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Scores of Christians flee Mosul amid continued prosecution by Islamist extremists Daily News Egypt July 21, 2014, By Adham Youssef The Coptic Orthodox Church has condemned the targeting of Iraqi Christians in…
July 3, 2014, by Mary Hansbury I recently returned from a conference in Qatar, having been invited to present research and read a paper in my field of Syriac studies. The conference was…
Internally displaced families from Gaza’s Shajaiya neighborhood, which has come under intense Israeli bombardment, seek refuge in the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius, July 22, 2014. (photo by Wissam Nassar) Author: Asmaa…
By Tim Stanley World Last updated: July 21st, 2014 For the first time in 1,600 years, Mass is not being said in Mosul: an ancient culture has been wiped out in a…
From the man who has sent agents into Ukraine to pose as rebels and foment strife, separatism and bloodshed, and whose provided equipment and technical expertise shot down the civilian Malaysian Airlines plane…
07/21/2014, Giorgio Bernardelli Chaldean website ankawa.com says a university professor was killed after speaking out against anti-Christian persecution. Meanwhile, the Islamic State has set the jizyah at 450 dollars He refused to…
Sun, Jul 20 19:23 PM EDT, by Dominic Evans and Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The head of Iraq’s largest church said on Sunday that Islamic State militants who drove Christians out…
With thanks to the Revd Jamie Hawkey for sending us this report: For Iraqi Christian Fadi and his young family it is a lonely wait to see whether they will be executed…
Vatican City, 21 July 2014 (VIS) – Yesterday Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, celebrated Mass in the Maronite Cathedral of Our Lady of Lebanon in Los…