A report from France’s domestic intelligence agency has identified Christians as the “prime target” for radical Islamists, who are actively trying to stoke anti-Christian sentiment in the West with “anti-crusader” propaganda.
Another day, another anti-Christian attack by jihadists in strife-torn Nigeria. Multiple news agencies reported Friday dozens of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in the center of the country.
The number of anti-Christian arson attacks on churches in Germany has surged to a record high amid a “climate of growing intolerance,” a report from the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe) found.
At least 17 Christians were killed in Nigeria hours after President Donald Trump designated the nation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for ongoing attacks by radical Islamists, with local media reporting “fresh attacks by gunmen across communities in Plateau and Kaduna states.”
President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” for the ongoing mass murders of Christians by radical Islamists, directing the House Appropriations Committee “to immediately look into this matter” and stating that the United States “cannot stand by” while the slaughters occur.
Pope Leo vowed to help protect Catholic communities in the Mideast and Europe that have been decimated by years of conflict and persecution.
Fulani jihadists have murdered more than 60 Christians in a series of coordinated attacks across seven Christian communities in Nigeria as Holy Week begins.
Two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Sunday services, killing one person, Turkish officials said.
Rwandan male gets four years for causing $40 million damage to Nantes Cathedral, will face trial over the murder of a Catholic priest next.
Police in Paris are searching for an “African type” man accused of vandalising and desecrating a Roman Catholic church in central Paris, who they say has a prior history of church attacks.
Yasin Kanjaa, a radical Muslim accused of murdering one and injuring several others after attacks in two churches in Spain, has claimed he sees “devils” as authorities look into the state of his mental health.
Court said last week’s stabbings at two churches in Algeciras were likely a jihadist terrorist attack and remanded the suspect in custody.
Two churches in the city of Paris have been subjected to arson attacks over several days as police have yet to arrest any suspects.
A French church in the commune of Champagne-au-Mont-d’Or in the suburbs of Lyon was vandalised this week, with paintings and statues smashed.
The U.K. and Anglican Church have expressed dismay over an act of vandalism by two Jewish teenagers on a historic Protestant cemetery adjacent to Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday.
A church Finland caught fire in the middle of a Christmas service, local police believe the incident was a deliberate act of arson.
Two churches in the cities of Bordeaux and Paris were attacked, with the latter seeing the vandals write far-left slogans on the doors.
A man yelling “Allahu akbar!” has been accused of cutting down a Christmas tree installed by a French town hall earlier this week and arrested by local police.
A nativity scene in a suburb of Strasbourg caught fire this week in an alleged arson attack, according to the local mayor.
Arson is suspected by investigators after a fire broke out at the cathedral of Saint-Pol-de-Léon on Thursday evening in what could be just the latest arson attack on a Roman Catholic church in France. The fire is believed to have broken
A Christian preacher has been awarded £10,000 in damages by London’s Metropolitan Police for two wrongful arrests after she had complained to officers that she was facing threats and harassment by Islamists.
The wave of demonstrations saw protesters going far beyond simply donning “Handmaid’s Tale” bonnets and gathering around the Supreme Court. There have been dozens of acts of violence, destruction, and harassment aimed at intimidating anti-abortion Christians and conservatives.
Ireland’s leftist President has attempted to link the recent massacre of at least 50 Catholic churchgoers in Nigeria to climate change, ignoring the issue of rampant Islamism in the country.
The mayor for the city region of Liverpool, England has claimed advertisements on buses promoting an appearance by American evangelist Reverend Franklin Graham constitute “hate speech” and should be removed.
A man with known a history of placing suspicious parcels has been arrested after allegedly planting an explosive device in a cathedral.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has denounced heightened religious intolerance in France, demonstrated by a recent report on attacks on churches.
A 36-year-old man appeared at the court of Boulogne Sur Mer this week after being accused of setting four churche fires in November.
A group of French Catholics in Nanterre faced death threats from a group of Muslims as they engaged in a torchlight procession to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception last week.
A British university has told students to refrain from using terms such as “founding fathers”, “manmade”, “masterful”, and other words deemed to be sexist or racist.
France’s Catholic community has suffered its latest fatal attack after a Rwandan migrant who confessed to setting last year’s fire at Nantes cathedral handed himself in to police admitting to killing Father Olivier Maire in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre.
Charlie Hebdo stabbing victim Hatun Tash said that Speakers’ Corner has become unsafe for Christians as a result of the “Muslim mob”
Counter-terrorism police are investigating a stabbing in Speakers’ Corner in which a woman wearing a Charlie Hebdo t-shirt was stabbed.
A female Christian preacher who was wearing a Charlie Hebdo shirt was stabbed in London’s Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.
Blackpool Council and Transport have agreed to pay out £109,000 to Reverend Franklin Graham’s organisation for banning advertisements.
A Coptic Orthodox church in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, was burned to the ground on Monday morning in a suspicious fire and is just the latest suspected church arson in Canada since the start of June.
Text messages of the two Islamist men who murdered Father Jaques Hamel and a “sponsor” in Syria reveal how the terrorists chose to target the elderly French priest.
A far-left member of the Ontario Parliament has expressed “solidarity” with an activist who wrote “burn it all down” after a surge of church fires across Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a highly equivocal denunciation of the wave of church arsons and statue smashing sweeping Canada, calling the attacks “unacceptable” but defending the anger fueling them as “fully understandable”.
Ten churches in Alberta were vandalised in a single day as Canada continues to see churches, primarily Roman Catholic, burned to the ground in several provinces over the past month.
A Canadian radio personality called for the burning of churches, as news outlets have reported more Catholic and Anglican churches being burned in parts of the country, primarily on First Nations reserves.
