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North America

April 9, 2009
USA
Textbook bias and falsehoods in the classroom. (Video).

April 15, 2009
Washington, D.C., USA
Obama bans Jesus at Georgetown. Update 4/17 : The Christian Defense Coalition is ‘appalled’ at the move.

April 17, 2009
Orlando, FL, USA
The Council of American-Islamic Relations was caught selling jihadist literature advocating genocide, violence, and the overthrow of non-Sharia governments. (Video).

April 21, 2009
USA
A hate speech law, HR 1913, could restrict religious freedom and freedom of speech. The law has since passed the House.

April 24, 2009
Washington D.C., USA
Obama’s Armenian genocide dilemma. He chose not to brand it as such, possibly because Erdogan does not “support apologies to Armenians”.

April 24, 2009
Vallejo Co., CA, USA
Missionary author to recount her year in captivity in the Philippines at the hands of Abu Sayyaf militants.

April 27, 2009
Seattle, WA, USA
A militant who is to testify in a high-stakes terror trial admits to having tried to carve out no-go zones and institute Sharia.

April 30, 2009
Arlington, VA, USA
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., awards “Muslim Democrat of the Year” to the President of the Maldives, a nation in which Christianity is illegal and which ranks 6th on the list of the worst oppressors of Christians.

May 1, 2009
USA
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom named 13 countries as serious violators of religious freedom, 8 of which were Muslim countries. (Video ).

May 18, 2009
USA
Newsweek’s cover story on April 4 was ‘The Decline and Fall of Christian America.’ Meacham: halving the magazine’s circulation “is a good thing.”

May 27, 2009
Los Angeles, CA, USA
“A Message to President Obama From Christian Copts of California: Reconciliation With the Islamic World is a Two-Way Street.”

June 2, 2009
USA
Obama: The US is “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” Video here .

June 3, 2009
Arkansas, USA
The Arkansas jihadist had maps to a Baptist church, Jewish organizations, a daycare center, and a post office.

June 3, 2009
USA
US lawmakers call upon Saudis to stop using hate speech in their textbooks.

June 4, 2009
USA
Sharia’s inroads in the US. (Video).

June 5, 2009
USA
US tax dollars fund madrassas in Gambia.

June 6, 2009
San Diego, CA, USA
A Muslim and a Christian got into an argument about religion so the Muslim shot the Christian 5 times.

South America

May 7, 2009
Colombia
Colombia has detained and expelled an ethnic Albanian war crimes suspect who was the commander of the KLA because of an Interpol warrant for war crimes.

Africa

April 13, 2009
Eritrea
Eritrea’s government is involved in attacking rights activists abroad, claims Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

April 14, 2009
Minna and Gwada, Nigeria
Churches were burnt and scores injured in Easter violence.

April 14, 2009
Khartoum, Sudan
Converts from Islam struggle to survive; some are beaten and imprisoned by family members.

April 17, 2009
Eritrea
Human Rights Watch says that Eritrea is becoming a giant prison, particularly for religious minorities.

April 19, 2009
Qena, Egypt
Two Copts were gunned down leaving an Easter vigil.

April 19, 2009
Mogadishu, Somalia
Two aid workers were ‘seized’ by al-Shabaab militants. Last year 35 aid staff were killed and 16 abducted in Somalia, according to UN estimates.

April 20, 2009
Hagaza, Egypt
Two Copts were killed and another seriously injured on the eve of the Orthodox Easter while returning from church.

April 20, 2009
Somalia
Somalia: Land of jihad, piracy, and Christian persecution.

April 21, 2009
Tripoli, Libya
Libya released four Christians who were detained for three months for converting from Islam.

April 23, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
A convert was arrested for marrying a Christian, which is not illegal in Egypt. Her family burned off the bride’s cross tattoo.

April 23, 2009
Algiers, Algeria
Twenty-two Christian churches reopen after having been closed by authorities last year.

April 24, 2009
Egypt
Copts criticized the Muslim Brotherhood platform which bans women and Copts from being President.

April 27, 2009
Egypt
‘Are Egypt’s Christian Copts Equal Citizens Under the Law?’ (An open letter).

April 28, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
Targeting of apostates and Christians is on the rise.

April 28, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
An ex-Muslim who converted to Christianity and her Christian husband had to go into hiding after her family and the police threatened their lives amidst a series of attacks upon the Coptic community.

April 29, 2009
Egypt
Christians riot after the government’s decision to kill all the pigs.

April 29, 2009
Egypt
A Coptic priest was unjustly tried and imprisoned for helping a woman obtain an ID card. Update 5/22 : The woman he was helping aired a declaration of the priest’s innocence.

April 29, 2009
Khartoum, Sudan
President Bashir’s Islamist supporters intensify their attacks on Christians.

April 30, 2009
Marsah Matrouh, Egypt
Egyptian state security forces demolished the Coptic Church’s services building and assaulted women and clergy.

May 3, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
Coptic farmers clash with police over pig culling, which is more “linked to religion that fear of the disease [swine flu],” part of forced Islamization, and a threat to the Coptic-run industry .

May 3, 2009
Egypt
Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination Group discusses discrimination in education.

May 4, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
The right to convert from Islam is again spotlighted in Egypt as another family is on the run.

May 7, 2009
Libya
An Egyptian Christian was imprisoned in Libya on charges of proselytizing on his website.

May 8, 2009
Asmara, Eritrea
Eritrea has released three Christian women from a notorious prison camp after 6 months’ detention.

May 8, 2009
Somalia
A Kenyan pastor was beaten and threatened with death by immigration officials at the Somaliland border.

May 11, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
A bomb went off right in front of a highly-revered Coptic church, “one of the holiest sites for Egypt’s Coptic minority.”

May 12, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
An Egyptian convert’s case over his right to convert to Christianity poses a “threat to societal order.”

May 13, 2009
Alexandria, Egypt
An Egyptian Christian was kidnapped from his home, pressured to convert to Islam, and pressured to marry a Muslim girl. Police refused to file a report but detained him in state security.

May 13, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
A 16-year-old Coptic girl was abducted.

May 13, 2009
Somalia
The President signed into law a bill introducing Sharia.

May 14, 2009
Giza, Egypt
“‘Hurling a Stone at a Mosque’ Rumor Leads to Attacks on Christians,” and the arrest of a paralyzed Copt who disappeared while in police custody.

May 16, 2009
Egypt
‘Plea: Save Egypt’s Children From Forced Islamization.’

May 18 (?), 2009
Egypt
The mass slaughter of the pigs in Egypt as they are picked up by a bulldozer and thrown into quicklime. (Video). Not for sensitive viewers. Update: the video has sparked outrage .

May 18, 2009
Egypt
Copts describe being tortured. (Video).

May 22, 2009
Minya, Egypt
A Copt leaving a sanctuary was stabbed by three men, injuring him severely. Three Copts have been arrested illegally and tortured.

May 22, 2009
Jos, Nigeria
A Christian pastor discusses the destruction of his church. (Video).

May 26, 2009
Eritrea
A woman was arrested for practicing Christianity and died from torture.

May 26, 2009
Ungunja Ukuu, Tanzania
Muslims drove worshippers from a makeshift church three weeks in a row by using threats and gathering to attack.

May 27, 2009
Ethiopia
A young Christian convert learned that the body of her deceased infant son had been dug up and left at the doorstep of a church leader.

May 28, 2009
Giza, Egypt
Two police officers who threw a Copt out of a window received five-year sentences. The third was not sentenced at all. Update 6/01 : Christians demand harsher sentences.

May 29, 2009
Sudan
232 Sudanese slaves were liberated from their Muslim masters.

May 29, 2009
Egypt
Two Copts were detained for a third time for defending themselves during an attack on a monastery.

June 1, 2009
Egypt
A former Muslim was arrested for marrying a Christian man. (Video).

June 6, 2009
Cairo, Egypt
The Swine Flu pig cull destroyed a way of life for Christian Cairo rubbish collectors.

Asia

April 12, 2009
Baghdad
Christians in Iraq publically celebrated Easter for the first time in three years.

April 13, 2009
Basilan Island, Philippines
Abu Sayyaf claims the lives of two Christian farmers.

April 13, 2009
Doha, Qatar
A church doubles its congregation after facing great difficulties opening in the first place.

April 13, 2009
Manila, Philippines
Aby Sayyaf militants beheaded a hostage captured in a raid on a Christian community.

April 13, 2009
Iran
Iran recognized as a threat to religious freedom in a US State Department report. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “has said that he will eliminate Christianity from Iran.”

April 14, 2009
Iran
Iran makes excuses to keep two Christian women in jail.

April 14, 2009
Middle East
‘Iraqi Refugees Live Life of Desperation.’ Update 5/26 : Iraqi refugees in Syria staged a protest at the UN.

April 14, 2009
Middle East
Holy Land: Christians in Peril (trailer). Why Bethlehem is no longer a Christian town.

April 15, 2009
Tamergara, Pakistan
Upper and Lower Dir. Pushtons demonstrated for Sharia law.

April 15, 2009
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
A deacon was given a 15-day jail term for teaching Baptist beliefs.

April 16, 2009
Iraq
Iraq’s minorities have issued a joint statement on Kurdish expansion plans, which would encroach upon Christian areas.

April 16, 2009
Pakistan
The struggle of Pakistan’s Christians. (Video).

April 16, 2009
Malatya, Turkey
The role of local officials in the Malatya murders emerges. Update 5/28 : Efforts to tie the murders to a ‘deep state conspiracy’ fizzle.

April 17, 2009
Iraq
The vice president of Iraq urged the country’s Christian population to resist fleeing Iraq and called on the international community to help protect them from extremists.

April 17, 2009
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Ironic persecution: Islamic scholars meet to discuss religious tolerance under Sharia in Mecca, where non-Muslims cannot enter.

April 17, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
High court clears two Christians of unfounded blasphemy charges after three years’ imprisonment.

April 18, 2009
Jolo, Philippines
A Red Cross hostage was freed, but an Italian worker was reported to still be held by kidnappers.

April 19, 2009
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Persecution of Palestinian Christians under Islamic law. (Video, part 2 here ).

April 19, 2009
Amman, Jordan
The Muslim Brotherhood warned Pope Benedict to cancel his trip to the Middle East unless he apologized for quoting a 14th-century Byzantine emperor three years ago.

April 19, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
Two elderly Christian men were released from prison after two years for blasphemy charges.

April 20, 2009
Kirkuk, Iraq
The Archbishop of Kirkuk says that the plan for a ghetto for Iraqi Christians is an illusion.

April 21, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
The Archbishop of Lahore says that Sharia in the Swat Valley is contrary to Pakistan’s founding principles. “Special concern has been prompted by the creation of a ‘parallel legal system.'”

April 21, 2009
South Sumatra, Indonesia
Four militants were jailed for the murder of a Christian school teacher and plots to kill a priest and bomb a café.

April 21, 2009
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Christians face persecution from Islamic extremists. “Palestinian official says they need to be watched, prevented from evangelizing, converting Muslims.”

April 21, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
A Pakistani Christian girl who was raped in December struggles to get justice.

April 21, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
A 14-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped, raped, and forced to convert to Islam.

April 21, 2009
Shiekupura, Pakistan
Muslims gang raped a 13-year-old Christian girl.

April 21, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
The Taliban persecutes Christians as they spread out from Swat. Mission workers have been kidnapped, beaten, and mistreated.

April 22, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan
Two Christian brothers who were jailed for blasphemy were freed but activists are concerned for their safety.

April 22, 2009
Karachi, Pakistan
Taliban militants killed two Christians in an armed attack on a Christian colony.

April 22, 2009
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Islamic fundamentalists threaten UN agencies and the Red Crescent.

April 22, 2009
Cotabato, Philippines
Three civilians were killed, five injured in an ambush by Islamic militants.

April 22, 2009
Manila, Philippines
Rescue operations to recover the last of the three Red Cross hostages started. He was reportedly suffering from poor health and unable to walk. Update 4/23 : Troops clashed with the militants, sustaining casualties. The hostage’s fate was unclear.

April 24, 2009
Karachi, Pakistan
The Taliban executed two Christians after attacking a Christian neighborhood and vandalizing a church.

April 24, 2009
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Christians worship in secret churches and on the Internet.

April 24, 2009
Adana, Turkey
Armenians remember the Adana massacre 100 years ago.

April 24, 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
The Armenian genocide was commemorated in Turkey by the Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Organization of Turkey.

April 25, 2009
Basilan, Philippines
40 Muslim militants raided a Christian village, killing two. One man remains missing.

April 26, 2009
Kirkuk, Iraq
Attacks on Christians left three dead and two seriously injured. Update 4/27 : An archbishop has called it an act of terrorism and a police lieutenant believes that it was al-Qaeda-linked.

April 26, 2009
Karachi, Pakistan
“You infidels have to convert to Islam or die.”

April 26, 2009
Judea and Samaria
The Christian mayor of Bethlehem’s car was firebombed by Islamic militants.

April 26, 2009
Malaysia
Malay Christians oppose the “non-Allah” Bible.

April 26, 2009
Taiser, Pakistan
The Taliban attacked and killed Christians, shooting an 11-year-old boy execution-style.

April 27, 2009
Iran
The crackdown on Christians is worsening in Iran.

April 27, 2009
Iraq
‘The Slaughter After the Pull-Out in Vietnam May Happen to Iraqi Christians.’ Update 5/3 : US troops may have to stay in Mosul.

April 27, 2009
Iraq
Four Christians were killed in 48 hours. Christians are urged not to flee in the wake if the murders.

April 27, 2009
Sulawesi, Indonesia
A Christian priest and his wife were murdered by militants.

April 27, 2009
Pakistan
Taliban-inspired attacks hit Christians. Armed militants fired into a crowd, harming three, and the jizya has been imposed in Orakzai.

April 27, 2009
Ankara, Turkey
The Turkish PM has stepped into the Mor Gabriel Monastery dispute.

April 28, 2009
Iraq
“The Iraqi government is happy if all Christians leave.”

April 28, 2009
Swat, Pakistan
Religious minorities complain about having the jizya imposed upon them and having court cases heard before Sharia judges. Update 5/1 : The Taliban forced Sikhs and Christians out for non-payment.

April 28, 2009
Karachi, Pakistan
A Christian boy who was wounded in a Taliban attack on April 22 died.

April 28, 2009
Uzbekistan
Baptists are persecuted and the practice of Christianity is severely restricted. (Video).

April 29, 2009
Nazareth, Israel
Islamists welcome Pope Benedict to Jesus’ childhood home by unveiling a banner condemning him for ‘insulting the Prophet.’

April 30, 2009
Jakarta, Indonesia
A Muslim mayor has rescinded a construction permit for a Protestant church.

April 30, 2009
Ankawa, Iraq
An Assyrian church security guard was severely beaten by Kurds at gunpoint.

April 30, 2009
Baghdad, Iraq
Muslim militants attacked Mandaeans, killing at least 3. “Since 2003 the group suffered numerous incidents of targeted attacks including 167 killings, 275 kidnappings, and 298 assaults and forced conversions to Islam.”

April 30, 2009
Pakistan
The government has been urged to ban forced conversions after a 14-year-old Christian girl was raped and forced to convert to Islam.

May 1, 2009
NWFP, Pakistan
Five hundred thousand Christians in the NWFP face hardship and fear.

May 1, 2009
Philippines
The Philippines had the most internally displaced people in 2008, according to a UN study.

May 1, 2009
Gaza
Christians are “desperate to leave Gaza.”

May 2, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Malaysian Cabinet slammed a ban on forced conversions of children for being un-Islamic.

May 2, 2009
Pakistan
Blasphemy laws in Pakistan. (Video).

May 2, 2009
Punjab, Pakistan
Christian families fled the Punjab after a presumed blasphemy case out of fear for their safety.

May 3, 2009
Sahiwal, Pakistan
Christians fled their homes in fear after five were arrested for blasphemy.

May 4, 2009
Nagorno-Karabakh
Protestants are denied legal status and cannot meet together to worship.

May 4, 2009
Karachi, Pakistan
Christians are locking themselves in their homes for fear of the Taliban. Others flee .

May 4, 2009
Manila, Philippines
Church workers and associates have been targeted for torture and execution.

May 4, 2009
Pakistan
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan: “Agents of Jews And Christians Want To Create Sectarian [Sunni-Shi’ite] Conflict”

May 5, 2009
Jaranwala, Pakistan
A nine-year-old Christian girl was raped and murdered before being dumped in a canal.

May 5, 2009
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The first black Saudi appointed as imam of the Haram Mosque in Mecca discusses the driving out of the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula. (Video).

May 6, 2009
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
A lawyer threatened to kill a Christian charged with blasphemy.

May 6, 2009
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Taliban militants murder and rape Christians.

May 7, 2009
Iraq
The UN has altered its Iraq refugee guidelines, but still recommends asylum for all ethnic and religious minorities.

May 7, 2009
Iraq
Fear keeps Christians quiet about the extent of the persecution they suffer.

May 7, 2009
Amman, Jordan
Islamists have called the Pope’s Mideast visit a provocation.

May 7, 2009
Jordan (?)
Members of an Islamist forum called upon members to assassinate Pope Benedict.

May 7, 2009
Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban threatens “harsh reprisals” if the Pope does not stop Christian conversions.

May 7, 2009
Manila, Philippines
The jihadists who are holding the Red Cross worker hostage murdered a police chief. Seven others were killed in the clash.

May 8, 2009
Iraq
The destruction of the Mandaean religion.

May 8, 2009
Iraq
‘Iraqi Suffering: The Untold Story.’ (Video).

May 8, 2009
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
A church is struggling to retain its building as authorities target religious property.

May 9, 2009
Amman, Jordan
Islamic clerics: “We want [the Pope’s] apology to be clear just like the insults to Islam were clear. He should acknowledge his mistakes. That’s our position and the position of all Jordanians.”

May 9, 2009
Swat, Pakistan
Christians flees from the Taliban as military strikes continue.

May 9, 2009
Amman, Jordan
Pope Benedict urged the world to protect Iraq’s Christians. He also praised them for persevering.

May 10, 2009
Lahore, Punjab
A Christian councilor was imprisoned in iron chains by a Muslim man in his home.

May 11, 2009
Mosul, Iraq
A five-year-old Christian boy was kidnapped and killed.

May 11, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
Muslim fanatics threatened a Christian journalist and his family.

May 11, 2009
Turkmenistan
Old “offences” are used to punish current religious activity.

May 12, 2009
Middle East
‘Tony Blair Has helped Destroy One of the Oldest Churches on Earth.’

May 12, 2009
Pakistan
Pakistani Christians face discrimination in relief camps.

May 12, 2009
Uzbekistan
Concerns mount over a pastor who has been imprisoned since 2007.

May 12, 2009
Turkmenistan
Severe censorship and import laws restrict religious literature.

May 12, 2009
Turabdin, Turkey
The continuing legal battle over Mor Gabriel Monastery.

May 13, 2009
Jerusalem, Israel
Christians in the Middle East are losing numbers and influence.

May 13, 2009
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
“[W]e are the beaten and forgotten church.”

May 13, 2009
Ankara, Turkey
Ankara’s General Directorate for Foundations has appropriated Orthodox church properties for gaming halls and other uses.

May 14, 2009
Ouroumieh, Iran
A retired Christian woman is being intimidated and her pension withheld.

May 14, 2009
Kirkuk, Iraq
An armed band kidnapped a teacher.

May 14, 2009
Pakistan
Christians in the crossfire: blasphemy charges, jizya payments, exile, displacement, violence, and discrimination.

May 15, 2009
Iraq
Christian emigration redraws Iraq’s demographic map.

May 15, 2009
Karachi, Pakistan
The Taliban have turned on Christians with a vengeance. Video here .

May 15, 2009
Pakistan
Spiraling violence targets religious minorities.

May 15, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
A Muslim mob attacked Christians in court.

May 15, 2009
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
A blogger and Christian convert was released from prison after being arrested “for choosing Jesus.”

May 16, 2009
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan
Christians face new religious restrictions, such as censorship of religious literature and harsher punishments for unregistered religious activities.

May 17, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
A Muslim man raped a Christian woman for four years, keeping her as a slave.

May 18, 2009
Basilan Island, Philippines
Muslims beheaded a Christian farmer whom they had abducted when his family failed to pay the ransom.

May 18, 2009
Jakarta, Indonesia
A Catholic politician won a seat in a parliamentary election; Islamists promptly attacked his home and demanded that he convert to Islam.

May 18, 2009
Ankara, Turkey
An author is again on trial for “insulting Turkishness” by writing about the Armenian genocide.

May 19, 2009
Zamboanga, Philippines
Villagers discovered the severed head of a Christian farmer who had been abducted by militants.

May 19, 2009
Tajikistan
A repressive religion law censors religious literature and controls religious teaching. (Video).

May 21, 2009
Baghdad, Iraq
A homicide bombing killed 12 at an Assyrian market.

May 21, 2009
Zamboanga, Philippines
Militants beheaded a retired Christian carpenter abducted nearly two months ago.

May 20, 2009
Afghanistan
The US military has burned a bunch of Bibles for fear that they would be used to convert Muslims.

May 20, 2009
Bandar Mahshahr, Iran
Authorities threaten and blackmail the father of a Christian convert who lives in England.

May 20, 2009
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Why Palestinian Christian are ‘disappearing.’

May 20, 2009
Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
The Bible and a Mel Gibson film were banned in the town.

May 21, 2009
Karaj, Iran
Plain-clothes security officers invaded a home church and arrested new Christian converts.

May 23, 2009
Sarghoda, Pakistan
A young Christian was killed and another raped by a Muslim man.

May 24, 2009
Malaysia
A Malay court is now hearing the ‘Allah’ case. (Video).

May 24, 2009
Gaza, Judea and Samaria
Muslim against violence and intolerance toward Christians. (Video).

May 24, 2009
Manila, Philippines
Muslim lawmakers push for more Sharia courts in the 90% Christian nation.

May 25, 2009
Judea and Samaria
PA Muslims desecrated Christian gravestones.

May 26, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan
Islamic militants attacked a historic church in a secure military zone, burned Bibles, and destroyed the altar and cross.

May 26, 2009
Manila, Philippines
MILF militants bombed a bridge and attacked a village in the southern Philippines, forcing hundreds to flee their homes.

May 27, 2009
Karaji, Iran
Iranian security forces arrested five Christian converts from Islam.

May 27, 2009
Pakistan
Nine pastors stand to serve prison time for using loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and sermons from their churches on Easter.

May 27, 2009
Islamabad, Pakistan
The homes of hundreds of Christian families were bulldozed by police.

May 28, 2009
Central Asia
Jihadism and Islamic extremism are on the rise.

May 28, 2009
Orumieh, Iran
A Christian convert from Islam has been summoned to the Revolutionary Court for “conspiring against the government.”

May 28, 2009
Telkepe, North Iraq
An Assyrian political activist was detained and threatened by Kurdish security.

May 28, 2009
Kyrgyzstan
A strict new religion law has led to a crackdown on religious organizations, particularly Christian ones.

May 28, 2009
Malaysia
The ban on the use of the name ‘Allah’ by Christians has been upheld by the high ruling court.

May 28, 2009
Pakistan
A man was beaten by his own family and imprisoned for converting to Christianity.

May 28, 2009
Singapore
A Christian couple was convicted of distributing a booklet which was critical of Islam and now faces possible jail time.

May 28, 2009
Telkepe, Iraq
An Assyrian politician was detained and threatened by Kurdish security personnel.

May 29, 2009
Mustafabad, Pakistan
Islamic radicals storm a Christian couple’s blasphemy hearing and a member of the prosecution team threatened to kill the wife.

May 30, 2009
Punjab, Pakistan
A 9-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered and police are not carrying out a sincere investigation. (Video).

May 31, 2009
Turkey
Study: 52% do not want Christian neighbors.

June 1, 2009
Fulgazi, Bangladesh
Muslim villagers beat Christian evangelists for showing the “Jesus Film.”

June 3, 2009
Lebanon
“The Crisis of the Christians is the Crisis of Lebanon.”

June 4, 2009
Landikotal, Pakistan
Christians are denied housing.

June 4, 2009
Peshawar, Pakistan
Christians, Sikhs, and Hindus agree to pay the jizya after threats to destroy their homes.

June 5, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
A 12-year-old girl was kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, and then to marry a 37-year-old Muslim as police and others mock and extort her mother.

June 5, 2009
Lahore, Pakistan
Catholic leaders denounce the imposition of the jizya upon non-Muslims.

Europe

April 12, 2009
Kosovo
Evidence of NATO wrongdoing and KLA murder chambers. (Video).

April 15, 2009
Luton, U.K.
Double standards regarding freedom of expression: spitting on returning troops is allowed but not celebrating St. George’s Day. Allowed (video). Not allowed (video).

April 16, 2009
Kosovo
More evidence of kidnapping, murder, and organ theft during the civil war in 1999. (Video; part 2 here ).

April 18, 2009
Sodertalje, Sweden
Iraqi immigrants gang raped Swedish teens. (In Swedish; English auto-translation here ).

April 20, 2009
The Hague, Netherlands
The International Court of Justice tackles the issue of the legality of Kosovo’s independence as briefs by 18 states are submitted.

April 20, 2009
East London, U.K.
Manchester schools to close down on Muslim holidays in an officially Christian nation.

April 22, 2009
Kosovo
Serbia, along with UNESCO, has condemned an attempt to register monasteries and Orthodox churches as belonging to medieval Kosovar culture.

April 23, 2009
Holland
The Seyfo (“sword”) Center, which works for international recognition of the Assyrian genocide, has launched a website: http://www.seyfocenter.com/

April 23, 2009
Kosovo
Serbian heritage has been renamed in Kosovo.

April 23, 2009
Netherlands
An Egyptian-American professor, Christian, apostate from Islam, and Islam critic was forced to cancel his trip due to death threats.

April 25, 2009
Malta
An MEP hopeful accused Gaddafi of pushing for a Muslim invasion of the tiny, Christian island nation.

April 27, 2009
Europe
EU judges in 9 states want Sharia law applied across Europe.

April 27, 2009
Cologne, Germany
A demonstration for Mor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey. (Video; part 2 ).

April 27, 2009
Sweden
Sweden tops the list for proportion of rapes, largely due to its huge immigrant population. Sexual attacks against children are on the rise as well.

April 28, 2009
Kosovo
History books for Serbs are to be rewritten by ethnic Albanians.

April 29, 2009
Ireland
A defamation bill making blasphemous libel a crime has been proposed, which would restrict freedom of speech.

April 30, 2009
Rome, Italy
The OIC Sharia Law Academy debated the killing of apostates from Islam with predictable results.

May 4, 2009
Serbia
The EU probes a horrific organ claim.

May 4, 2009
London, UK
A preacher was attacked in London and threatened. (Video).

May 6, 2009
East London, England
A hospital has banned paintings of churches.

May 7, 2009
Netherlands
Dutch MP Geert Wilders ripped the country’s ambassador to Indonesia for defending Islam rather than oppressed Christians.

May 8, 2009
Blackburn, England
A Muslim father demands that his son be removed from his grandmother’s care because she is Christian.

May 8, 2009
UK
The UK has banned the Queen’s medal of honour has been scrapped because it was too Christian.

May 11, 2009
UK
A British publisher has scrapped a high-profile Christian encyclopedia for being too critical of Islam. An American publisher pulped the same encyclopedia last February .

May 11, 2009
Novi Pazar, Bulgaria
Two 19-year-old Muslim men were arrested for raping a boy.

May 12, 2009
UK
A British Muslim was chosen as the BBC’s head of religious programming.

May 13, 2009
UK
A Northern Ireland politician says that BBC’s decision to appoint a Muslim to head up religious programming is an “insult to Christians.”

May 17, 2009
Chechnya, Russia
Chechen Muslim leader endorses almost indiscriminate murder, including humanitarians.

May 20, 2009
UK
Nick Griffin discusses Muslim pedophile gangs in the UK.

May 22, 2009
London, UK
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband apologizes to Islamic world for the Crusades. More here .

May 29, 2009
UK
Parents allege that a teacher made children pray to Allah and punished those who refuse.

June 2, 2009
Minsk, Belarus
One of Belarus’ largest Evangelical church faces imminent eviction by security forces.

June 2, 2009
Dagestan, Russia
Islamic scholars have issued a fatwa forbidding Muslim men from marrying Christians and Jews.

June 2, 2009
UK
A TV drama featuring a fanatical Christian who beheads a moderate Muslim was backed by the taxpayer-funded BBC.

June 3, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland
Islamic states threatened a UN expert for defending freedom of expression.

June 3, 2009
London, UK
Poll: Christians in the UK face increasing official discrimination.

June 4, 2009
Blackburn Lancashire, UK
A British man urged fellow Muslims to “kill all the unbelievers,” starting with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Australia

May 28, 2009
Sydney
New legal defense: “At least he [a serial rapist] didn’t bash them.”

Everywhere

April 12, 2009
Jihad against history: The History Channel’s distortions of the Crusades.

April 18, 2009
‘A Christian World Under Islam’s Rule.’

May 2, 2009
World update on the persecuted church. (Video).

May 15, 2009
‘Muslim Persecution of Christians,’ a video from the David Horowitz Freedom Center. (Video here ).

May 17, 2009
‘Christians unwelcome here: The Muslim world is becoming more intolerant.’

May 18, 2009
‘UN Human Rights Council: Friend of Jihadists.’

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