Christians Under Attack

Acts of violence and intolerance against Christians in Indonesia almost doubled in 2011, with an Islamist campaign to close down churches

Sudan and northern Nigeria saw steeper increases in persecution against Christians than 48 other nations where Christians suffered abuse last year, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization Open Doors.

CAIRO: Egypt’s al-Nour ultra-conservative political party announced that a Coptic Christian cannot become president of Egypt and that Egyptian society “will not accept a Christian president.”

A suspect arrested in the firebombing of a New York mosque says he acted out or personal revenge and not because of hate for Muslims.

(Reuters) - A young man dressed as "Father Frost" - the Russian equivalent of Father Christmas - was stabbed to death in Tajikistan on Monday in an attack police believe was motivated by religious hatred, two police sources said.

Washington says it has had assurances from Egyptian military officials that they will stop raids on pro-democracy and human rights groups.

CAIRO — Egyptian authorities have detained a Coptic Christian student accused of posting a drawing of Islam’s prophet on Facebook that triggered two days of violence in southern Egypt (pic of Gamal mossoud)

(AINA) -- The Supreme Military Court started today, December 27, procedures in the trial of three soldiers on (a copt who was run-over by an army armored vehicle)

(CDN) — A judge this month granted bail to a Christian woman falsely charged with theft in Abbottabad after police failed to produce evidence incriminating her, she said

CAIRO — An ultraconservative Egyptian Islamist group says sending Christmas greetings to Christians is "against our