Xia-Maria Mackay

Extinction of Christians in the Middle East is \'certainly a possibility\'
Extinction of Christians in the Middle East is 'certainly a possibility'

As the Islamic State continues its mission to turn Syria, Iraq and the wider Middle East into a caliphate that is as radical as it is brutal, droves of Christians are making the heartbreaking decision to leave their ancestral homelands, knowing that they may never return.

The Mediterranean\'s migrant crisis and why Christians should not give in to fear
The Mediterranean's migrant crisis and why Christians should not give in to fear

For millennia, the choppy waters separating northern Africa from southern Europe have been a crossing point for trade and travel. But not so far from the sun loungers and resorts packed with European holiday makers, these waters hide a much darker reality, as the graveyard of countless migrants who tried in vain to flee deprivation and barbarity just beyond Europe's shores.