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The persecution of Christians in Iran debated at the European Parliament
Author: Willy Fautré
Publication Date: 27/1/2023
Source: The European Times
The persecution of Christians in Iran was the focus of the presentation of the 2023 World Watch List of the Protestant NGO Open Doors yesterday, Thursday 25 January, at the European Parliament (EP). According to their report, 360 million Christians around the world suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith, 5621 Christians were murdered and 2110 church buildings were attacked last year.
Iran ranked eighth hardest country to be Christian
Publication Date: 18/01/2023
Source: Article 18
Iran has risen back to eighth place on an annual list of the countries where it is hardest to practise the Christian faith.
This marks a return to Iran’s 2021 ranking on the World Watch List, which is produced by Christian charity Open Doors International, after a year in ninth place.
Iran: Christians Asked to be Discreet
Publication Date: 10/1/2023
Source: FSSPX.News
The mullahs' regime in Tehran seems to be in dire straits: according to the Christian information site Mohabat News, the priests of the Chaldean Catholic Church have been warned against participating in, or even supporting, the protest movement that is currently shaking the country.
Christians an Indigenous Community in Iraq: Rashid
Publication Date: 8/2/2023
Source: Bas News
Iraqi President Latif Rashid met with a high-level Christian delegation led by Antiochian Patriarch of the Syriac Catholics and a number of faith leaders from Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon to stress the importance of the peaceful coexistence of all faiths in the country.
Sign of Hope for Christians in Iraq
Publication Date: 1/2/2023
Source: FSSPX News
On the plains of Nineveh, the renaissance of a Dominican convent destroyed by jihadists constitutes a sign of hope for Christians still present in the area and a sign of hope for the Iraqi Christian diaspora.
Chaldean Patriarch Sako: the unity of the Churches is not a "gesture of courtesy", but a secret of the Christian presence in the Middle East
Publication Date: 12/1/2023
Source: Agenzia Fides
"The Eastern Churches need a breath of fresh air", is how the Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, entitled his message for the forthcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January, 18-25). In the statement he addresses the present and future of the Christian communities in the Middle East and concludes with an urgent appeal to find ways of unity and fraternal communion among Christians in the Middle East in order to ensure the continuity of the Christian presence in the region of the world in which Jesus was born, died and rose again.
Al-Nusra Seizes Possessions Of Christians In Syria’s Idlib
Author: Hani Salem
Publication Date: 9/1/2023
Source: North Press
On Monday, ” Spoils of War Committee” of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front) seized lands and real estate belonging to expat Christians of Idlib though they have agents to facilitate things.
For a Christian in Europe, Turkey is the worst country
Publication Date: 18/1/2023
Source: Christian Network Europe
North Korea is championing religious persecution worldwide again. That is the message of the newly published Open Doors’ World Watch List. For European countries, Turkey has the highest position. Pressure on Christians is rising there, Open Doors says.
On the global scale, Turkey has number 41. Officially, the country has its religious freedom protected by law, Open Doors writes. “However, this is not the lived reality for Christians in Turkey.”
