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Iran: Three Christian Converts Sentenced To Prison In Karaj
Publication Date: 29/8/2021
Source: Eurasia review
Three Christian converts were sentenced to prison in Karaj near Tehran on August 22.
According to the Article 18 website, they were identified as Milad Goudarzi, Ameen Khaki, and Alireza Nourmohammadi.
Vandals snatch iron cross from Palestinian church
Publication Date: 21/8/2021
Source: The New Arab
The iron cross was stolen out of a basalt rock altar outside the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes in Tabgha, at the Sea of Galilee.
Iran’s Islamic regime wages ‘full-on attack’ against Christians
Author: Becca Anderson
Publication Date: 22/8/2021
Source: Open Doors
On the morning of November 11, 2020, Iranian intelligence agents knocked on the doors of 10 Christian families in Fardis, approximately 25 miles west of Tehran. The agents had one goal in mind: evidence. During the coordinated raids, anything related to the families’ Christianity—Bibles, Christian literature, phones, laptops—was confiscated.
New microprojects center in Damascus provides hope to Syria’s embattled Christians
Publication Date: 2/8/2021
Source: Aid to the Church in Need
Christian Hope Center, a Syrian organization supported by the Catholic Church, has opened its first ever microprojects program center in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The program, which launched officially on July 22, will be the only microprojects center in Damascus’s historic Christian quarter.
Mother Begs for Jailed Christian's Release Amid Crackdown on Converts in Iran
Author: Maryam Dehkordi
Publication Date: 10/8/2021
Source: IranWire
Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh, a convert to Christianity living in Iran, has been in Evin Prison serving a 10-year sentence since December 2017 without a single day off. Arrested at an engagement party in 2016, the 60-year-old has since been denied medical care for a severe gum infection and in August 2020 came down with symptoms of Covid-19.
Palestinians who fled war in Syria lose fight over UK resettlement
Author: Paul Peachey
Publication Date: 7/4/2021
Source: The National
A Palestinian woman who fled the war in Syria has lost a legal battle with the British government over her failure to secure a place on a scheme to resettle 20,000 vulnerable refugees.
Palestinian Haifaa Marouf fled to Lebanon to escape the fighting that killed her husband and son but says she was blocked from being part of the humanitarian programme because of her nationality.
Christian convert begins prison sentence for ‘propaganda against Islamic Republic’
Publication Date: 28/7/2021
Source: Article 18
Christian convert Hamed Ashouri has begun his 10-month prison sentence for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic”.
The 31-year-old submitted himself to Karaj’s Central Prison yesterday.
Before doing so, he recorded a short video, in which he explained that he had been arrested for his Christian activities.
Syrian Christian fails in legal fight over British resettlement project
Author: Paul Peachey
Publication Date: 27/7/2021
Source: The National
A Syrian man has lost his legal fight against the British government after claiming a refugee resettlement programme discriminated against Christians.
The man, named only as HNA, travelled to Jordan with his wife and three children in 2014. But they failed to obtain places on the initiative, which offered UK residency to 20,000 people fleeing Syria.
Archaeologists surprised by discovery of 6th century Christian town in Egypt
Author: Abdulla Kadry
Publication Date: 14/8/2021
Source: Al-Monitor
Polish researchers have found a well-planned Christian town dating to the sixth century in northern Egypt.
A decade of war and sanctions have led to the collapse of Syria’s Christian population
Publication Date: 17/8/2021
Source: Asia News
From about 8-10 per cent before the war, the community has dropped to the current 3 per cent. No official statistics exists but the decline is evident “especially among young people,” source told AsiaNews. Should Europe and Canada “open their doors to immigration”, there is a real danger of another exodus. Christian parties try to build unity.
