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| Help prevent displaced Iraqi Christians from dying in freezing winter |
As winter approaches, hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqi Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan are living in fear of a silent killer: the freezing winter cold. Will you help Barnabas Fund supply them with winter relief so that they can survive this bitter season?
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| Displaced Christians have only the summer clothes they fled in |
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| Latest international news |
Aasia Bibi's appeal against death sentence rejected
Barnabas Fund yesterday received the sad news that the appeal made by Pakistani Christian mother Aasia Bibi against her conviction under Pakistan's "blasphemy law" has been rejected and the death sentence she was given confirmed.
Please pray for Aasia and her family at this extremely difficult time, and please also consider writing to your elected representative on Aasia's behalf.
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| Aasia Bibi has been languishing in jail since June 2009 |
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Four kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls escape Boko Haram in Cameroon
Four schoolgirls who were seized by Boko Haram six months ago have escaped from a camp run by the Islamist group in Cameroon.
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Blasphemy case against 55 Pakistani Christians discharged
Charges against 55 Pakistani Christians who were falsely accused of blasphemy have been dropped after a written compromise was agreed between the Muslim accuser and the believers involved.
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| Christians in Pakistan are vulnerable to false accusations of blasphemy |
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Deadly Boko Haram attack kills 17 Christians in Cameroon
A further bloody attack by militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram has targeted two villages in northern Cameroon, killing 17 Christians.
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| Barnabas Fund has been supporting Nigerian refugees in Cameroon |
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Two Christians killed, three injured in Philippines church attack
A grenade attack on a church in the southern Philippines on 8 October has left two Christians dead and three injured. Felomina Ferolin, a 54-year-old nurse, and teacher Gina Cabilona, 39, were killed in the attack, which targeted a mid-week worship service.
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Nepal's Prime Minister makes religious freedom pledge
In a welcome move for Christians, the Prime Minister of Nepal has made a public commitment that religious freedom will be upheld in the country's long-awaited constitution.
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| A Christian gathering in Nepal |
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Pakistani Christians protest police inaction over shoes showing cross
Christians in Pakistan held demonstrations earlier this month after police failed to take action over shoes incorporating the Christian cross on the sole, which were being sold by a Muslim shopkeeper in Lahore.
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| Shoes printed with the Christian cross |
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