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January 10, 2024

Nigeria
Religious Rumblings

Nigerians are increasingly frustrated with the Bola Tinubu administration, none more so than Nigerian Christians.

Churchgoers in Nigeria worship in white clothing in a room of about fifty to one hundred members.

October 7, 2011

Iran
Death for the Crime of Christianity in Iran?

Yousef Nadarkhani is a Muslim-born Christian pastor who faces a death sentence in Iran because he converted to Christianity. His case has aroused a wave of international condemnation, and that may be…

Crisis Guide: Iran

May 1, 2019

Nigeria
Conflict in Nigeria Is More Complicated Than “Christians vs. Muslims”

An article from Fox News recently called attention to the killing of Christians in Nigeria by comparing it to the deadly Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. According to the article, the attacks “highlight the dangers that remain from asymmetric terrorism and violence against Christians in ethnically and religiously divided societies.” However, linking these tragedies to each other and to a perceived global trend of violence against Christians mischaracterizes the nature of the conflict in Nigeria. 

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January 23, 2013

United States
Is "Insulting the President" or Converting to Christianity a Crime?

Is "Insulting the President" a crime? How about converting to Christianity? Both are crimes in Egypt today. A new report by the Arab Network for Human Rights Information, entitled "The Crime of Ins…

November 17, 2015

Saving Middle Eastern Christians

In remarks yesterday from Turkey, President Obama called a refugee policy that singled out Middle Eastern Christians for help "shameful." I don’t agree. Middle Eastern Christians (and other minoriti…