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Terrorist drivers? Two women's rights campaigners, arrested for defying the ban on women motorists, are sent to a formidable terrorism court. Watch

Image of Saudi Arabia is the only country left that refuses to accept women motorists.

Loujain Hathloul and Maysaa Alamoudi are gearing up to face a terrorism court after disregarding Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving a ... continue reading

Is another 9/11 on the way? Al-Qaeda urges lone wolves to target airlines and the U.S. Watch

Image of Published in Yemen by an al-Qaeda affiliate,

Al-Qaeda's online, English-language jihadist magazine, "Inspire", just published a new edition which aims to rectify the apparent lack of ... continue reading

The 'Lions of Allah' will strike at the west: Al-Qaeda warns that lone wolf attacks are just beginning Watch

Image of A senior Al-Qaeda official has warned the west that more lone wolf attacks will take place.

In an interview with "Inspire" a jihadist magazine, a senior al-Qaeda official has warned that there will many more lone wolf terrorist ... continue reading

Christmas Letter of Pope Francis to the Persecuted Christians of the Middle East Watch

Image of Sadly, afflictions and tribulations have not been lacking, even more recently, in the Middle East. They have been aggravated in the past months because of the continuing hostilities in the region, but especially because of the work of a newer and disturbing terrorist organization, of previously unimaginable dimensions, which has perpetrated all kinds of abuses and inhuman acts. It has particularly affected a number of you, who have been brutally driven out of your native lands, where Christians have been present since apostolic times.- Pope Francis

Dear Christian brothers and sisters of the Middle East, you have an enormous responsibility and in meeting it you are not alone.  ... continue reading

Why is Pakistan about to hang 500 innocent men? Death penalty reimposed following school massacre, but many fear that hundreds of innocents will be killed Watch

Image of Already six Pakistanis who were convicted of being involved in terrorist attacks have been executed, another 500 will follow over the next few weeks, revenge for the school massacre that killed nearly 150 people.

Following the recent terrorist attack in Pakistan, Pakistani officials have announced that they intent to execute roughly 500 people on ... continue reading

150 Iraqi women choose death rather than become sex slaves in the Islamic State Watch

Image of A woman is auctioned into slavery by the Islamic State. Such sights are a daily occurrence now the Islamic State holds vast swathes of territory in what was formerly Syria and Iraq.

Earlier this month, the Islamic State staged an execution of 150 women and girls because they refused to marry or have sex with Islamic ... continue reading

With winter knocking for displaced Iraqis, supplies fall short of needs Watch

Image of Thousands of Iraqi children face famine as winter arrives.

As millions of displaced Iraqis are caught in the dead of winter, the international community has a long way to go to cover their basic ... continue reading

Hundreds rescued as Kurdish forces punch through Islamic State siege Watch

Image of Kurdish Peshmerga forces have fought through an Islamic State siege which held hundreds of Yazidi minorities trapped on Mount Sinjar.

In the ongoing war with the Islamic State, Kurdish Peshmerga forces have reported a victory in northern Iraq. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ... continue reading

Islam is the religion of peace? You'll reconsider when you read the laws of true Islam Watch

Image of A crucifixion in the Islamic State.

How refreshing it would be if some of the people, Muslim or non-Muslim, who insist that the Islamic State is not Islamic would show how ... continue reading

In the wake of the Taliban's brutal attack in Pakistan, Christians come together in show of support and solidarity Watch

Image of 132 school children were killed by Taliban gunmen when they attacked an army school in Peshawar province.

Following the abominable and devastating attack on a Pakistani school by Islamic gunmen, the National Commission for Justice and Peace ... continue reading

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