Members of the GYI Yasmin Church worshiping outside of Indonesia’s presidential palace in 2010. On June 27, a mob stormed a house in West Java where a group of Christian young people had gathered for a religious retreat. Rumors had spread that the house, located in the village of Tangkil in Sukabumi regency, was… Read more »
Comfort Mark was involved in community evangelization programs. csi Comfort Mark, a Christian health worker in northern Nigeria, freed young Christian girls who had been abducted to marry Muslim men. Instead of her work being recognized by the local government when she brought them home, she was falsely accused of human trafficking and jailed…. Read more »
A nun in Syria looks up to a crucifix disfigured by jihadist attacks. photo provided to csi Commentary by Joel Veldkamp This commentary was originally published in CSI’s 2024 Annual Report. In September 2023, the dictatorship of Azerbaijan ruthlessly ethnically cleansed the ancient Armenian Christian land of Nagorno Karabakh. In doing so, Azerbaijan not only… Read more »
Roman ruins in Shahba, part of Syria’s Suwayda province, in 2011. csi Guest commentary by Fabrice Balanche A version of this article was originally published in French in Conflits on July 16, 2025. A sectarian conflict On July 13, a Druze man in southern Syria was kidnapped by an armed Sunni Arab group manning a… Read more »
President Trump, Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Aliyev, shortly after signing a non-binding declaration at the White House on Friday. (primeminister.am) “We have a very comprehensive agreement,” said U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, with President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan sitting on his right, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of… Read more »
Faces of the 23 Armenian hostages being held by Azerbaijan. Nearly two years after an Azerbaijani military operation forced the entire Armenian Christian population of Nagorno Karabakh to flee, Azerbaijan continues to detain at least 23 Armenians – civilians, POWs and members of the Nagorno Karabakh elected government. 80 more are considered forcibly disappeared. As… Read more »
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia (left) and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan (right) in Abu Dhabi in July. photo: primeminister.am Media Release As the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia meet at the White House today, CSI is urging President Trump to support the Swiss Peace Initiative for Nagorno Karabakh and insist on the… Read more »
Christians joined together at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, in India’s southern Karnataka state, on August 2 to protest the arrest of two nuns. csi Thousands of Christians across India have taken to the streets following the arrest of two Catholic nuns accused of forced religious conversion and human trafficking. Christian leaders say the allegations… Read more »
Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, known today as President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria, sits for a podcast interview. February 4, 2025. x. Guest commentary by Sami Alkayial ENGLISH – scroll down for Arabic Many segments of Syrian society, especially ethnic and religious minorities, as well as democratic and secular activists, were shocked by the European response to… Read more »
Image background: CSI visited Aleppo in 2017, under the brutal Assad regime that preceded the HTS takeover of Syria in December 2024. csi The Christian Solidarity Podcast: Violence grows against religious minorities in Syria In the second episode of the Christian Solidarity Podcast, host Abi McDougal and Dr. Joel Veldkamp, CSI’s director for public… Read more »
