anti-Christian attacks Archives

Anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe more than tripled in 2023: report

Anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe involving violence and Church vandalism exploded last year, perpetrated most often by Islamic or anti-religious radicals.

News

Emily Mangiaracina

• Nov 21, 2024

Nigerian military members attack priest, laymen at church residence

Nigerian military forces ambushed a Catholic priest and his aides, injuring one, amid rising anti-Christian violence. The Diocese of Wukari urged government action as attacks on Christians escalate nationwide.

News

Stephen Kokx

• Aug 20, 2024Aug 21, 2024

Paris police arrest six Christian advocates protesting blasphemous Olympic ceremony

On Monday, six members of the CitizenGO team were arrested and held in appalling conditions in custody for several hours because they protested the disgusting mockery of Christianity that took place at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Analysis

Caroline Farrow

• Aug 7, 2024Aug 8, 2024

US gov’t commission calls Pakistan one of world’s worst violators of religious freedom

In its 2024 Annual Report, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) highlighted Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws as an impetus for bigoted attacks against Christians and other faith minorities.

News

Angeline Tan

• Jul 17, 2024Jul 18, 2024

Myanmar military regime’s persecution of Christians cannot be ignored

In response to the junta’s repression, Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Bo and his brother bishops have urged for peace and dialogue.

Analysis

Angeline Tan

• Jul 11, 2024Jul 12, 2024

Why has Canada become the epicenter of arson attacks on churches?

This phenomenon received media attention after the first 30 or so churches were torched in the summer of 2021. Since then that number has continued to grow to over 100.

Opinion

Raymond Ibrahim

• Jun 21, 2024Jun 24, 2024

Pakistani Christian dies after being attacked over alleged violation of Islamic ‘blasphemy law’

Muslim attackers in Pakistan assaulted Christian businessman Nazir Masih with batons and bricks and set his shoe factory ablaze following accusations that he burned pages of the Quran.

News

Angeline Tan

• Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024

More than 120 arrested in Pakistan after mob burned down Christian churches, homes

A Muslim mob burned down churches and vandalized the homes of Christians in Jaranwala, a city in the Punjab province, on August 16 following blasphemy allegations against two Christian men.

News

Andreas Wailzer

• Aug 21, 2023Aug 21, 2023

Another historic church burns down in Alberta, police yet to confirm cause

While the cause of the blaze has yet to be confirmed, St. Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church in Alberta is one of over 100 churches to have burned down or been vandalized in Canada in recent years.

News

Anthony Murdoch

• Jun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023

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Articles tagged anti-Christian attacks

Anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe more than tripled in 2023: report

Nigerian military members attack priest, laymen at church residence

Paris police arrest six Christian advocates protesting blasphemous Olympic ceremony

US gov’t commission calls Pakistan one of world’s worst violators of religious freedom

Myanmar military regime’s persecution of Christians cannot be ignored

Why has Canada become the epicenter of arson attacks on churches?

Pakistani Christian dies after being attacked over alleged violation of Islamic ‘blasphemy law’

More than 120 arrested in Pakistan after mob burned down Christian churches, homes

Another historic church burns down in Alberta, police yet to confirm cause