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Alarming New Law Expands Military Power in Egypt

By CIHRS – On Sunday 28 January 2024, the Egyptian parliament passed a bill on Securing and Protecting the State’s Public and Vital Facilities. The timing of the legislation, and the [...]

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Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during Sunday morning mass

By BBC WorldNews – Two gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Istanbul, turning morning mass into a scene of terror and killing one man. The shooting happened at the Church of Santa Maria [...]

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Cardinal Sako Urges Iraqi Government to Ensure Justice for Christians

By international.la-croix (via AINA) – The head of the Chaldean Catholic Church has called on the government in Iraq to ensure justice for Christians in the Muslim-majority country. The [...]

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‘God in the garbage’: Egypt’s unlikely megachurch

By Graham Tomlin – Seen&Unseen.UK – Cairo’s Church of the Zabballeen is the largest Church, and one of the most unusual in the Middle East: With a bigger reason to live things can start [...]

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Pakistan: Young Christian Unjustly Sentenced to Death

by Uzay Bulut  – Gatestone Institute – Shahzad Masih, a Pakistani Christian, was 16 years old and working in a hospital as a janitor in 2017, when Muslims falsely accused [...]

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Red Sea Shipping Takes Another Blow From Iran

By Foreign Policy – Risk of going through the Red Sea and the crucial Suez Canal are becoming considerable.  2024 was only a few hours old when Iran dispatched a warship, the [...]

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‘Blasphemy’ Is a Bogus crime

By Andrew Stroehlein – Human Rights Watch – A Case in Indonesia Makes a Global Point. (..) Unfortunately, despite being absurdly invented, the “crime” of blasphemy is used to punish innocent [...]

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Christmas massacre of Christians in Nigeria ignored by White House, world media

by WorldTribune –   While the United States and much of the world was celebrating, Muslims carried out the massacre of 200 Christians in Nigeria on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. “During [...]

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Shrugging Off Egypt’s Crises, El-Sisi Gets Set for 6 More Years

By Vivian Yee – The New York Times –   Results of elections this month give a third term to President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has presented himself as a strong leader in an [...]

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Gaza War Has Buoyed Egypt’s Leader Ahead of Presidential Vote

By The New York Times – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt grew increasingly unpopular amid a deep economic crisis. But the war in neighboring Gaza has given him a vital role on the [...]