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Mark Durie is a theologian, human rights activist and pastor of an Anglican church. He has published many articles and books on the language and culture of the Acehnese, Christian-Muslim relations and religious freedom. A graduate of the Australian National University and the Australian College of Theology, he has held visiting appointments at the University of Leiden, MIT, UCLA and Stanford, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1992. On January 18, he spoke to the Middle East Forum in Philadelphia. for more click here

Deputy PM Moshe Ya’alon reveals that mysterious explosion at Iranian missile facility last year harmed system that was developing missiles with 10,000 km-range • Military Intelligence Chief Aviv Kochavi: Iran has enough enriched uranium for 4 atom bombs. for more click here

A persecuted Iranian convert to Christianity who was forced to flee his homeland was beaten and scalded with hot water by his employer in Turkey, where he has been seeking asylum. for more click here

Christian converts in northern Cameroon are coming under intensifying pressure following a warning from militant Muslims to return to Islam or “face Allah’s wrath”. for more click here

Abusive slogans in Arabic praising Fogel family murderers Hakim and Amjad Awad discovered by worshippers visiting tombstones of 70 elders near Palestinian town of Awarta‘ for more click here

Syrian Christians have hailed as a martyr a 30-year-old church leader who was gunned down as he rushed to the aid of a parishioner wounded amid heavy fighting in Hama. for more click here

A group of 35 Ethiopian Christians are facing deportation from Saudi Arabia for “illicit mingling” after they were arrested in a police raid on a private prayer meeting in one of their homes. for more click here

820,000 Christians once lived in Bosnia-Herzegovina – until the start of the 1990s. Then the Balkan wars broke out and now their number has shrunk by almost half, to 460,000 people. The exodus of Catholic Croats from Bosnia-Herzegovina continues without interruption: because of numerous everyday problems, constant tensions and a growing Islamic radicalism. Pero Sudar is suffragan bishop and vicar general of the Archbishophric of Sarajevo: for more click here

A new generation of “lone killers” is being groomed for terrorism in UK jails, a think-tank has warned. for more click here

The Palestinian Authority’s Fatah faction met with other Muslim terrorists in late January to celebrate the founding of Fatah and stated, “Our children are our glory and honor; they were created to be fertilizer for the land of Palestine and our pure land to be saturated with their blood.” for more click here