persecution

May 25, 2022

A list of countries which ban ‘burkini’ swimwear on beaches and swimming pools

Every summer sees reignited controversy over the banning of ‘burkini’, swimwear that covers the head and body, in beaches and…

January 11, 2022

After 108 days of proceedings, a German court in the western city of Koblenz is due to rule Thursday on…

November 6, 2020

Historians agree unanimously on the importance Christianity’s role in the Arab renaissance in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…

December 9, 2019

China on Monday defended its vast network of re-education camps in Xinjiang and said it would continue “training” residents, following…

November 25, 2019

Leaked government documents outlining the need to prevent escape, double lock doors and constantly monitor detainees in China’s network of…

November 17, 2019

A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in…

October 12, 2017

A Coptic priest affiliated with a church in Upper Egypt’s governorate of Beni Suef was stabbed by a man on…

May 28, 2017

Pope Francis prayed Saturday for the Coptic Christians killed a day earlier in Egypt by Islamic extremists, saying that there…

May 15, 2017

Pope Francis has appealed for penitence and prayers for the end of conflicts and wars he says are disfiguring “the…

April 14, 2017

The Egyptian government needs to do more to protect the country's Coptic Christians from a "wave of persecution" following bombings…