Islamist judge. 3/4
Egypt: An initiative seeks common law in the construction and maintenance of all places
of worship, which are hard for Copts to carry out under current law. 2/26
Egypt: A Coptic boy who was kidnapped and hidden in a mosque for 9 months was returned
to his family. 2/22
Egypt: Clerics are outraged after Al-Azhar agrees with a Vatican proposal to remove
hatred of, and incitement of violence toward, Jews and Christians from school textbooks.
3/3
Louaize, Lebanon: Chaldean leaders met to discuss the persecution, genocide, and
fleeing of Iraqi Christians. 3/5
Mosul, Iraq: Kurds seize land beyond the borders of their autonomous zone and into Christian Mosul. 3/5
Iran: The government has stepped up inquiries into Christian activities as conversions increase.
3/4
Turkey: The US State Department's Human Rights Report on Turkey was released and the results are not good, but saying so could land you in jail for "insulting Turkish identity." 2/26
Abuja, Nigeria: A Christian serving a three-year prison sentence for blasphemy
against Islam was released. 2/26
Bauchi, Nigeria: Nine Christians have been brutally killed in sectarian violence
after a curfew was imposed.
International Christian Concern has called for an investigation. 2/25
Garissa, Kenya: A church is struggling 6 months after jihadists, who are still at
large, destroyed the building. 3/5
Eritrea: Persecution of Christians increases as militant Muslims gain control in the Horn
of Africa. 3/3
Sudan: Southerners are fearful that the indictment of Omar Bashir could jeopardize peace, which is tentative. 3/4
Juba, Sudan: People are displaced as a jihadist government militia clashes with the SPLA, a Christian militia. 2/25
Guinea-Bissau: Christians are fearful after the President and armed forces chief were killed in
bomb blasts. 3/2
Kosovo: Wahhabism in the Balkans heats up anti-Christian rhetoric and violence.
3/4
Kosovo: Four states gear up for peacekeeping mission in Kosovo as UK troops are leaving and NATO troops are reported to be leaving and denying it, which could cause a crisis if the UN's
6-point plan is not implemented. 3/4
Kacanik, Kosovo: An Albanian was arrested with a homicide vest and other weapons in a café in the Serbian province of Strpce, 2 weeks after a Serb was stabbed in the chest by
Albanians. 2/16
Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnian Serbs sue the UN and Holland for failing
to protect them from Muslim Bosniaks in Srebrenica during the 1992-1995 war.
3/2
Belgrade, Serbia: A Serbian rights group files a complaint against the police for
"numerous massive war crimes" in Kosovo. 3/3
Pristina, Kosovo: A Kosovo Albanian former rebel has been sentenced for murder and other charges after firing on a Serbian family. 3/4
Kosovo (?): The first Serbian victim of the organized Kosovo Albanian organ trade has been identified, as have his killers. 3/2
Kosovo (?): Son recognizes his missing father in a photograph in which he is under the gun of an Albanian separatist. 3/4
Kosovo: Wahhabis fund weapons for Albanian militants and set up Wahhabi cells across the
Balkans. 3/2
Kosovo: Albanian police have been placed in charge of protecting Serbian churches, which Serbs
are afraid of being killed for visiting. 3/5
Switzerland: Authorities are increasing security to "an unprecedented level" for the upcoming
visit of the Serbian FM, whom Kosovo Albanians have planned to kill.
3/4
Istanbul, Turkey: A father sues the Education Ministry over an Armenian genocide DVD.
2/28
Padua, Italy: Immigrants have started patrolling the streets in the wake of a crime
wave by Muslim immigrants in the Christian nation. 2/27
Brescia, Italy: Sharia exercised as a Maghrebi family is acquitted of beating and
sequestering their daughter "for her own good." 2/2
Vatican City: Church leaders meet to discuss ways to slow the exodus of Christians
from the Middle East. 2/27
The Hague, Netherlands: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
assigns collective guilt to Serbs, who feel that they are consistently denied justice. 3/2
Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan: Deadly military clashes erupt in Armenian-majority disputed
territory. 3/4
Azerbaijan: The compulsory literature censorship system has now extended to the export of Christian literature, not just its import. 2/24
Bulgaria: Numerous southern villages are being converted to Islam by force. 3/3
Gujranwala, Pakistan: A Muslim mob attacked Christian worshippers, killing a woman and
injuring 28 people. Authorities refuse to investigate. 3/3
Pakistan: Charges have been filed against the kidnappers of two young sisters, but the
family fears that police will not cooperate. 2/27
Kasur, Pakistan: Two Christians were charged with blasphemy after being beaten.
3/2
Pakistan: Christians are fearful under newly-imposed Sharia law.3/2
Pakistan: Christians are denied representation in the Senate as their parties deny them
tickets. 3/3
Sahiwal, Pakistan: A Christian woman was kidnapped by Muslim gunmen who attempted to
convert her. 3/1
Pakistan: A Christian man is kidnapped and beaten by the Taliban, who attempted to convert
him (video). 2/17
Faisalabad, Pakistan: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped for two days, and
released, as part of a growing trend of kidnappings and forced conversions.
3/5
Kashmir: Young converts pray for the Pope after suffering horrors from Islamic militants. 2/27
Bangladesh: A pastor and his wife were terribly assaulted by Muslims outside their home: video. 3/3
Malaysia: Christian convert from Islam receives death threats and beatings (video).
2/17
Malaysia: Christians were allowed to use the word "Allah," provided that it was qualified
with "for Christians only." They are banned from using three other words, and as
of 3/4, "Allah" again. 2/27
UK: Hostility towards Christians and fear of Muslims are rising, according to a
joint statement from Sam Soloman, Patrick Sookhdeo and Dennis Wrigley. 3/3
West Bromwich, UK: St. George Day is deemed 'racist' and banned. 'Race' issues are increasingly common in the UK. 2/13
UK: The Catholic Church slams a new teaching code which forces Christian schools to
promote Islam. 3/2
Montreal, Canada: “Take your knife and cut the throat of each Christian around you. No
pity.” 2/12
Everywhere: The Persecution Report from Voice of the Martyrs Canada .
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