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Moroccan Christians See Hope in New Government
Author: Rami Dabbas
Publication Date: 17/10/2021
Source: Israel today
Moroccan Christians are demanding the new prime minister of Morocco, Aziz Akhannouch, fulfill their long-standing demands, including the ability to perform religious rites such as marriage in official churches.
The Syrian Christian who brought café culture back to his war-torn hometown
Publication Date: 5/10/2021
Source: Christian Today
An eastern suburb of Damascus almost completely vacated during the Syrian war has just seen a sliver of normal life return: a café launched by a local Christian.
Joseph Hakimeh, 42, was among the Irbin inhabitants who fled the town in July 2012 as the rebels took control over the area.
Turkish Military Campaign Seemingly Targets Syrian And Iraqi Christians
Publication Date: 14/10/2021
Source: Persecusion - International Christian Concern
Turkey’s supposed fight against terrorism in Syria and Iraq coincides with their bombing of Christian and other minority communities. The long-standing fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a designated terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU, and the US, has spilled beyond Turkey’s own borders and even PKK territory. The most recent campaign that began at the end of August has killed at least a dozen civilians.
Lebanon and Syria: People Survive on One Dollar a Day
Author: Maria Teresa Diestra
Publication Date: 29/10/2021
Source: Aid to the Church in Need
In early October, Regina Lynch, project manager at Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, talks about her experience in Lebanon and Syria after a ten-day trip to evaluate the situation and assess new aid projects.
“We will still have to fight for our demands as Christians”
Author: Jonatan Soriano
Publication Date: 12/10/2021
Source: Evangelical Focus
The electoral downfall of the Islamist Justice and Development party in Morocco has been a surprise to many.
The moderate Islamist party came to power in 2011, as one of the changes spurred by the Arab Spring, but ten years later it has lost most of its political and social influence in the Moroccan kingdom.
Lebanese cleric: High-level 'agreement' limits judge's power in port investigation
Author: William Christou
Publication Date: 27/10/2021
Source: The New Arab
A deal announced by a Christian cleric, would limit Judge Tarek Bitar's ability to summon and question high-ranking officials.
Freed from Islamist Rule, Christian Minorities in Morocco Express Hope
Publication Date: 23/10/2021
Source: Persecusion - International Christian Concern
In the recent elections held in Morocco, the ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party was ousted by the National Rally of Independents party. The new head of government will be the liberal Aziz Akhannouch, who King Mohammed VI tasked with forming a new government with entities that “share the same principles and values.”
Iranians are happy about the Pope-Sistani meeting, not the fundamentalists
Author: Khosrow Ebrahimi
Publication Date: 3/10/2021
Source: Asia News
The meeting between the pontiff and the Shia cleric confirms Sistani’s role as world leader of Shiism. Since the founding of the Islamic Republic, Qom has tried to undermine Najaf's place. Kayhan, a newspaper close to religious extremists, mocked the meeting. Others, including some in Qom, see it as a new effort to bring peace to the Middle East.
Pope Francis's visit to Iraq on March 5-8 has had several repercussions in Iran, especially the meeting between Francis, the leader of world Catholicism, and Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most important Shia religious leaders.
Syriac Union representative asks US administration to involve Syriacs in writing Syrian constitution
Publication Date: 10/10/2021
Source: North Press
On Sunday, co-chair of the Syriac Union Party in northeast Syria, Nazira Gawriya, asked the administration of the US President Joe Biden, to involve the Syriac community in the process of writing the future constitution for Syria.
Museum in Erbil will preserve Christian manuscripts that escaped jihadist devastation
Publication Date: 26/10/2021
Source: Agenzia Fides
The old manuscripts and books, Christian and Islamic, saved in recent years from a possible destruction by the jihadists of the Islamic State (Daesh) will be collected and kept in a museum-study center created ad hoc by the will of the Bishops of the Chaldean Church. The decision to create this new conservation and exhibition center was taken by the Chaldean Bishops themselves during the meeting held on Saturday 23 October in Erbil, capital of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, under the presidency of Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako. The museum will be built in Ankawa, a district of Erbil inhabited mostly by Christians, in a building adjacent to the institute which accommodates Chaldean priests and seminarians. The initiative will see the direct participation of the local community of Dominican Fathers, who have always been committed to the preservation and study of ancient books and manuscripts, which also represent a valuable testimony to the roots of indigenous Christian communities of apostolic origin in the lands of present-day Iraq.
