Tag: middle east
Lost and found for refugees
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Egyptian village evicts 8 Coptic families over rumors of interfaith affair
Local police mediated a deal to evict eight Egyptian Coptic families from their village following rumors of an illicit affair between a Coptic man and ... Read More
62 Coptic Christian Families Forcibly Evicted by Salafi Muslims
Coptic Christians demonstrating against persecution By Asia News 10/2/2012 Salafi Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of the police and state authorities, ... Read More
Judean Desert Draws In Tourists
BY DANIELA BERRETTA 9/2/2012 JERICHO, West Bank — Located between Jerusalem and Jericho, the Judean Desert provided an inspiration to thousands of hermits who lived ... Read More
Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
At least 13 people were killed and 140 injured on March 8, 2011, when participants in a large Christian demonstration in a Cairo slum were ... Read More
Christians fear being dragged into Syrian violence
Syrian girs protest in Idlib. Source: AFP RICHARD BEESTON, IN DAMASCUS The Australian 4/2/2012 WHEN Father Basilious Nasser got an urgent call to say that ... Read More
Macedonians subject to religious tensions
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/images/2012/02/03/MISKOphoto.jpg By Misko Taleski for Southeast European Times in Struga 03/02/12 The government and religious communities are attempting to calm the situation following the burning ... Read More
Christians fear losing freedoms in Arab Spring movement
By Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch, USA TODAY 1/2/2012 CAIRO – From her home in a labyrinth of stonewalled alleyways, Samia Ramsis holds a key ... Read More
NEW BIBLE VERSIONS REMOVE ‘FATHER’ AND ‘SON OF GOD’ BECAUSE IT OFFENDS MUSLIMS
30/1/2012 Jihad Watch American Bible translators bowdlerize scriptures to avoid offending Muslims: no “Father” and “Son” If this is true, for the parties they are ... Read More