Christian in Iran sentenced to exile in desert
A Christian evangelist in Iran was sentenced to two years of exile in a far-flung region near the border with Pakistan.
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Details Leak From China’s Mass Detention Camps in Xinjiang; US Official Blasts ‘Concentration Camps’
A new leak of classified Chinese government documents has revealed how authorities are using a massive data collection program to target and detain an estimated one million ethnic minority Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang province.
‘US and Israel are common enemies of the Muslim world,’ says Iranian commander
‘America and Israel are common enemies of the Muslim world,’ the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, said Thursday during a meeting with the chief of staff of Pakistan’s military, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Wave of Indian persecution of Christians descends into Kashmir conflict
India’s Jammu and Kashmir state is now shrouded in a 105 day-long internet and communications blackout that has prevented Christians from assembling together without extreme harassment.
154 U.N. nations call Temple Mount solely by Muslim name Haram al-Sharif
The UN gave its preliminary approval to a resolution that referred to the Temple Mount solely by its Muslim name of Haram al-Sharif.
Uighur researchers say China running more camps than known
Uighur activists said Tuesday they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain members of the ethnic group, alleging that Beijing could be holding far more than the commonly cited figure of one million people.
Two pastors beheaded as violence against Christians flares in Ethiopia
Two Ethiopian pastors have been beheaded in Sebeta, near the capital Addis Ababa, in an outburst of violence against Christians at the end of October, reported a Barnabas Fund contact.
Mike Pence defends federal aid funneling to Christian groups
Vice President Mike Pence is not backing down from criticism that his office improperly funneled federal aid to several Christian groups, particularly those in the religiously diverse Nineveh Plains of Iraq, saying it’s part of the Trump administration’s ‘vision’ for helping victims of Islamic State genocide.
Historic First: All Monotheistic Faiths Sign Document Dedicated to Value of Life
At an historic meeting held Monday (Oct. 28 2019) at Vatican City, representatives of the Chief Rabbinate, along with the heads of the major faiths, signed a historic and preliminary document calling on doctors around the world not to assist in killing people even if they terminal patients.
Churches destroyed by ISIS in Iraq to be rebuilt
Two Iraq churches that were destroyed by the so-called Islamic State are to be rebuilt with the help of the Muslim-majority United Arab Emirates.
India, Pakistan trade fire over Kashmir
India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the de facto border of the disputed Kashmir region while blaming the other for instigating the shelling that killed at least nine people.
UAE Becomes World’s First Country to Restore Iraqi Churches Destroyed by ISIS
The United Arab Emirates is teaming up with UNESCO to rebuild two Christian churches in Mosul, Iraq that were destroyed by ISIS in 2014.
Christian Slain in Kaduna State, 13 Others Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a young Christian man after stopping him on a highway in Kaduna state on Oct. 5, while in Plateau state another 13 Christians have been slain in less than a month, sources said.
‘We assume there are weapons stockpiles on the Temple Mount’
‘The Palestinians will never drop the matter of the Temple Mount. It’s a tool that they, and parts of the Arab and Muslim world, use to take on Israel,’ former Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman and former head of the Shin Bet security agency MK Avi Dichter tells Israel Hayom in a special weekend interview.
‘Unprecedented’ UN Report Condemns Alarming Rise of Anti-Semitism
The United Nations released an interim report Monday detailing the alarming rise of anti-Semitism among people from a range of political and religious backgrounds.
Hezbollah says Iran would destroy Saudi Arabia in any war
Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned Saudi Arabia on Friday against betting on a war against Iran because it would destroy the kingdom and said Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates should halt the conflict in Yemen to protect themselves.
American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging plane denied bail over possible terrorist ties
A federal judge on Wednesday denied bail to a former American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a jetliner in July over possible links to the Islamic State (ISIS).
Netanyahu pledges to take back ‘sites that have security importance or are important to Israel’s heritage’ one day away from elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his final campaign pledge Monday, the night before elections Tuesday, promising to annex ‘all the settlements’ in the West Bank.
Federal judge rules terror watchlist violates constitutional rights of those on it
The government’s watchlist of more than 1 million people identified as ‘known or suspected terrorists’ violates the constitutional rights of those placed on it, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
In 9/11 speech, al-Qaeda chief calls for attacks on Israel, West
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called Wednesday on Muslims to attack US, European, Israeli and Russian targets in a speech on the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.