Posts tagged islam
Pakistani Catholic Father Fights To Free Abducted Daughter
Madagascar: Island Bishop warns of encroaching Islamism

Islamic missionaries in Madagascar are exploiting the people’s crippling poverty to make converts, a local bishop has warned.

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Edward Barrettislam
Crimea: Aid to the Church in Need keeps children off the streets

Against a backdrop of rising poverty, ACN is providing funds for holiday camps in Crimea that keep children off the streets.

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Edward Barrettislam
Pakistan: Two brothers stabbed to death

Local sources have suggested that the killing of the two Christian brothers by their Muslim neighbours may have a religious dimension.

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Edward Barrettislam, pakistan
Eritrea: Sick forced from beds as 21 hospitals and clinics forced to shut

Thousands of sick people across Eritrea are being deprived of vital medical care after the government seized three hospitals, two health centres and 16 clinics.

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Edward Barrettislam
Cameroon: Women maimed as Boko Haram strikes terror

Islamist extremists have cut off the ears of women seized during a night-time raid on a rural town in Cameroon.

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Edward Barrettislam
Iraqi Christians ‘close to extinction’

Archbishop Warda who – with ACN’s backing – oversaw the care of IDPs fleeing Daesh, told the charity that Iraq’s Christian presence has been decimated over the last two decades.

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Edward Barrettislam, law
Iraqi Christians fear attempt to Islamise Supreme Court

Iraq’s Christians have expressed fears that giving Islamic clerics voting rights in the Federal Supreme Court could lead to the country becoming a theocracy.

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Edward Barrettsyria, islam, law