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Middle East Christians Keep Wary Eye On Arab Spring
Feb. 2 | By Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch USA Today CAIRO (RNS) From her home, Samia Ramsis holds a key chain bearing the face of the Virgin Mary as visitors outside come to look upon the spot where Egypt’s Coptic Christians believe Mary, Joseph and the infant...
Christians of South Sudan Facing Death And Detention
Jan. 25 | Christians in Sudan and newly created South Sudan face possible detention, beatings and even death amid a “deteriorating humanitarian situation” with thousands of people being killed this year alone, aid workers and Christians said in statements...
Arab Spring brings persecution to Christians
Dec. 23 | Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow One year after the start of “Arab Spring,” Christians in those countries find themselves in a difficult position as they face intolerance and persecution. Arab Spring began in North Africa and the Middle...
Keep the baby Jesus out of politics
Dec. 13 | Mary Sedarous As the holiday season rolls around, religious tensions are sure to follow. Just a month ago, Gov. Scott Walker ignited a slight controversy by calling Madison’s holiday tree a Christmas tree in a press release (because pine trees...
Could ‘Arab Spring’ turn into ‘Christian Winter’?
Dec. 9 | Churches in Egypt are praying and helping migrants, who flee home due to political turmoil, violence and uncertain future. There is a great need to develop stable democratic societies if the ‘Arab spring’ is to bear fruits. Or else it might...
Fear is silencing Christians in Pakistan, says archbishop
Dec. 7 | Fear has silenced the voice of Pakistani Christians since the political murder of Shahbaz Bhatti last spring, the retired Archbishop of Lahore has said. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha said: “People are very sad, very bitter. They said: ‘If that...
Will There Be a Place for Christians in Muslim-Majority ‘Arab Spring’ Countries?
Nov. 30 | Carl Moeller Last month an American soldier coming home from Afghanistan was seated next to me on a flight. He saw my “One With Them” rubber barbed-wire wristband that I was wearing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Christ who...
The irresistible rise of the Muslim Brothers
Nov. 29 | Fawas Gerges For years, the west has feared the Muslim Brotherhood succeeding to the highest levels of Egyptian political power. With Islamists poised to win the lion’s share of seats in Egypt’s election, is the nightmare about to become reality? Since...
The end of Arab Christianity
Nov. 21 | Anthony Shadid has a poignant piece up, … But There’s a Slim Hope in History, on the specter of extinction facing Arab Christianity in the wake of the Arab Spring. This is an issue which I think most of my Left-liberal friends simply seem unable...
Arab Christians Reshaping U.S. Enclaves
Nov. 10 | (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — Jordanian immigrants take Communion at an Arabic-language Mass in Albuquerque. Lebanese-Americans help raise nearly $2 million for major improvements to a West Virginia church. Iraqi refugees who practice an ancient religion that...
Diaspora in USA writes an open letter to Hillary Clinton
Nov. 10 | Jersey City, NJ Mr. Monir A. Dawoud, President of the International Christian Union, President of the American Coptic association, President of LEVANT (Previously, the Arab American Physician Foundation), and Board of Trustees Member, of the Egyptian...
Australia: ex-Muslim Christian Converts Muslims in Australia, Indonesia, and Middle East thru TV Station
Oct. 24 | Australia is becoming a popular destination for Muslims leaving Asia and the Middle East, which is troubling to some Australians. But, the country’s Christians are using this as an opportunity for the Gospel. Forty years ago, residents would rarely...
Mosque Near Ground Zero at Risk of Being Evicted
Oct. 18 | The mosque near Ground Zero in New York City is stirring up headlines once again. A public utility, which owns half of the property used by the mosque, says the mosque’s developers owe $1.7 million in back rent and is threatening to evict them if...
Coptic Church Condemns Attack, Muslims Pelt Funeral Procession With Bricks
Oct. 12 | AINA The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt issued a statement on October 10, expressing horror at the events of yesterday in Maspero, where 24 Copts were killed and over 200 and wounded. The church stressed that the Christian faith rejects violence. The...
Muslim Mob Torches Coptic Church in Egypt – Video Inside
Oct. 1 | AINA) — After Friday prayers today, a mob of several thousand Muslims from the village of Elmarinab in Edfu, Aswan province, demolished and torched St. George’s church, which was being renovated. The mob demolished the dome, walls and columns,...
Controversial ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ to Have Grand Opening Wednesday
Sep. 19 | The organizers of Park51, an Islamic community center and mosque that is being constructed near New York City’s ground zero, announced that its first public event will be held on Wednesday The NYChildren photo exhibition will serve as an “inaugural...
Bloomberg’s 9/11 Gag Rule Insults Catholics
Sep. 1 | Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s handling of the 9/11 memorial ceremonies: Last year, Mayor Bloomberg sought to justify his support for building a mosque near Ground Zero by recalling the...
Nedda Alammar: Can America Speak Muslim?
Aug. 9 | I recently read an article in the NY Times that announced the simplest and not yet talked about solution to protecting the US against Muslim extremists. How this was possible, I did not know. No one ever strives for simplicity and everyone talks about...
Is the Muslim Brotherhood Coming to Brooklyn?
Jun. 30 | The proposed mosque at Ground Zero has sparked a heated national debate in recent months. But just a few miles away in Brooklyn, another mega-mosque controversy is brewing. Sheepshead Bay is “old school” New York. It’s the kind of place...
Osama bin Laden dead: Christians should pray for his soul, cardinal claims
May. 4 | The Telegraph, Nick Squire A Roman Catholic cardinal has said Christians should pray for the soul of Osama bin Laden despite the atrocities he perpetrated. “I have prayed for the soul of Osama bin Laden. We have to pray for him just like we pray...
Poll: Most Egyptians want Quran as source of laws
Apr. 27 | Hamza Hendawi Cairo, Egypt – A majority of Egyptians believe laws in their country should observe the teachings of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, according to the results of an opinion poll by a U.S.-based research center. The results also...
Hakim: if the situation in Egypt doesn’t change, there could be “a huge civil war
Apr. 25 | Michael Carl WorldNetDaily The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood says they want to institute Shariah law, while intelligence sources report al-Qaida is now staging attacks in the nation, prompting Egypt’s Coptic Christians to believe that they’ll...
Thursday of the Holy Mysteries
Apr. 21 | By: Elias Bejjani* The Maronite Catholic Church celebrates today, “The Thursday of the Holy Mysteries”, (Kamies Al Asrar), which is also known as the “Washing Thursday “(Kamies Al Kesiel), the “Covenant Thursday”, and...
Bulgarian Nationalists Demand Ban of Jehovah Witnesses
Apr. 20 | S. N. Agency Sofia, Bulgaria – The Jehovah Witnesses are a dangerous sect and has to be abolished in Bulgaria, the nationalist VMRO party has declared in a letter sent to the Bulgarian press. The nationalists claim they have nothing to do with Sunday’s...
Burqa Ban: Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment
Apr. 18 | Stefan Simanowitz, Afrik Writing during a period of great religious conflict, John Locke stated that the “toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion is so agreeable to … the genuine reason of mankind, that it seems monstrous...
Saudi Shi’ites rally for second day to call for rights
Apr. 15 | (Reuters) – Hundreds of Saudi Shi’ites protested in the oil-producing east for a second day on Friday, calling for the release of prisoners held without trial and political and religious rights, activists said. The protesters took to the streets...
Afghan Koran protest resumes in Kandahar
Apr. 3 | ( KABUL — Hundreds of people took to the streets of Kandahar on Sunday to protest against the burning of a Koran in the US, an official said, a day after 10 people died during similar demonstrations in the southern Afghan city. A government spokesman...
Quran-burning protests spread to Kandahar; 9 dead – Video
Apr. 2 | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — The deadly protests in northern Afghanistan over a Quran burning spread to the country’s war-torn southern region on Saturday, with provincial government officials reporting at least nine civilians dead and dozens...
At Least Seven Killed During Koran Burning Protest at UN Office in Afghanistan
Apr. 1 | KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan official says seven people have been killed at a U.N. office in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when a Koran burning protest turned violent. Demonstrators stormed the U.N. office Friday, opening fire on guards...
