07/23/2008
USA: OBAMA'S VISIT, GAZA REFUGEE CAMP IS WORKING FOR HIM
(ANSAmed) - GAZA, JULY 22 - On the computer there is a big image of Democratic candidate Barack Obama. The rooms are swarming with
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07/15/2008
Yemen: Christian arrests may herald new era of persecution
AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- On 18 June Yemeni news source Al Sahwa reported that Yemeni political security forces in Hodiada province had arrested a "missionary cell" of seven people and charged them with promoting Christianity and distributing the Bible
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06/28/2008
Jordan prosecutor charges 3 Muslim militants with plotting to attack Amman church
AMMAN, Jordan : Jordan's military prosecutor has charged three suspected militants of plotting to attack a Roman Catholic church in the Jordanian capital.
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05/18/2008
Christians fearful after bomb at Gaza school
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Assailants detonated a bomb outside a Christian school before dawn Friday, causing no injuries but further alarming the territory's tiny Christian community.
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05/09/2008
Christian man applies for asylum in Europe
Jordan (MNN) ― A Jordanian man has fled to Europe and applied for asylum there after being asked to renounce his Christian faith, according to a Voice of the Martyrs Canada report. 40-year-old Mohammad Abbad was attacked by
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04/26/2008
Convert to Christianity flees Jordan under threat to lose custody of his children
AMMAN, JORDAN (ANS) -- Muhammad Abbad Abd al-Qader Abbad, a 40 year old Jordanian who converted to Christianity 15 years ago, left Jordan on Friday March 28 after being charged with apostasy before the North Amman Shari'a Court.
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03/15/2008
FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU :
Muslim women fear treatment of feminine conditions
Husbands threaten divorce while male gynecologists being killed
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02/20/2008
Jordan arrests eight Evangelists
Eight people have been arrested in Jordan for propagating the Christian faith, according to a Saudi newspaper
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02/16/2008
Vandals trash library of Gaza City's YMCA, director says; no claim of responsibility
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Vandals set off explosives inside the library of Gaza's YMCA early Friday, severely damaging the one-story building and shaking Gaza's tiny Christian minority
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12/25/2007
Media's two-faced Christmas coverage
Muslims driving Christians out of Bethlehem, but media outlets choose to blame Israel
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12/24/2007
Gaza's Christians keep low Xmas profile
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gaza's tiny Christian community is keeping a low profile this Christmas, traumatized by the killing of a prominent activist in the wake of Hamas' takeover of the coastal territory.
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11/29/2007
Over 81,000 Indians deported from Gulf in ‘07
Over 81,000 Indians were deported from Gulf countries this year on various grounds, including non-possession of valid visas, resident permits and violation of local laws, government said on Thursday
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Empty Lebanon presidency worries Christians
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Christians fear a prolonged political vacuum while the post of president is filled will weaken their position in a sectarian system that reserves the job for them.
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11/17/2007
FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
Muslims intimidated church into holding Arafat memorial
Christians fear 'we'll become casualties of retaliation, escalating violence'
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11/13/2007
Christian pastor flees Palestinian town amid threats
A Palestinian-American Evangelical Christian pastor has fled the de facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah for the safety of nearby Jerusalem following increasingly hostile threats by officials within Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.
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10/09/2007
Protestant Christian tortured and killed in Gaza
He managed the territory's only Christian bookshop and in the past had received threats for spreading the Gospel. Hamas promises to find those responsible for the crime. For Fr. David Jaeger, an Israeli Franciscan, the martyrdom of this protestant must
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09/24/2007
Not a Single Christian in Birthplace of Christ
Muslim Intimidation Could Make Land of Jesus Barren in 15 Years
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09/11/2007
PALESTINIANS sell 9/11 toys'....Gaza style
The items shown are for sale in Palestinian areas. The Palestinian leadership has, for
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08/11/2007
Hamas leaning on Christians to adopt
GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime is pressing Christians to convert to Islam, officials here said.
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07/15/2007
Spaniard hurt in Yemen bomb dies
A Spanish woman injured during a suicide bomb attack targeting a tourist convoy in Yemen earlier this month has died in hospital.
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07/03/2007
Gaza's Christians
For years realists on Middle East affairs said a Palestinian state would become a platform for radical Islamist terror and that the most dangerous merchants of death would populate the ministate created by
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06/20/2007
Gaza Christians warned to submit to Islam
Gaza-based Muslim groups affiliated with Hamas and possibly Al Qaeda have warned local Christians that Hamas' military conquest of the volatile coastal strip means they must
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06/19/2007
Gaza's Christians fear for their lives
Christians living in Gaza City on Monday appealed to the international community to protect them against increased attacks by Muslim extremists. Many Christians said they were prepared to leave the Gaza Strip as soon as the border crossings are reopened.
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04/16/2007
Bombs hit Christian bookstore, two Internet cafes in Gaza City
Three explosions rocked Gaza City early Sunday, damaging two Internet cafes and a Christian bookstore
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04/07/2007
Welcome to Hizbullahland
The Lebanese army is partly controlled by Syria, not like before 1975," Henry said. "Before 1975 the Lebanese army was pro-Western and neutral toward Israel."
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03/07/2007
Al-Jazeera TV Host Faysal Al-Qassem: Western Media - Neo-Goebbelism
Following are excerpts from an interview with Al-Jazeera TV host Faysal Al-Qassem, which aired on Syrian TV on February 12, 2007:
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03/06/2007
GLOBAL JIHAD Muslims try to change Islamic killing machine
'To live in the Middle East and say what we're saying is a death sentence'
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02/20/2007
Iraqi Christians Fleeing Violence Face Uncertain Future
CWNews.com – PEWSEY, WILTSHIRE, UK (ANS) -- Against a backdrop of unremitting violence and the constant threat of persecution, Iraqi Christians are being forced out of
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02/14/2007
Lebanese Christians targeted by bus bombers
| Two bus bombs exploded in Lebanon’s Christian heartland today killing three people and |
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02/13/2007
Breaking: Nine Dead in Islamic Bombing in Lebanese Christian Town
(IsraelNN.com) Reuters New Agency reports that two explosions have
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02/10/2007
Violence Erupts at Jerusalem Holy Site
JERUSALEM - Once again, the Temple Mount area in the heart of Jerusalem is at the center of controversy
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02/06/2007
Christians Caught in the Crossfire
CWNews.com – Gaza (MNN) -- A cease fire was called over the weekend in Gaza between Fatah and Hamas militant factions. But, not before 15 people were killed in Palestinian violence. One of
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01/26/2007
Christians Break Silence and Describe Muslim Persecution of Christian Minority in Bethlehem
(jpost.com) A...A number of Christian families have finally decided to break their silence and16:45 Posted in Middle East | Permalink | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Email this
01/12/2007
FIGHTING FOR THEIR SURVIVAL
(spiegel.de) Violence, terrorism and the Islamists' growing influence...
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12/25/2006
Christians find room in Bethlehem's holy 'twin towers'
Hundreds of Christians facing religious persecution and economic strangulation in Bethlehem have taken refuge in a newly unveiled Christian-only housing project built to dissuade them from fleeing abroad.
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12/19/2006
O, Muslim Town Of Bethlehem
M, WEST BANK (ANS) — “All is quiet in Bethlehem. On Manger Square, the Church of the Nativity stands in the pale gloom of dusk, its doors open to passing pilgrimsBETHLEHE
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12/09/2006
Christians Flee Growing Islamic Fundamentalism in the Holy Land
The Christian population of the areas under the control of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has sharply declined in recent decades, as tens of thousands have abandoned their holy sites and ancestral properties to
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12/03/2006
Gaza women warned of immodesty
A hitherto unknown group calling itself the Just Swords of Islam issued a warning to Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip over the weekend that they must wear the hijab or face being targeted by the group's members
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10/23/2006
More young Christian women abducted, raped in Middle East
(Catholic News Australia) Young Christian women are among the preferred targets of Iraq's growing abduction problem with many being raped and some committing suicide as a result of the shock, violence and shame they experience.
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09/17/2006
Five Palestinian area churches attacked
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09/12/2006
3 killed outside US embassy in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic militants attempted to storm the US Embassy in a brazen attack Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives, the government said
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09/05/2006
SAT-7 Provides a Light to the Middle East and North Africa
CWNews.com – THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (ANS) -- The Middle East and North Africa are in a state of transformation. The Church has existed in this part of the world since the time of Christ. Around 20 million Arab Christians live in this region. 11 million are Orthodox Christians, 5.4 million are
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