
UK Pastor Locked Up for Preaching in the Street Speaks Out
Dia Moodley, a Christian pastor detained in the UK after answering a question about Muhammad in public, says “two-tier policing is a reality in modern Britain.”

Dia Moodley, a Christian pastor detained in the UK after answering a question about Muhammad in public, says “two-tier policing is a reality in modern Britain.”

A new bilateral agreement will see Washington and Budapest coordinate efforts to assist persecuted Christians, particularly in Africa and the Middle East.

The EU Agency for Asylum also revised its guidance for Christians in Syria, noting that they would be considered at risk of persecution only in ‘exceptional’ cases.

Trade preferences, migration cooperation, and security assistance should be conditioned on measurable progress in the human rights area, Coptic Solidarity’s Lindsay Rodriguez says.
The latest World Watch List points to worsening conditions in Africa and the Middle East, with Nigeria emerging as the deadliest country for believers.

“The right to freedom of opinion, to freedom of conscience, to freedom of religion, and even to life is being restricted in the name of other so-called new rights,” the pontiff said.

At least 30 people have been killed in the attack that comes less than two months after hundreds of students were kidnapped from a location just 20 km away.

Western governments must make the protection of religious freedom a non-negotiable part of their foreign policy.

What is at stake is more than the survival of a population: it is the preservation of a living heritage that links Europe to its earliest Christian roots.

“Defending values and heritage is far more important in the long term than securing a few commercial contracts.”