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Persecutions December 18, 2016

Christmas-time bombing of Coptic Church in Egypt underscores long history of oppression of Christians

It was Christmas Eve last year when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended Mass at St. Mark鈥檚 Orthodox Coptic Church鈥攁 symbolic olive branch. But in the year since it was offered, extremists on the fringe of the Muslim majority have carried out a number of attacks on the Coptic community, including the bombing of St. Mark鈥檚.

Values September 16, 2016

Our children need to hear about the teacher and the fireman who would not run from evil

I would like to suggest that families pause to reflect on two real life heroes who remind us what values are worth living and, if necessary dying for.

Persecutions August 11, 2016

US pressed to hold Pakistan responsible for rising religious persecution

Thursday is designated 鈥淣ational Minority Day鈥� in Pakistan, but U.S. Christians with roots in the Muslim-dominated, Asian nation say it is hardly a cause for celebration.

Judaism May 5, 2016

Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016: What Americans can (and should) do

For over seven decades, on Yom Hashoah- Holocaust Remembrance Day, people pause to reflect on the mass murder of 6,000,000 Jews, a genocide conceived, organized and executed by Hitler鈥檚 Third Reich.

Persecutions March 10, 2016

Mr. Obama, words matter. Call the massacre of Mideast Christians what it is: Genocide

Dying Christians in the Middle East don鈥檛 need more talk; they need action.

Persecutions March 8, 2016

International Women's Day: How can we best honor the courage of persecuted women?

How best can we honor persecuted women on International Women鈥檚 Day? I recommend we take a multi-pronged approach.

Persecutions December 20, 2015

Juan Williams: Christians attacked in Egypt are surrogates for US

樱桃视频 contributor Juan Williams said Wednesday that Coptic Christians are being targeted in Egypt because the Muslim Brotherhood sees them as surrogates for the United States.

Persecutions December 10, 2015

International outrage grows for Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy

International outrage is mounting over the death sentence a Sudanese judge ordered for the pregnant wife of an American citizen 鈥� all because she refuses to renounce her Christian faith.

Persecutions December 5, 2015

Chinese police remove church's cross amid apparent crackdown on religion

Hundreds of police took down a church's cross Monday in a city known as "China's Jerusalem" for its many houses of worship amid a crackdown on church buildings in a coastal region where thousands of people are embracing Christianity.

Persecutions December 5, 2015

Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy gives birth in prison

A Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith has given birth in prison, and could now be lashed 100 times 鈥� even as she's permitted to nurse her newborn for two years before the execution is carried out.

Persecutions December 5, 2015

Children of jailed US pastor Saeed Abedini make video plea to Obama

A heart-wrenching new video shows the teary-eyed聽young children of imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini in an impassioned appeal to President Obama for help in getting their father freed from an Iranian prison.