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alarsso

Syria's beleaguered Christians - BBC News - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-middle-east-22270455

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shared by alarsso on 15 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Christian men have been fighting in the multi-layered conflict - either alongside Kurdish militias or alongside relatively secular rebel factions, or government forces.
  • 10% of Syria's 22 million people.
  • Greek Orthodox Church,
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  • Christians have long been among Syria's elite
  • The founder of the Baath Party
  • was a Christian, and Christians rose to senior positions in the party, government and security forces
  • not seen to have any real power compared with their Alawite and Sunni colleagues.
  • large proportion
  • Sunnis also tolerated or supported the Assads,
  • guarantors of stability
  • When pro-democracy protests erupted
  • many Christians were cautious and tried to avoid taking sides.
  • Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III Laham said last year that more than 1,000 Christians had been killed, entire villages cleared, and dozens of churches and Christian centres damaged or destroyed.
  • This has led some Christians to express support for President Assad,
  • if President Assad is overthrown, Christians will be targeted and communities destroyed as many were in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003.
  • concerned by the coming to power of Islamist parties in post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia.
  • Other Christians are believed to be assisting the opposition.
  • Syrian National Council, whose leader
  • is from a Christian family.
  • alarsso on 15 Apr 15
     
    Thsi article explores the state of Christians in Syria. Patriarch Gregorios and Bishop Ibrahim add to this discussion.
alarsso

The plight of Syria's vulnerable Christian minority - The Washington Post - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...-vulnerable-christian-minority

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shared by alarsso on 20 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • alarsso on 20 Apr 15
     
    A brief look at Syrian Christian positions in the civil war. It is also brought to light that Christians have been attack from almost every angle, so who is there to truly trust and support?
Briana S

French Muslims back Middle East Christians against ISIS - 1 views

rt.com/...french-muslims-christians-isis

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  • Briana S on 10 Sep 14
     
    The Muslim Council of France (CFCM) in a joint statement with a Christian group denounced the persecution of Middle East Christians by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and said mosques across France would pray for them this week. Yay! Muslims and Christians are banding together against terror
fcastro2

Syrian Christians fleeing ISIS find shelter in Turkey - World - CBC News - 0 views

www.cbc.ca/...nd-shelter-in-turkey-1.3020582

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shared by fcastro2 on 06 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • At any given time, there are about 70 refugees who have fled the war in Syria. They share the bunk beds inside, six to a room.
  • They are among the two million people Turkey has taken i
  • Many are housed in state-of-the-art refugee camps throughout the country, but those who have connections and more money choose to come to Istanbul in hopes of easier communication with foreign embassies, faster passage to what they hope will be a more comfortable life in Europe
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  •  The war has split and scattered all of their families around the world. Bekandy's father is still back in Syria, her fiancé and mother are in London.
  • He hopes his good deeds might somehow help reunite him with his family, which is now split into three parts, spread across Europe.
  • His wife and six-year-old son are on the line from Athens. Their eldest daughter — just 15 — is in Germany.
  • Lezieh says ISIS drew that X on his house in Aleppo, marking it to show his was a Christian home. He says militants tried to recruit him, threatened to kidnap his children and bombed his new business
  • Now Lezieh gets by with donations from parishioners and hopes to see his family all in one place soon. He tries to smile through the tears. He has to. His daughter is calling.
  • fcastro2 on 06 Apr 15
     
    Syrian Christians struggling in Turkey and other European countries. ISIS has not made it easy for them to live in Syria which is why they must flee the country. 
csosa14

ISIS threatens historic monastery - 0 views

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  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    Historic Monastery Threatened By ISIS After Christians Flee
  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    Historic Monastery Threatened By ISIS After Christians Flee
  • csosa14 on 24 Mar 15
     
    Historic Monastery Threatened By ISIS After Christians Flee
csosa14

Muslim groups attack Egyptian Copts over church honoring Christians killed by ISIS | Fo... - 0 views

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muslim group church honoring christians

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  • csosa14 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Honoring Christians who were killed by ISIS
  • csosa14 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Honoring Christians who were killed by ISIS
  • csosa14 on 31 Mar 15
     
    Honoring Christians who were killed by ISIS
natphan

Middle East Christians - more visible than ever before - Mission Network News - 0 views

www.mnnonline.org/...-more-visible-than-ever-before

Middle East Christians

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  • natphan on 28 Jan 16
     
    Article says Christians created a network that will help them reach out to Middle Eastern Christians. Often, Middle East Christians are unwelcome and sometimes persecuted.
alarsso

Christians taking up fight in Syria - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East - 0 views

www.al-monitor.com/...o-christians-take-up-arms.html

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  • alarsso on 15 Apr 15
     
    This article discusses the idea of "fighting Christians" through the uprisings specifically in Syria and Lebanon
csosa14

ISIS abducts scores of Christians in northeastern Syria, groups say - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...isis-syria-iraq

ISIS abductions Christians

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  • csosa14 on 03 Mar 15
     
    ISIS abducts several Christians
  • csosa14 on 03 Mar 15
     
    ISIS abducts several Christians
alarsso

The Choices for Syria's Christians - 0 views

www.gatestoneinstitute.org/...syria-christians

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shared by alarsso on 20 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • alarsso on 20 Apr 15
     
    This article explores possible outcomes for Syrian Christians and the best situation for them if the regime falls, or if civil war continues
csosa14

ISIS hostage release gives hope to Modesto family - 0 views

www.news10.net/...24241415

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  • csosa14 on 03 Mar 15
     
    After ISIS captured 220 Christians they have released 19 and this gives hope that they may release more.
  • csosa14 on 03 Mar 15
     
    After ISIS captured 220 Christians they have released 19 and this gives hope that they may release more.
irede123

'They Accept Us as We Are;' Christians Join Forces With Muslim Group Hezbollah to Fight... - 0 views

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  • irede123 on 25 Feb 16
     
    This article talks about how christians in Lebanon have joined forces against ISIS. They have done this in collaboration with Hezbollah, who is recognized by some as a terrorist organization, but is against ISIS
cramos8

US-led strikes on IS after group seizes 220 Christians - 0 views

news.yahoo.com/ristians-seized-143247132.html

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  • cramos8 on 01 Mar 15
     
    The US-led coalition has carried out air strikes against the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria, where the jihadists have launched a new offensive and kidnapped 220 Assyrian Christians. The raids on Thursday struck areas around the town of Tal Tamr in Hasakeh province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, without giving information on possible casualties.
cguybar

Egypt Begins Rebuilding Christian Churches Destroyed Under Muslim Brotherhood - Breitbart - 0 views

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  • cguybar on 09 Feb 16
     
    The many actions and demonstrations the Muslim Brotherhood was apart of came with destruction. Years later things such as churches are just now being rebuilt. This article reinforces the type of impact the Muslim Brotherhood has on different communities in Egypt.
eyadalhasan

Christians are disappearing from the Middle East - 0 views

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Al Shemani Christians middle east

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  • eyadalhasan on 01 Mar 16
     
    Al Shemani is one of the hundreds of thousands of Christians forced to leave his country because of ISIS. "They took our areas, our house, the places that we used to hold so dear," al Shemani said. Parishioners surround him. They are crossing themselves, singing and praying.
irede123

UK activists call to ban Hezbollah entirely - Europe - News - Arutz Sheva - 0 views

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  • irede123 on 08 May 16
     
    "Activists in the UK have launched a campaign to have Hezbollah officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government. The Israel-Britain Alliance is leading the campaign to have Hezbollah officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government. Nearly 20 different organisations, both Jewish and Christian, have thrown their weight behind the initiative so far."
diamond03

Egypt's post-Morsi constitution gets almost total voters' approval - RT News - 0 views

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  • 98.1% of Egyptians said yes to the new constitution in this week’s referendum.
  • outlawed Muslim brotherhood says it does not recognize the vote
  • approving the constitution as the first step towards restoring stability.
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  • “unrivalled success
  • Now that God has supported us in legalizing our constitution, we ask for his aid in achieving the remaining two stages of the road map: the presidential and parliamentary elections," Salib
  • constitution was an article stipulating that Sharia law will be the main source of legislation,
  • insisted the reference to Sharia law remain, albeit in a watered-down version.
  • Egyptian Christians and liberals on the constitutional committee attempted to remove all mentions of Sharia law from the constitutio
  • seen as an improvemen
  • eliminates various articles that gave legal and political authority to Egypt’s highest Islamic Institution, the Al-Azhar University.
  • allows a presidential election to be held before parliamentary vote in a change to the transition plan announced by the army in July.
  • 55 percent, was still higher than in the 2012 referendum on the constitution, which was drafted while Mohamed Morsi was in powe
  • uslim Brotherhood boycotted the poll, saying it was illegitimate, as did several revolutionary groups and there were reports of low youth turnout in general.
  • charter has been approve
  • Morsi
  • is expected to win
  • diamond03 on 08 Oct 14
     
    Ninety-eight percent of Egyptians voted yes for a new constitution. Sharia law was debated by the Egyptian Christians. The new constitution is seen as an improvement to the Muslim Brotherhood constitution. 
kbrisba

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  • kbrisba on 01 Mar 15
     
    The attack took place near Mount Chaambi, a national park on the Algerian border. The attack comes as Tunisian forces on the Libyan border are on high alert in the wake of the murder of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya by another radical Islamic group. They are aware of Egyptians fleeing Libya. Tunisians have been under attack by Islamic militants ever since the overthrow of their dictator in 2011.
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