Tag: Arab Spring
Egypt: Gunmen Kidnap 8-Year-Old Copt from Mother’s Arms
Raymond Ibrahim -May 2015 Coptic Solidarity Armed gunmen seized an 8-year-old Coptic Christian child from his mother’s arms. The child, Antonious Zaki Hani, was walking with ... Read More
A Syrian Christian Reflects on Four Years of Conflict, Deprivation and Suffering
http://www.crossmap.com - 19/3/15 A letter from a Barnabas partner living in Aleppo, Syria, describes the plight of Syrians and especially Syrian Christians during the current conflict ... Read More
‘Our Daddy is in Heaven’ — Daughters of Christian Family Slaughtered in Libya
One of the remaining daughters, in front of her parent’s wedding picture Katherine, slain daughter Slain mother Slain father The three coffins during the church ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill Slams Arab Spring & IS
Moscow, December 12, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia thinks that extremist paramilitary groups such as the Islamic State make Muslims themselves ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill likens Ukraine situation with Arab Spring
Interfax-religion.com Moscow, October 30, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia drew parallels between the events in Ukraine and the Arab Spring. “I ... Read More
Tripoli: Salafis Ban Christian Crosses and Icons
Raymond Ibrahim - 23/8/14 In Tripoli, roaming bands of armed Salafis—Muslims who seek to follow the example of Islam’s prophet as literally as possible—went door ... Read More
Open Season on Christians in Libya
Raymond Ibrahim - 3/5/14 It’s open season on Coptic Christians in Libya. A few days after seven Copts were identified as Christians, pulled out of ... Read More
‘They aren’t real Muslims’: Radical mercenaries kidnap, kill both Syria Christians and Muslims
Syrian Orthodox Christians light candles before a mass marking the Palm Sunday in the Syrian capital in Damascus (AFP Photo / Louai Beshara) 11/10/13 Nadezhda ... Read More
Muslim extremists kill our priests, burn our churches and kidnap our women: How Egypt’s Arab Spring dream descended into a nightmare of religious hatred
Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi demonstrate in Cairo on Friday Father Youssef Souby Zaky left his church in northern Sinai after it ... Read More
Christians Set Aside Differences as ‘Arab Spring’ Presents Uncertain Future
John Burger - 4/7/13 Threats of radical Islam to Christians the Arab world put old Christian disputes in perspective. While full communion between the Catholic and ... Read More
Islamist Ultimatum to Syrian Christians: Convert, Leave, or Die
June - 2013 (AINA) -- Syria's Christians fear an Islamist takeover should the current government be overthrown. During the ongoing civil war there has been ... Read More
Syria Civil War: Syrian Christians Could Suffer if Assad Falls
James Street - 21/12/12 Now even the warmongering Right in America seems to be getting the picture. In an article on the militant Media Research Center's "CNSNews" ... Read More
Coptic Christian church condemns film, fearing backlash
13/9/2012 WASHINGTON: The Coptic Christian church condemned the film that has triggered violent protests in Muslim countries on Wednesday, reflecting fears of a backlash after ... Read More
After Arab Spring, experts fearful of Christian targeting at Easter celebrations
By Dan Merica, CNN 7/4/2012 (CNN)– For Christians in countries thrown into tumult by the Arab Spring revolutions, Easter celebrations may prove dangerous. According to ... Read More
Eastern Christians and the Arab Spring – Alain Juppé’s column published by La Croix (February 28, 2012)
Alain Juppé 28/2/2012 The Eastern Christians are worried. Worried about their survival in a region they have lived in for 2,000 years. Worried about their ... 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
3,000 attack Egyptian Christians over rumored cell phone picture
Timothy Whiteman 30/1/2012 The Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) is reporting that a riotous mob consisting of extremist Muslim Salafists and members of the Muslim ... Read More
No instant secularism
By Ramez Malouf, Special to Gulf News 27/12/2011 Arab Spring offers people an historic opportunity to shape their own governments and make decisions on the ... Read More
Guest commentary: Arab Spring puts religious freedom at risk
Christian women attend a service in Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church in greater Cairo, Egypt, last month. There are an estimated 10 million Christians in ... Read More
Metropolitan Hanna: Conspiracy against Syria Targets its National Stances, Support to Resistanc
18/12/2011 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (SANA)_Metropolitan Attallah Hanna, Archbishop of Sevastia of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said that the conspiracy against Syria targets its stances ... Read More
Arab Spring inflicts chill on Mideast Christians
By: John Longhurst 12/10/2011 Will the Arab Spring lead to a Christian winter? That's the question being asked by a number of observers following successful ... Read More