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Vietnam: Christian lawyer beaten by police after human rights conference
A Christian lawyer has been assaulted after attending a controversial human rights event in Vietnam, according to religious freedom charity CSW.
What a Facebook status can teach us about Islamophobia
Last week a school vice-principal almost lost his job over a Facebook status commenting on the dangers of white "Christian" men with easy access to guns, referring to them as terrorists. In the same week, Donald Trump has called for all Muslims to be barred from entering the US, and yet remains way ahead in the GOP polls.
Petition to ban Donald Trump from UK passes 100,000
A petition calling for Donald Trump to be barred from the UK has passed 100,000 signatories meaning it must be considered for debate in Parliament.
Orthodox Rabbis say Christianity is part of God's divine plan
A group of Orthodox rabbis have released a statement saying Christianity was not an accident but in fact part of God's divine plan.
Christian persecution under ISIS is genocide, campaigners say
The brutal persecution of Christians in the Middle East must be acknowledged as genocide, the European Syriac Union said today, on the first ever international day to commemorate the victims of genocide.
25 Assyrian Christians released by ISIS
Over two dozen Christians kidnapped by Islamic State, including two children, have been freed,Christian Today has been told.
Tony Abbott: Islam needs a religious reformation
A "religious revolution" is needed inside Islam, the former Prime Minister of Australia has said as he called for an Islamic reformation.
India: Women from threatened Christian orphanage issue cry for help
The orphanage is set to be taken over by local authorities.
Three Iranian Christians released from prison
Three Iranian Christians have been released from prison after being arrested during a prayer meeting in Iran, reports say.
Terror of Ramadi citizens in besieged city: 'We will be scapegoats'
Thousands of civilians are effectively being held hostage inside the city.
Cameron joins chorus of outrage over Donald Trump's call to ban Muslims from US
A spokeswoman for the British Prime Minister called his comments "divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong".
Help refugees return home, says Coptic bishop
The leader of Britain's Coptic Christians has called for refugees and other displaced people to be helped to return to their homelands if that is what they wish.
Stopping terror attacks in U.S. now a 'mission impossible' after California massacre, experts say
For law enforcement officials, however, the San Bernardino shooting marks a "game changer" in the way they perform their jobs to protect the public against these kinds of attacks.
ISIS militants seize 4 Afghan districts, forcing tens of thousands of villagers to flee; Taliban fighters defect en masse
The Islamic State (ISIS) has expanded its reach into Afghanistan and is said to have assumed control over four districts.
British air campaign over Syria is 'harmful, illegal and will support terrorism' instead, Assad says
Pres. Bashar al-Assad said Sunday that RAF airstrikes in Syria will fail because it is "illegal" and detrimental to Britain's anti-terror campaign.
ISIS 'not contained' but expanding instead, contrary to Obama's statement, new intel report says
A new intelligence report commissioned by the White House concludes that the Islamic State (ISIS) is far from being "contained" as Pres. Obama claimed before the deadly attacks in the French capital, and instead is spreading its reach worldwide.