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Canada
Map reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.
Friday, March 1st, 2013
In this article a journalist for the National Post responds to much of the online criticism garnered by the opening of a new international religious freedom office in Canada. He points out how secularism in Canada has made many citizens extremely critical of the Christian faith and largely unaware of the amount of persecution taking place around the world. ICC applauds the Canadian government for taking a great step forward in helping to address the global epidemic that is religious persecution.
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Saturday, June 9th, 2012
"It’s estimated that, in less than five years, there have been between 200 and 300 proceedings — in courts, human-rights commissions, and employment boards — against critics and opponents of same-sex marriage."
Posted in Canada, Countries, News, North America | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 28th, 2012
Christians now “face particular persecution in countries around the world,” he said, citing persecution in Iran, attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt, among other examples. He pointed to a program to resettle Christian and other minority refugees from Iraq as an example of Canadian action.
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Saturday, May 5th, 2012
"I think it was inappropriate for the school to suspend the student. The student was simply exercising his right to freedom of expression and religion."
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Mosques, some of which breed radicalization and serve as terrorist bases, flourish in America, while churches are increasingly targeted and destroyed in the Muslim world, especially the Middle East, the cradle of Christianity,” FrontPageMag reports.
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
"The Conservatives are unapologetic about making a defence of the right to worship a central objective of Canadian foreign policy, noting, as a recent Pew Centre study found, that assaults around the world on religious freedom have increased in recent years."
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The Islamists target Christians accusing them of converting Muslims to Christianity and opposing the Sharia law. The Muslim radicals have listed the names and the contact address of the Christians on their website.
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Saturday, July 31st, 2010
The story of Pastor Tom Mayvaian indicates the persecution that Iranian Christians face. He was stabbed in the eye when he was 16 due to his Christian faith. Mayvaian and his family forgave his attacker.
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Members of Al-Shababa, an Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic group in Somalia, have successfully recruited Westerns to fight for Jihad in Somalia. The group is fights to establish install strict forms of Islamic laws in Somalia. Al-Shababa is enforces cruel and inhumane punishment such as flogging, stoning to death and cutting off arms and feet. The group has vowed to expunge non-Muslims from Somalia. They have murdered several Christians over the past few years.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
The family fled to Canada after their daughter was raped in order to force them to convert to Islam
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
A Christian peace worker has returned to Iraq for the first time since he was freed from captivity four years ago.
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Millions of Christians are persecuted throughout the world due to their faith. Christians are even persecuted in places such as Canada.
Posted in Canada, News | 1 Comment »
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Following their conversion from Islam to Christianity, Mr. and Mrs. Shafaghat were imprisoned and tortured by Iranian officials. They then fled to Turkey before they finally given asylum by Canadian officials.
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The radical Muslims are infiltrating the Canadian political parties, civic organizations, human rights commissions and other aspects of Canadian political and economic life. In fact, what the radical Muslims are doing in Canada is what they have already done in countries such as England, where they even went to the extent of persecuting Christians. If they succeeded in England and are succeeding in Canada, it is time to Americans to walk up before the Islamists threaten the freedom of religion and expression in the United States too.
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
In essence, this court is forcing a Christian ministry to abandon its Christian identity - though this is not a severe case of persecution, it certainly lays the groundwork.
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
As Iraqi Christians face persecution, more Western countries are being asked to give them asylum.
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
The One Free World International group, a Christian advocacy group, called upon the government of Canada to take more Iraqi Christian refugees into the country. About half of the Iraqi Christians have left their country since the invasion of the country in 2003.
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
This story is an incredibly concerning update on what is happening to religious freedom in Canada in the name of promoting "human rights" - homosexual activists are being allowed to silence Christians who oppose their lifestyle.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
A Chinese refugee and former member of an underground church in the country narrowly escapes being sent back into persecution over a 'parabola.'
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
First, I believe it to be a grave mistake to present Christianity as something charming with no offense to it. Seeing that Christ went about the world giving the most violent offense to all kinds of people, it would seem absurd to expect that the doctrine of his person can be so presented as to offend nobody. . .
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
Elementary school choir in Ottawa decided to remove Christmas from carol song and replaced it with the word festive. This disturbing trend of taking out Christ from Christmas is becoming commonplace in Western countries.
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
I received a letter from my mom, threatening me that she was going to kill me if I do not go back to Islam,
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
When is a Christian radio station not a Christian radio station? For the hour or so a day that it must air the views of other faiths to satisfy the government's rules. . .
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Sunday, January 7th, 2007
An Iranian refugee, living in sanctuary for over two years has filed new information in another attempt to convince the Canadian Government to allow him to stay in Canada.
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006
Evangelist spends night in jail for praying near tarot card readers.
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