Tag: middle east

Egyptian village evicts 8 Coptic families over rumors of interfaith affair

obl- February 15, 2012

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

obl- February 10, 2012

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

obl- February 10, 2012

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

OCP- February 6, 2012

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

OCP- February 4, 2012

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

OCP- February 4, 2012

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

obl- February 1, 2012

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

OCP- January 30, 2012

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