Diyarbakir: February 7, 2016. Christian Today reports that St. Mary Church, a Syriac Orthodox church in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade during fighting on Jan. 28.
“It was like a war zone... Our house was shaking and we thought it would collapse

Washington DC: February 7, 2016. (PCP) In his last National Prayer Breakfast speech while in office, President Obama gave an introspective talk about how his faith overcomes his fears.
“For me, and I know for so many of you, faith is the great cure for fear,” Obama said at the Washington Hilton eve

Lahore: February 4, 2016. (PCP) On 20th January 2016 BPCA reported on the tragic killing of Kiran Masih, who died after rejecting the advances of several inebriated Muslim boys in a maroon vehicle (click here). Many witnesses saw the incident which occurred at the busy time of 9pm in Lahore, a city

UK: February 3, 2016. (Christian Headlines) The Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom is asking the government to cancel requirements from the prime minister that force religious groups to register children’s activities.
According to Christianity Today, British Prime Minister David Cameron included t

Kenya: February 3, 2016. (Morning Star) In a pre-dawn raid on a predominantly Christian area in coastal Kenya on Sunday (Jan. 31), Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels killed at least four Christians, beheading one of them, area sources said.
In the Kaisari area of Maporomoko village, near Pandanguo

New Delhi: February 3, 2016. (PCP) A Division Bench of Supreme Court of India comprising of JJ Mr. Justice M.Y. Iqbal & Mr. Justice Arun Mishra adjourned the hearing of Writ Petition (Crl.) No.118/2007 titled as Ms. Anita Thakur & Ors. Vs. Govt. of J&K & Ors. on 26th February, 2016. That petition wa

California: February 3, 2016. (PCP) The Council of Pakistan American Affairs (COPAA) organized an important town hall meeting on Jan 16 at the Marriott Hotel, Long Beach, CA to address violent extremism and rising Islamophobia in the country following the San Bernardino shooting. Mr Memon, Consul Ge

Cairo: February 1, 2016. According to ABC News, the students appeared in a 30-second video, filmed by their teacher, in which one student appears to be kneeling to pray while reciting verses from the Quran, while the two other students stand behind him laughing. One student runs his hand under the p

Islamabad: January 31, 2016. (IANS) For the millions of Hindus living in Pakistan has no marriage law. This “legal vacuum naturally creates a multitude of issues for Pakistani Hindus, especially the women”.
An editorial “Hindu marriage bill” in Dawn on Friday said that while many politicians are qu

Philadelphia: January 31, 2016. (Reuters) A tiny black Fiat 500L that carried Pope Francis through Philadelphia during his historic U.S. visit was sold for $82,000 at an auction on Friday, organizers said.
The auction drew more than 19 bidders and lasted just 11 minutes. Participants competed to ta

UP, India: January 30, 2016. (GCIC) Bajrang Dal activists tonsured a youth and paraded him on a donkey in a Uttar Pradesh village for allegedly converting another man to Christianity without his consent, police said.
Police added they were probing the claim of one Sangam Jatav who alleged that the

Nigeria: January 30, 2016. (Morning Star News) Two Nigerian pastors have been abducted this month in Kogi state, as kidnapping cartels that have plagued the central state the past three years directed their aim at Christian leaders.
In a departure from numerous kidnappings of high-profile business

Israel: January 30, 2016. Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered ancient epitaphs in both Greek and Aramaic which date back to the first century.
CBN News reports that the inscriptions were found in a cemetery which is located in the ancient Galilean capital city of Zippori.
"Zippori was the firs

ISLAMABAD: January 30, 2016. (PCP) Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council PUC in a statement here today that former government sought opinion of Pakistan Council of Islamic ideology CII on blasphemy law on which recommendations have been tabled in CII for severe punishment on blasphe

ISLAMABAD: January 29, 2016. (Reuters) - The head of a powerful religious body said on Thursday he is willing to review Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws that critics say are regularly misused and have led to the deaths of hundreds, to decide if they are Islamic.
Pakistan's religious and political el