Bulletin of Christian Persecution
December 22, 2010-January 10, 2011
December 22, 2010
Kosovo (Hat tip to JihadWatch via Julia Gorin)
Protestant pastor says his community has faced hardship and intolerance from
Muslims.
December 26, 2010
Iran
In the early morning hours after Christmas day, the Iranian government arrested
25 Christians in Tehran and other locations. They also planned to detain sixteen
others, but were unable to locate them. There are also unconfirmed reports that
the authorities have arrested over 50 other Christians. According to BBC Persian,
the Governor of Tehran has vowed to arrest more evangelical Christians. More HERE.
December 28, 2010
Pakistan
A strike will be held to protest against the "conspiracies" of present
rulers to repeal the blasphemy law.
Nigeria
A pastor and the five other Christians were killed in the Dec. 24 attacks on
Victory Baptist Church in Alemderi and a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN)
congregation in Sinimari by the outlawed Islamic Boko Haram sect opposed to
Western education. More HERE.
Update HERE.
December 29, 2010
Malaysia
Catholic church officials were told to remove crucifixes and to avoid hymns
being sung when Prime Minister Najib Razak attended the Archbishop of Kuala
Lumpur's Christmas tea party last Saturday
The World
Roundup of Major Christian Persecution in 2010
December 30, 2010
Iraq (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
At least two Christians were killed and 12 people wounded in a series of attacks
on Christian homes in Baghdad. More HERE (Hat tip to AtlasShrugs)
.
January 1, 2011
Egypt (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
A bomb killed at least 21 people outside a church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria
early on New Year's Day and the Interior Ministry said a foreign-backed suicide
bomber may have been responsible. Dozens of people were wounded by the blast,
which scattered body parts, destroyed cars and smashed windows. More HERE.
And HERE.
The police investigation into a New Year's church bombing that killed 21 people
is focusing on a local group of Islamic hard-liners inspired by al-Qaida, Egyptian
security officials said Sunday. Update HERE.
And HERE.
Egyptian security guards withdrew an hour before the car explosion that went
off in front of Saints Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria that killed 21 and
injured 96 parishioners. According to church officials and eyewitnesses, there
are many more victims that are still unidentified and whose body parts were
strewn all over the street outside the church. The body parts were covered with
newspapers until they were brought inside the church after some Muslims started
stepping on them and chanting Jihadi chants. Video Here (Hat tip to GatesofVienna)
January 3, 2011
Egypt
A religious edict signed by a Mauritanian cleric linked to Al-Qaeda' s late
leader in Iraq and posted to jihadist websites appears to legitimise the deadly
New Year's Eve attack on a church in northern Egypt. Update. (Hat tip to JihadWatch) Pope
Shenouda ended his spiritual mediation at St. Bishoy Monastery in Wadi Notroun
to go back to the Cathedral's headquarters in Abbasiya on Sunday, meanwhile
mulling whether or not to cancel Coptic Christmas celebrations. Some church
leaders requested that the Jan. 7 Coptic Christmas celebrations be cancelled
after the bombing of a church in Alexandria that left 21 dead and 97 injured.
Italy/European
Union
European Union aid should be tied to respect for human rights in countries where
Christian minorities are under attack, an Italian Foreign minister said Monday
after a New Year's Day church bombing in the Egyptian city of Alexandria that
killed 21 Coptic Christians. More HERE.
Russia (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
Unidentified attackers set a church ablaze with a grenade in Russia's mainly
Muslim North Caucasus late on Sunday, media reported, in the latest act of violence
in a region where Moscow is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.
Germany (Hat
tip to JihadWatch)
Bishop Anba Damian, head of the Coptic Church in Germany, told a German newspaper
that he had asked the government for special protection out of fear his church's
followers would be targeted. "Before Christmas, the internet was full of
threats against us," he said. "The police have warned us several times
of the danger of attacks by radical Muslims. . . ."
Afghanistan
A judge told Shoaib Assadullah that if he did not renounce Christ within one
week he would face up to 20 years in prison or even be sentenced to death. Shoaib
was arrested on Oct. 21, 2010, when he gave a man a Bible.
January 4, 2011
Pakistan (Hat tip to AtlasShrugs)
A Pakistani politician, who had become a leading opponent in recent weeks of
a court decision in November to sentence a 45-year-old Christian farm laborer,
Asia Bibi to death for blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, was assassinated.
More HERE.
(Hat tip to JihadWatch)
Update HERE.
And HERE.
January 5, 2011
Egypt
A recent message posted on the al-Shumukh website and others considered close
to Al-Qaeda addressed themselves directly to Coptic pope Shenuda III who was
warned of "imminent new strikes" against Egyptian Copts. One message
on a forum promised that "we will strike you all in a new attack. We have
warned you as Allah is my witness." Update HERE.
January 6, 2011
Egypt
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A bomb was found under stair way of Saint Antonius Church in Il Minya (Upper
Egypt).
USA/MidEast (Hat tip to persecution.org)
As the 21st Century enters its second decade, two millennia of Christian presence
in the Middle East might be eclipsed by the end of the century.
January 7, 2011
France/MidEast
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Christian minorities in the
Middle East are victims of "religious cleansing", following deadly
attacks on churches in the region.
USA
Anti-Christian crimes are being downplayed by the media while Islamaphobia gets
prominent news coverage even though the FBI hate crime statistics, for 2009,
found that 8.4 percent of the 1,575 victims of anti-religious crimes were attacked
because of anti-Islamic bias. In contrast, 71.9 percent of the victims were
Jews.
Indonesia
An Islamic radical group is threatening to disrupt a Catholic gathering on religious
freedom.
Europe (Hat tip to persecution.org)
Four EU countries, Hungary, Italy, France, and Poland, urge European action
against anti-Christian violence.
January 8, 2011
Australia
The Weekend Australian says it understands the four churches were among a list
of more than 60 Coptic Orthodox churches worldwide that were targeted by the
unnamed Islamic extremist group.
Sudan (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
Christians in North Sudan have fear of persecution if South Sudan votes to secede.
January 10, 2011
Indonesia
Government officials in West Java Province blocked one church from worshipping,
and Islamic groups pressured authorities to seize the property of another during
the Christmas season.
Italy/World-wide
Christians in Iraq, Egypt and Nigeria have been killed in churches, in Pakistan
a blasphemy law has become an "excuse to cause injustice and violence"
. . . The list of violations and attacks on religious freedom delivered today
by Benedict XI to the representatives of 180 countries and international organizations
that have diplomatic relations with the Holy See, touches hundreds of millions
of people around the world.
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Publisher: Bill Warner; Edited by Asma Marwan
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