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Showing posts with label christianity. Show all posts
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Friday, October 4, 2013

The Global War On Christians



The War On Christians -- John L. Allen Jr., The Spectator

The global persecution of Christians is the unreported catastrophe of our time.

Imagine if correspondents in late 1944 had reported the Battle of the Bulge, but without explaining that it was a turning point in the second world war. Or what if finance reporters had told the story of the AIG meltdown in 2008 without adding that it raised questions about derivatives and sub-prime mortgages that could augur a vast financial implosion?

Most people would say that journalists had failed to provide the proper context to understand the news. Yet that’s routinely what media outlets do when it comes to outbreaks of anti-Christian persecution around the world, which is why the global war on Christians remains the greatest story never told of the early 21st century.

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My Comment: I have more than once pointed out in this blog that the global persecution against Christians is one of the most under-reported stories of our time .... John Allen's above post provides the details.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

A Coptic Kristallnacht In Egypt

People walk around the burnt and destroyed Evangelical Church in Mallawi at Minya governorate, about 245 km (152 miles) south of Cairo August 17, 2013.REUTERS-Stringer

Egypt's Christians Get Trapped In A Crossfire -- Wall Street Journal

MINYA, Egypt—Osama Makram Amin woke to the sound of gunfire, looked out his window and saw what he says were young men throwing gasoline bombs at the nearby Coptic Christian church.

Earlier that morning, security forces in Cairo had attacked two predominantly Islamist sit-ins, leaving hundreds dead. Now, hours later on Aug. 14, attackers in this Upper Egyptian city were embarking on a day of burning and looting that would target 14 Christian churches, homes and businesses. It was the work of Islamists enraged by the Cairo crackdown, said police and many Christian residents.

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More News On The Persecution of Christian In Egypt

Attacks Rise Against Egypt’s Christians -- New York Times
Egyptian Christians return to worship in church destroyed by Muslim Brotherhood -- FOX News
Egypt’s Coptic Christians face unprecedented reprisals from the Muslim Brotherhood -- Washington Times
Egypt's Copts reel from sectarian violence -- Al Jazeera
In Egyptian village, Christian shops marked ahead of church attack (+video) -- Christian Science Monitor
Ravaged churches reveal sectarian split feeding Egypt’s violence -- Washington Post
At Coptic church destroyed by mob, uncertainty about Egypt's future -- NBC News
Coptic Kristallnacht: The Muslim Brotherhood is terrorizing Egypt, and Christians are a particular target. -- Andrew Doran, NRO
Insight: Egypt's political strife puts Christians in peril -- Alexander Dziadosz

Update: I have to see this to believe it .... Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches -- FOX News

Update #2: A sign of the future? .... Egypt: Coptic church cancels Sunday mass for 1st time in 1,600 years -- Times of Israel