Christians Under Attack

Church elders on Friday claimed a woman from their congregation in East Java had been kidnapped by suspected Islamic hard-liners .

LAGOS, NIGERIA (Worthy News)-- The Christian farmers of Mdandi village in northern Nigeria were preparing for a new harvest when armed Islamists attacked their homes and drove them out.

SANAA, YEMEN (Worthy News)--  marked the second anniversary of the kidnappings of nine Christian foreigners in Yemen by suspected Muslim militants, but German and British investigators "were understood" to have ended "their active search" for those still missing, advocacy group Middle East Concern (MEC) said.

Echoing the comments of some Sudanese Christians, Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury warned that attacks by the northern Sudanese military on disputed border regions presage a humanitarian disaster reminiscent of Darfur.

RIYADH: The mother of a Canadian woman allegedly forced to remain in Saudi Arabia for the last six years with her three young children has sought urgent support from Saudi and Canadian governments to end her daughter’s ordeal and send her back to Canada as soon as possible.

Muslims attack Christians in the streets of Ezbet palms and killed a Christian, claims to Ayman Saad, 25 years old

I read with dismay the reports of repeated assaults on Copts in Egypt.

Pakistani Catholic sources have told the Fides news agency that a 24-year-old Christian woman who was kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, and forced to marry a Muslim may soon be sold abroad.

Yesterday’s Independent on Sunday had an alarming story claiming that “Islamophobic attacks have been on the rise.” It previewed a speech in which Farooq Murad, head of the Muslim Council of Britain, was due to say: “Islamophobic attacks, on persons and properties, are committed by a tiny minority, but the number of incidents is increasing. Robust action is necessary.”