Lawyer Wants Copts Removed from Egyptian Constitutional Committee
A lawyer from Alexandria has submitted a report to the public prosecutor requesting that Egypt’s Copts be excluded from the committee forming the nation’s new constitution.
Christian Persecution – Africa
Gunmen Kill 19 At Bible Study; Evangelist Also Dies
Suspected Islamic militants opened fire at an evangelical church in central Nigeria killing at least 19 people before Bible study began and, in a separate attack, shot and killed a colleague of a Nigerian evangelist and Worthy News stringer, several sources confirmed early Wednesday, August 8.
Christians Protest Egypt’s ‘Islamic Constitution’
Hundreds of Christians were preparing Monday, July 30, for a massive protest outside Egypt’s Constitutional court to demand the dissolution of what they view as an Islamist-dominated assembly tasked with writing the country’s new constitution, rights activists said.
Obama Administration refuses to call Terrorist Group a Terrorist Group
As the number of murders by a militant Islamic group in Nigeria continue to grow, some Congressmen are questioning the Obama administration’s refusal to officially designate it as a terrorist organization.
Hudud: Islam’s Barbaric Penal Code; Crucifixion for Leaving Islam
Hudud, a category of punishment within the penal code of shar’ia, is partcularly barbaric as practiced in Sudan, whose National Islamic Front is committed to both a strict interpretation and imposition of Islamic law.
Update: Nigeria Violence Kills Over 100 Christians
Nigerian authorities said Sunday, July 8, that at least 63 people were killed when suspected Muslim herdsmen armed with guns and machetes stormed Christian villages, while missionaries claimed over 50 pastors and missionary leaders died in separate violence.
Nigeria Violence Kills Scores of Christians
Nigerian authorities said Sunday, July 8 that dozens of people have been killed after suspected Muslim herdsmen armed with guns and machetes stormed Christian villages, while missionaries claimed at least 50 pastors and missionary leaders were killed in separate violence.
Islamist groups join together to further threaten African Christians
Three violent African Islamist groups are now networking together to further their attacks against that continent’s Christians.
Boko Haram terrorizes northern Nigeria
As the Islamists of Boko Haram continue to terrorize northern Nigeria, local residents are still reeling from the bombing of three of Kaduna’s churches weeks ago.
Egypt Christians ‘Killed’ After Election Morsi
Native Christian missionaries in Egypt remained concerned saying at least two fellow believers were killed by suspected Islamists since Mohammed Morsi was declared the country’s president.
Kenya: 17 Killed as Churches Attacked by Islamists
Suspected members of the Islamist Al-Shabaab killed 17 worshipers in coordinated attacks on churches in Garissa, Kenya, according to International Christian Concern.
Boko Harem Declares War on Christians
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram recently declared war on the Nigerian state and its Christians, vowing to attack them both until it establishes an Islamic state in place of the current secular government.
Nigerian Missionaries Trapped As Militants Embrace Christ
A group of Nigerian missionaries and Christian converts have managed to escape a battle field in northern Nigeria where some militants embraced Christianity, but elsewhere Christians faced Islamic attacks, a key mission leader told Worthy News.
300 Islamist Bombers to Attack Churches
Members of the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram, intend to make June their bloodiest month as they continue their attacks on Christians, according to International Christian Concern.
Blasts Rock Three Churches In Nigeria, Dozens Killed
Suspected Islamic militants attacked three churches in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 17, killing dozens of people and injuring over 100 others an evangelist and Worthy News reporter said, citing officials.
Tunisia: Muslims tape murder of Christian convert
Talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on “Egypt Today” by showing a video of Muslims beheading a man for the Islamic crime of apostasy: the “crime” of converting to Christianity and then refusing to renounce that conversion.
Nigeria Church Attacks Kill 7; Christians ‘Gunned Down’
Islamic group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Sunday, June 10, for bombing a church and spraying another congregation with bullets in Nigeria’s troubled northern and central region, killing at least seven people, including a suicide bomber and injuring over 40 others.
Zanzibar Islamists Burn Churches
Hundreds of Muslims set fire to two churches during protests in Zanzibar last weekend in response to the arrest of senior members of their Islamist movement, police told Reuters.
Nigeria Church Bombing Kills Over Dozen People
Up to 15 people were killed and scores injured when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into an evangelical church in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 3, an evangelist and reporter told Worthy News.
Islamists Blame Copts for Egypt’s Election Run-Off
Last week, the official results for the first round of the Egyptian presidential elections ended in a run-off between Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy and former Mubarak PM Ahmad Shafik.