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Friday, 10 October 2014 01:00
Turkey: Deaths in Kurdish protests across Turkey
People were killed in demonstrations across Turkey as Kurds demanded that the government do more to protect the town of Kobane from terrorist fighters. On Tuesday night police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse…
Friday, 10 October 2014 01:00
Syria: Jihadist rebels abduct Franciscan friar
Father Hanna Jallouf and about twenty of his parishioners were taken from the convent in the village of Knayeh by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front on Sunday. Nuns at the convent have taken refuge in nearby homes.…
Friday, 10 October 2014 01:00
Iran: Answered prayers, further arrests and hunger strike
In September believers from Muslim backgrounds were arrested. In October, Moluk Ruhani, Hamidreza Borhani and Zainab Akbari were released though Mohammad Taslimi and Parsa Dadkhah remain in Dastgerd prison. Sepideh Morshedi’s whereabouts is unknown. On 27…
Friday, 10 October 2014 01:00
West Africa: Companies fill gaps in Ebola response
Friday, 10 October 2014 01:00
Uzbekistan: Police raid Christian homes
It can be costly to own religious literature in Uzbekistan. On 5 September, Artur Alpayev was fined 50 times the minimum monthly wage for storing religious literature at his home. The literature was seized when his…
Friday, 10 October 2014 01:00
USA: 'Non-discrimination' Bill and Christians
Bishop James Johnston says Missouri State’s non-discrimination bill discriminates against people of faith and forcing believers to recognise same-sex relationships violates their religious freedoms and essentially makes Christians criminals. The leader in the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Catholic…