Christians Under Attack

The Christian community in Syria has been hit by a series of kidnappings and brutal murders; 100 Christians have now been killed since the anti-government unrest began.

Many of the asylum-seekers Mission Free Iran supports have fled persecution in Iran due to their Christian faith. To support their applications for asylum, we gather reports demonstrating the persecution of Christians in Iran and submit them to decisionmaking authorities. Here, we post those selected news items on Christian persecution in Iran from the latter half of 2011.

Concerns about an Islamic-sponsored “combating intolerance” initiative at the United Nations are brought into sharp relief by results of a new world survey on religious persecution

A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd last month and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion,” sources said.

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.

(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)

Permanent Chairman of Malaysian Muslim Welfare Organisation (Perkim) Selangor branch, Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Ariffin Suhaimi has been charged with Criminal Breach of Trust (CBT) involving RM3.7 million (watch the video) http://www.ntv7.com.my/7edition/local-en/ROAD_UPGRADING_SELANGOR_PERKIM_CHAIRMAN_CHARGED_WITH_RM3_7_MILLION_CBT.html

ABU DHABI // A mentally disturbed man who stabbed a witness to death in court told an appeals court judge yesterday that as a Muslim he was entitled to kill "infidels".

A series of Christmas Day bomb attacks targeting churches and a suicide blast in Nigeria killed at least 40 people amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists

Father Immanuel Dabaghian, one of Baghdad’s last surviving priests, is

The Iranian judiciary has issued a perplexing decision in the case of Youcef Nadrkhani. They decided to keep him in prison for one more year in order to use whatever means necessary to cause him to convert to Islam. After one year we do not know what they will do. It is clear that they want