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Treatment of Christians in Qatar challenged in run-up to World Cup
Author: Patrick Hudson
Publication Date: 15/11/2022
Source: The Tablet
Qatar’s treatment of Christians has deteriorated even as it prepares to host the FIFA World Cup, the charity Open Doors has said.
The charity for persecuted Christians worldwide warned that after recent improvements, it was now becoming harder to be a Christian in Qatar. The country has risen 11 places to 18th on the Open Doors World Watch List, its annual ranking of the states where Christians face the worst persecution.
Iraqi trauma care program is helping ISIS' victims heal deep wounds
Author: Anugrah Kumar
Publication Date: 14/11/2022
Source: Christian Post
In Iraq, where people are in the throes of rebuilding their lives following the horrors of the Islamic State terrorist group that once controlled large swaths of the country, a Christian group is running a trauma care program to help those carrying deep wounds.
The Push for Women’s Rights in Iran Is a Push for Religious Freedom Too
Author: Kate Shellnut
Publication Date: 19/10/2022
Source: Christianity Today
Growing up in a home with a Muslim father and a Christian mother, Iranian American Shirin Taber had a special appreciation for being able to choose what she believed. When she told her dad that she wished everyone back in Iran could have the same freedom, he—knowing the harsh reality of the regime—said it would never happen.
Mahsa murder: Christian activists and NGOs call for enquiry into Tehran's violence
Publication Date: 19/10/2022
Source: Asia News
Iranian Christian activists in the diaspora, together with dozens of international pro-human rights NGOs, have launched an appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) for an "urgent investigation" into the violent repression of protests over the killing of Mahsa Amini.
Christian schools in northeast Syria ordered to teach self-administration curriculum or face closure
Publication Date: 1/11/2022
Source: The Assyrian Journal
A letter from the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Department of Education, dated Oct. 24 and provided to a Christian school in Hasakah on Nov. 1, instructs the school they must begin teaching the self-administration’s curriculum, not the Syrian curriculum, or they will face closure.
Iranian Christians in Jerusalem - what do they think of Israel?
Publication Date: 21/10/2022
Source: The Jerusalem Post
“Our heart, our people, we love Israel and your people,” says Saeid Miryaghoobi, a musician and music producer.
For Miryaghoobi, this is a major shift from where he grew up in Iran. “I know for so many years that maybe our government regime said that we have to say ‘Death to Israel’ but this is not our heart; this is not what we believe,” he says, sitting in the center of Jerusalem, in early September.
Iran Protests: How Should Iranian Christians Respond?
Publication Date: 18/10/2022
Source: SAT-7
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” has sparked that nation’s most serious unrest since 2009. Mahsa, an Iranian Kurd on a visit to family in Tehran, was detained for allegedly wearing the hijab incorrectly and days later, on September 16, died after being hospitalized in a coma.
Pope ends Bahrain trip with visit to Gulf's oldest church
Author: Philip Pulella
Publication Date: 6/11/2022
Source: Reuters
Pope Francis departed from Bahrain on Sunday after a four-day trip that culminated with a visit to the Gulf's oldest Catholic church, where he told bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority Muslim area.
