Iraqi Christians have requested urgent prayer as the situation in Mosul and surrounding areas deteriorates. Islamist militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), as al-Qaeda related group, began their violent take-over on Friday, June 6th. ISIS now has full control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. The International Organization for Migration estimated…
By Voice of America The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has released a video it claims shows dozens of missing schoolgirls abducted last month in northern Nigeria. The 17-minute video shows about 100 of the girls dressed in black and gray full-length hijabs, sitting in an undisclosed rural area, reciting Muslim scriptures and holding their…
(Editor’s Note: The name of the pastor, his church and the church where notes for this article were taken is being withheld to protect all involved from potential violent retribution.) Unity. Prayer. Revival. Those were the themes of the Christian pastor from a church in Cairo, Egypt, while visiting a supporting Presbyterian congregation in the…
World Watch Monitor Mass no longer is being celebrated at The Church of St. Mary. Police officers guard the entrance. Throughout the Egyptian town of Eastern Bani Ahmed south of Cairo, the Christian-owned shops are closed. At least seven Christian homes, and even more of their vehicles, have been ransacked, burned or both. At least…
By Stoyan Zaimov Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is being accused by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) of possible crimes against humanity, which includes the deaths of thousands of Christians and Muslims in the African nation. “The information available provide a reasonable basis for believing that in July 2009 Boko Haram launched…