Will Christianity Survive In the Middle East? Published on June 23, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading The Context of Global Christian Persecution According to the most recent information available from the Pew Research Center, in 2014 […]
Air Raids Launched After Gunmen Kill 28 Christians In Bus Attack In Egypt Published on May 28, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian fighter jets carried out strikes on Friday directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training militants […]
China Convicts Christian Human Rights Lawyer of Subverting State Published on April 29, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Asia Continue reading A Chinese court has convicted a prominent Christian human rights lawyer on charges of subverting state power and sentenced him […]
Pakistani Archbishop: Christian Persecution Is a Human Rights Issue Published on April 23, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Asia Continue reading A Roman Catholic archbishop in Pakistan says an effective way to counter increasing persecution of Christians is for church members […]
Churches In Southern Egypt Will Not Celebrate Easter After Palm Sunday Bombings Published on April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning […]
Vicar of Baghdad Says Christianity In Iraq Is Finished Published on March 28, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading He is one of the world’s most prominent priests, but Canon Andrew White – known as the “Vicar of Baghdad” […]
Christians In Nigeria Denied Aid In Displacement Camps Run by Muslims Published on March 28, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Christians in Nigeria are facing trial upon trial. Not only were hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes due […]
Christians Flee Their Homes After ISIS Attacks In Egypt Published on March 9, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading “Are you a Christian?”
Fearing Attacks by ISIS, Egyptian Christians Flee the Sinai Peninsula Published on February 26, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by Islamic State group militants fled the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a […]
ISIS Vows More Attacks on Egypt’s Christians Calling Them ‘Favorite Prey’ Published on February 20, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading As violence against Christians reaches a climax in Egypt, an Islamic State group affiliate released a video vowing more attacks […]
Middle East Christians Fear Trump Ban Will Backfire Published on February 3, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading Order to help religious minorities fleeing persecution risks alienating Muslim neighbors, leaders say
Open Doors Releases 2017 World Watch List: Christian Persecution Continues to Rise Published on January 13, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Continue reading Open Doors’ 2017 World Watch List made waves on the international scene yesterday as it exposed the new top 50 […]
How Will U.S. Policy Under Trump Affect Middle East Christians In 2017? Published on January 11, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading “Most Americans, if you ask them, are quite supportive of federal aid, and they think it’s about 20 percent of […]
Four Arrested for Bombing of Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral Which Killed 28; President al-Sisi Promises New ‘Megachurch’ for 2018 Published on January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Egyptian police have arrested four people in the wake of the bombing that killed dozens of Christians at Cairo’s Coptic […]
North Korea’s Christian Martyrs Remembered at Christmas Published on December 30, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Asia Continue reading Christmas is a time of great celebration for the world’s two billion or so Christians. In one part of the […]
Middle East Patriarchs Call for Peace Amid Persecution Published on December 29, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Christian Persecution Continue reading Lamenting the exodus of Christians from their ancestral homelands, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East pleaded for peace and security […]
The Actual War on Christians: Egypt’s Copts are Under Attack Published on December 20, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading Little could dampen the enthusiasm of 13-year-old Tony Atef as he wore his soccer outfit and headed to Egypt’s most […]
Time for a Tipping Point on Anti-Christian Persecution After Cairo Cathedral Bombing Published on December 14, 2016 / ucnwp-admin Posted in Africa Continue reading In the eyes of those truly paying attention, anti-Christian persecution is one of the transcendent human rights challenges of our […]