Life hasn’t been easy for 28-year-old Syrian mother Kristina, a Christian of Armenian descent, who lived with her husband in Aleppo long before the civil war started in 2011. It was in that besieged city that Kristina gave birth to
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Life hasn’t been easy for 28-year-old Syrian mother Kristina, a Christian of Armenian descent, who lived with her husband in Aleppo long before the civil war started in 2011. It was in that besieged city that Kristina gave birth to
Read moreWhen 12-year-old Rahma Salem refused to wear a hijab to school in the Delta in northern Egypt, teachers ordered her to leave her lessons and would not let her take part in any activity. “I was made to stand all
Read moreAn evangelical Christian school in Sudan with more than 1,000 pupils has been closed after it was raided by authorities. According to sources cited by Sight magazine, armed police, aided by civilians brought in from the surrounding area, were involved in
Read moreChristians and Muslims in Pakistan have united together to get blasphemy charges dropped against a nine-year-old Pakistani Christian boy. The boy, Izhan and his mother, Shakil, a nurse from Quetta, were accused six days ago of burning pages of the
Read moreAs French authorities move to bulldoze the Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle, the UNHCR are reporting that at least 3,800 refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe so far this year. William Spindler,
Read more“Almost 90 percent of the leaders of Kazakhstan youth consider themselves believers, with 86 percent of them professing Islam,” according to a survey conducted by sociologist Madina Nurgaliyeva, and leading her to warn that “religiosity among young Kazakhs is at
Read moreA Coptic Christian teacher in Egypt is trying to unite Christian and Muslim students by teaching them about both religions side by side. According to the Independent, Ayaad, from a village outside the city of Minya in northern Egypt, has been
Read moreThe UN’s humanitarian aid chief has described the sight of Yemeni children suffering malnutrition as a result of the country’s 18-month conflict as “absolutely devastating.” According to the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, nearly three million people in Yemen are in
Read moreWith tears in my eyes and a heavy heart I sat and read today’s headlines on Al Jazeera – headlines of yet more atrocities in Aleppo, yet more innocent lives lost, children orphaned and traumatised, medical centres bombed, people left
Read moreA Christian teacher in Pakistan has been given a choice of converting to Islam or being killed after he spoke out about hate preaching. 43-year-old Musa Atique has been a primary school teacher in a school in Kasur, in the
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