The family of imprisoned Algerian Christian Slimane Bouhafs has appealed to the Algerian President for a pardon, after he was convicted of “insulting Islam and the prophet Mohammed” in posts he made on social media.
The Middle East, the historic cradle of Christianity, is today witnessing an accelerated "targeting" of its remaining Christians, according to a report aiming to rally world attention to threats facing ancient communities in Syria and Iraq.