“We are here.” Forceful words under a sign of the cross on a Beirut wall as a reminder that Lebanon’s Christians are not a passing thought. A woman walks past graffiti depicting a cross and the words “we are here” in a Christian-dominated eastern suburb of Beirut (courtesy AFP) The assertion is one of thousands […]
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The past decade has inaugurated a devastating new reality for the Christian minorities of Iraq and Syria. The survival of these vulnerable communities has bee jeopardized by a deadly triad composed of the security vacuum resulting from the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Islamist violence, and the consequences of despotic power. This chapter presents the
الامل خاب من “الربيع العربي” على “المدى القريب”. لكنه ليس خائبا على المدى البعيد. ففي قراءة استشرافية لمستقبل المسيحيين في الشرق الاوسط، يرى المفكر والباحث والكاتب الاب هنري بولاد اليسوعي “ربيعا مسيحيا، بعد خريف وشتاء صعبين”. واذا كان ينظر بشيء من الايجابية الى مستقبل المسيحيين، وهو الذي تكلم صراحة عن وضعهم امام البرلمان
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The Hatred, and Hope, for Arab Christians – NYTimes.com. Fear is, in fact, a sentiment voiced often these days by Arab Christians, a sad refrain for an ancient community that was so long a force in politics and culture in the Arab world. These days, a community that still numbers in the millions —
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What kind of ‘minorities’ are the Christians of the Middle East? | Critical Religion.
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Christians as ‘minorities’ in the Middle East? | Critical Religion.
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From Israel to Iraq, a Christian flight of Biblical proportions has begun. The mosque’s minarets tower over the cathedral, but the Maronites were built a spanking new archbishop’s house between the two buildings as compensation. Yet every day, the two calls to prayer – the clanging of church bells and the wailing of the muezzin –
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