Oct 17 2014
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, has had her conviction and sentence upheld by Pakistan’s high court. There will be a witness outside the Pakistan High Commission in London on Friday 31st October 2014 from 2pm – 4pm. See directions below. Asia Bibi, also known as Aasiya Noreen, was found guilty in 2010 …
Sep 11 2014
An independent Scotland won’t join an American/RUK coalition to defeat Islamic State, the Scottish First Minister has just said. Responding to a question from Laurence Lee of Al Jazeera, Mr Salmond said in a press conference today that Scotland would only support military action against Islamic State if it were sanctioned by the United Nations. Presenting this …
Aug 27 2014
Two top retired generals and the chairman of parliament’s intelligence and security committee are calling for collaboration with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in order to defeat Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL. But HM Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs refuses even to pick up the phone. Former army chief and committed Christian Lord …
Aug 22 2014
Iraqi Christians are valued, the Iraqi Ambassador told a group of Christians earlier today. His Excellency Faik Farik Abdul Aziz Nerweyi crossed Queens Gate in central London to speak with protesters opposite the Iraqi Embassy. The witness, for Christians in Iraq, was organised by Christian Voice. The Ambassador pledged to recover all territory lost to Islamic State, …
Aug 14 2014
By Robin Phillips: Since America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003, Christians there have faced increasing persecution. The instabilities in the government have led to the growth of extremist Muslim groups whose attacks on Christians have been largely ignored. Most recently, a jihadist offshoot of Al Queda, known as ISIS, has been marching through Syria and …
Aug 02 2014
Christians in Iraq have been forced to flee Mosul with nothing but the clothes they wore after the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) issued this statement to Christians: convert to Islam, pay a tax, or die. Zaid Qreqosh Ishaq, 27, fled from Mosul with his family after receiving ISIS’ ultimatum. “We had to …
Jul 11 2014
A bakery firm in Northern Ireland is facing a discrimination case after refusing to bake a cake with a slogan supporting ‘gay marriage’ Ashers Baking Company, which is owned and run by the McArthur family, who are Christians, declined an order from a gay rights activist asking for a cake featuring the Sesame Street puppets …
Jun 24 2014
A Christian woman sentenced to death and 100 lashes in Sudan has been released, it is reported, two weeks after our witness for her outside the Sudanese Embassy in London. Following her release, she has been re-arrested at Khartoum airport. And following that, she was released and is now staying with her husband and family …
Jun 12 2014
The Sudan Embassy has responded to a letter from Christian Voice protesting at the sentence and incarceration of Meriam Ibrahim. Meriam Ibrahim is the Christian Sudanese doctor sentenced to death and to 100 lashes for apostasy, that is converting from Islam to Christianity, and for adultery, that is marrying a man who is not a …
Jun 09 2014
Monday 9th June 2014. Christians from across the United Kingdom gathered in London on Friday afternoon to protest at the death sentence and continuing detention of Meriam Ibrahim in Sudan. Around 35 Christians stood in witness opposite the Sudanese Embassy in Cleveland Row in London before moving across the road for the photographic record on …
Apr 23 2014
A Christian nursery worker is claiming unfair dismissal after losing her job because she said she told a lesbian colleague the Bible regards the practice of homosexuality as a sin. Sarah Mbuyi said she made the comments only after being pressed on her beliefs by a colleague who initiated the conversation at Newpark Childcare in Highbury, north …
Apr 23 2014
Tony Blair has warned Western leaders they must put aside their differences with Russia over Ukraine to focus on the threat of Islamic extremism – and work with both Russia and China. In a speech at Bloomberg in London the former UK prime minister – now a Middle East envoy –said powerful nations must “take …
Mar 29 2014
In the name of inclusiveness, the first so-called ‘gay marriages’ are happening in England and Wales this weekend. The media and politicians are falling over themselves to congratulate homosexuals on ‘tying the knot’ in an orgy of sycophancy. BBC Radio 5 Live this morning even had a peer of the realm ‘proposing’ to his ‘partner’ …
Mar 24 2014
We have just finished updating our page about the persecution of Christians in Britain. We would encourage our visitors to read this article which surveys the challenges Christians in Britain have had to face since the time of the Viking invasions to the present day. This report was written for our newsletter in 2011 but …
Mar 17 2014
A Christian couple hope to test equality laws in Strasbourg, reports the Sunday Telegraph. Jeff and Sue Green own the 13 bedroom Highland Moors Hotel and Conference Centre in Llandrindod Wells, midWales. They had advertised that only married couples were allowed to take double rooms. But at the end of last year they received a letter from …
Jan 04 2014
Britain should withhold aid to countries that persecute Christians, a senior Conservative has said. Liam Fox, former Defence Secretary, said that it was “unacceptable” for taxpayers’ money to go to regimes that do not “represent our values” and refused to tolerate other religions. “A lot of people find it increasingly unacceptable as we look round …
Dec 06 2013
By Robin Phillips MPs debated the persecution of Christians on 3rd December, noting that “Christianity is the most persecuted religion globally.” The debate, which was secured by the Democratic Unionist party and moved by Shadow DUP Spokesperson for Human Rights, Jim Shannon, highlighted the increasing hostility against Christians that has been growing throughout the 21st …
Oct 01 2013
By Robin Phillips Once the enemy of Christianity, Russia has now positioned itself as the hope of persecuted Christians, Ralph H. Sidway reported. “Scarcely a day goes by now,” Sidway remarked, “where we do not read of yet another in a constellation of initiatives being undertaken by both the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian …
Sep 23 2013
Two suicide bombers have killed 79 people in an attack during a Christian church service in northwestern Pakistan. Muslim militants entered the All Saints Church compound while as many as 600 worshipers were listening to the sermon. They detonated their explosives knowing that women and children would be among the casualties. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif …
Sep 13 2013
Syrian rebels have attacked an ancient Christian town in Syria. Residents fled as the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front occupied Maalouda. Government forces are said to have all but retaken the town, but there are reports of fighting carrying on in the town, which housed 3,000 people, many of them speakers of Aramiac, the ancient tongue spoken by the Lord Jesus …
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