Barnabas persecution update 06 July 2012

Barnabas Fund is helping victims of a coordinated attack on two churches in Kenya by suspected al-Shabaab militants that left at least 17 people dead and around 65 injured.

Three of Africa’s most violent Islamist groups, which have perpetrated deadly attacks on Christians and other targets, are linking up, signalling a mounting security threat on the continent.

A Christian woman suffered a fractured skull in a brutal attack on a congregation in Vietnam by a group of thugs believed to have been paid by the authorities.

A “blasphemy law” that would punish offences including “portraying prophets inappropriately” has been drafted by MPs in the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan following violent protests by Muslims against a magazine article deemed insulting to Islam.

A survey in Indonesia has revealed a sharp drop in support for Islamic political parties in the country, in a welcome development for the Christian minority.

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