World Watch Monitor

• Former Nigerian Governor allows 'under-age' marriage loophole into Constitution

  Human rights activists fear lack of protection for young girls

• Bible Society office ransacked in Central African Republic

  Churches mobilise support as health system collapses in wake of coup

• All change again in the Middle East

  But what will the future hold for the Christian minority?

• Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood is down, but is it out?

  New report traces the long, patient rise of political Islam

• Who stole Egypt? Voices from the revolution

  The answer depends on who you ask among the thousands of Egyptians who have swarmed the streets across the country since Sunday (June 30), either to force President Mohamed Morsi out of office, or to support him.

• Rimsha and family living in Canada

  The Pakistani teenager accused of blasphemy and eventually cleared has been given a new future in Canada

• Pakistan court throws out blasphemy charge against pastor

  Accuser tells judge he was mistaken

• Algeria's Protestants want their churches back

  Christian minority wants return of churches used for decades by other entities; Mostaganem Temple was converted into a clinic in 1976. It is now occupied by a charity.

• Is conflict in Nigeria really about persecution of Christians by radical Muslims?

  New report coincides with President's claim: 'More Muslims than Christians killed'

• Syrian Christians caught in crossfire

  Bleak future predicted by World Watch List report, as violence continues

• Risk of interfaith conflict looms over Central African Republic

  Bishop voices concerns, as international NGOs appeal to France and the AU to reconsider positions

• Iraqi MP: Syria collapse would endanger all Mideast Christians

  The collapse of the Syrian state would be a jihadist triumph and a threat to Christians throughout the Middle East, says Yonadam Kanna, a member of Iraqi National Assembly and Secretary General for the Assyrian Democratic Movement. In his parliamentary capacity as chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs Committee in Iraqi Council of Representatives, Kanna has been traveling Europe to deliver speeches and meet with members of parliaments in Sweden, Germany and Britain. He talks here about the ci