Global news 2017: Persecuted church
(Newest items at the top)
Pakistan Convicts 42 Christians of Terrorism After Acquitting More Than 100 Muslims, Christianity Today
‘Disgraceful’ Church of England leaves persecuted Nigerians to their fate, by Jenny Taylor, Lapido Media
Why are Christian organizations campaigning against helping Christians flee the Middle East genocide? Barnabas Fund Editorial
Germany: Terrorism, Violence, and Destruction of Christian Symbols, Observatory on Intolerance
ISIS Guard Couldn’t Take It Anymore, Flees After Seeing Rapes And Brutal Treatment Of Sex Slaves by Hazel Torres, Christian Today
Who will protect Nigeria’s northern Christians? by Douglas Murray, Spectator
Religious freedom in the Muslim world: a nuanced appraisal, by Daniel Philpott, Public Discourse
More brutality – and more grace, by Alan Craig, Alan’s Angle
Barnabas Fund challenges BBC to correct “wholly wrong” statement on Christian refugees in the USA”
Religious intolerance in the Gulf States – Analysis, by Kilal Khashan, Eurasia Review
Freedom to report the persecution of Christians threatened, Barnabas Fund Editorial
The West’s Real Bigotry: Rejecting Persecuted Christians, Gatestone Institute
Christian Leaders Denounce Trump’s Plan to Favor Christian Refugees by Laurie Goodstein, New York Times
Freedom to report the persecution of Christians threatened: Barnabas Fund Editorial
Analysis: Religious intolerance in the Gulf States, Eurasia Review
Yazidi Girls Sold as Sex Slaves while Women March against Trump, Gatestone Institute
Why does the West say “no room at the inn” for Christian refugees fleeing Syria? Barnabas Fund editorial
90,000 Christians killed for their faith in 2016 alone, religion expert claims, by Czarina Ong, Christian Today
Dame Louise Casey: Replacing on form of intolerance with another, from Grassroots Conservatives
The top 50 countries where it’s hardest to be a Christian, by Jeremy Weber, Christianity Today
Christian evangelist cleared at Sherriff’s court, from Christian Concern
Can the church survive the Islamist onslaught, Barnabas Fund editorial
See a selection of 2016 articles here