On March 10, Iran and Saudi Arabia announced a deal, brokered by Beijing, normalizing diplomatic relations between the historic rivals.
12/15/2022 Gulf (International Christian Concern) – In 1986 a young man from Saudi Arabia accidently discovered a 4th century AD church while digging out his car from the sand after...
01/24/2022 United Arab Emirates (International Christian Concern) – A new report completed by IMPACT-se evaluates the tolerance of education taught in the United Arab Emirates. The...
11/19/2021 United Arab Emirates (International Christian Concern) – Abu Dhabi recently announced legal reforms to provide a more secular framework to appeal to foreigners, which will...
03/26/2021 Israel (International Christian Concern) - As more Middle Eastern countries formalize relations with Israel, many human rights advocates claim that the effects of these...
11/10/2020 United Arab Emirates (International Christian Concern) – This past Saturday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced relaxed restrictions for its Islamic laws of personal...
The COVID-19 pandemic has initiated global lockdowns, slowing down societies but not religious persecution. In the Middle East, where persecution was once defined by ISIS, the pandemic exposed a transformation...
12/01/2019 UAE (International Christian Concern) – Two expatriate Christians living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have received the nation’s Pioneers Award, according to Gulf news...
10/21/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The United Arab Emirates, a Muslim-majority country, has pledged its support to help rebuild two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq....
09/03/2019 United Arab Emirates (International Christian Concern) – On August 26th, the Pope expressed his appreciation of the new creation of a high committee, fulfilling goals from...
08/22/2019 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged $50 million to UNESCO for the purpose of restoring holy and cultural sites in Mosul, an...
06/30/2019 UAE (International Christian Concern) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that they have begun the process of authorizing 19 non-Muslim places of worship in Abu...
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