Christians targeted for their faith
News and comment, arranged according to topics:
Shocking Sri Lanka bombing by Islamist group: the problem is persecution of Christians, not random terror.
Sri Lanka’s bloody Sunday, by Paul Coleman, Spiked
Islam, the media and the conspiracy of silence, by Gavin Ashenden
Why the liberal media don’t show sympathy for torched churches, murdered Christians, by Jonathan van Maren, LifeSite
The Sri Lanka bombings are part of an ugly anti-Christian pattern across the globe, by John Allen, Jr, Washington Post
Clinton, Obama and the Left’s contempt for Christians by Laura Perrins, TCW
Where’s the solidarity for Sri Lanka’s Christians? by Rakib Ehsan, spiked
Death toll rises in Sri Lanka’s anti-Christian Easter attacks, but is this enough for lasting world sympathy? from Barnabas Fund
A world at war against Christians, by Ann Farmer, The Conservative woman
Taqiyya for Easter, by Mark Steyn
Media half truths over the Sri Lanka terror, by Craig Byers, The Conservative Woman
Sri Lanka Was Warned of Possible Attacks. Why Didn’t It Stop Them? from New York Times
Sri Lankan tragedy – prejudice, politicians and the press, by David Robertson, Christian Today
Sri Lanka and the global war on Christians, by Stephen Daisley, Spectator (£)
Sri Lanka attacks: port-colonial guilt stops UK helping persecuted Christians, says Bishop, by Kaya Burgess, Times
Global persecution of Christians; the response of Western governments and churches
Why the liberal media don’t show sympathy for torched churches, murdered Christians by Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSite
The Sri Lanka bombings are part of an ugly anti-Christian pattern across the globe by John L Allen Jr, Washington Post
Are Christians Privileged or Persecuted? by Ross Douthat, New York Times
The Anglican Communion: a view from Pakistan, by Michelle Samuel, Evangelicals Now
Catholics join with Church of England in joint submission to UK’s review of government support for persecuted Christians, by David Adams, Sight Magazine
Christians abandoned by the liberal West, by Kathy Gyngell, The Conservative Woman
UK foreign aid could be linked to progress on religious freedom, from Christian Institute
The world may be getting better, but not for increasingly abused Christians, by Gavin Matthew, The Scotsman
Coptic Archbishop says Christophobia is an ‘escalating phenomenon’, by Archbishop Cranmer
Mythbusting at launch of independent review of UK support for persecuted Christians, from CEN
(Of a much lesser scale, but nevertheless real) hostility against Christians in the UK and Australia
British woman’s family relentlessly mobbed by activists for “misgendering”, The Post Millennial
Today’s secularism leaves no space for Billy Vunipola…or Ashers, by Peter Lynas, Belfast Telegraph
Christian school worker fired for raising concerns about sex education, from Christian Concern
We must protect Christians in this country as well, Jeremy Hunt is told as Foreign Secretary raises easter Sunday alarm over worldwide persecution of churchgoers, by Brendan Carlin, Mailonline
The new terror: we are watching you; one wrong word and we’ll remove you from your job, by Andrea Williams, Christian Concern.
Christians must fight this Stasi-style persecution, by Julian Mann, The Conservative Woman
Statement on Israel Folau, by Martyn Iles, Australian Christian Lobby
Israel Folau and three myths of a changing society, by Phillip Jensen
Why is Facebook censoring a conference on Christianity and religious freedom? by Augusto Zimmermann, Spectator Australia
The solid, slightly out-of-season Christian case for religious liberty, by Steven D. Smith, Public Discourse.