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Man charged with murdering his mother because she converted to Christianity
Publication Date: 27/9/2021
Source: The Times of Israel
A 27-year-old man from northern Israel was charged on Monday with murdering his mother and hiding her body last month, after she converted from Islam to Orthodox Christianity.
Assyrian Villages Caught Between SDF and Turkish Fighting
Publication Date: 16/9/2021
Source: Persecution - International Christian Concern
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has installed military artillery in the Assyrian village of Um Waghafa (Tal Tawil) in Al-Hasakah Governorate, nearby the village church, according to Assyrian Monitor for Human Rights. The Christian village is on the border of the fighting between the SDF and Turkish-backed militias, along with many others including the Christian town of Tel Tamer, where civilian infrastructures have been damaged, violating international agreements.
In Hamas-Run Gaza, the Last Arab Christians Are Hanging On
Author: Janine di Giovanni
Publication Date: 3/10/2021
Source: Foreign Policy
An ancient community bears witness to its own purging—and recalls a more tolerant time.
‘Al-Hajji’ Michel Boutros: The last Syrian Christian of Idlib
Author: Ibrahim Mukhtar
Publication Date: 13/9/2021
Source: Anadolu Agency
Michel Boutros, the Christian elder of Syria’s northern city of Idlib, has become an icon for patriotism as he chose to remain in the war-torn city ten years after the Syrian crisis.
At 90 years old, Boutros is the only Christian who insisted on staying in Idlib after all Christians left the city in the past years.
Beirut, a City Where Everyone Gets By, Revisits Sectarian Violence
Author: Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad
Publication Date: 16/10/2021
Source: The New York Times
Lebanon’s capital thrives on its religious diversity, but sectarian tensions and memories of civil war lurk just beneath the surface.
Iraqi Archbishop 'concerned' over local impact of Taliban's Afghan takeover
Author: Lisa Zengarini
Publication Date: 25/9/2021
Source: Vatican News
Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil is concerned that the return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan could have serious implications for Iraq and its religious minorities.
Patriarch-Christians will be extinct if West does nothing
Author: Fionn Shiner
Publication Date: 20/10/2021
Source: ACN UK
Amid a spiraling economic crisis and an upsurge in violence, a Middle Eastern Patriarch says that if the West fails to help the Christians in Lebanon the community could soon be extinct.
Dubai, Expo2020: a global event of 'tolerance and inclusiveness' during Covid
Publication Date: 25/9/2021
Source: Asia News
Tolerance and inclusiveness, environment and development, climate and biodiversity, water and global objectives, as well as a series of events linked to "mobility, sustainability and opportunities" is the leitmotif that runs through the next universal exhibition, which opens to the public on October 1 next and runs to March 31 2022.
Syriac Catholic bishops cite challenges of Christians in Middle East
Author: Doreen Abi Raad
Publication Date: 21/9/2021
Source: UCA News
Syriac Catholic bishops, meeting in Lebanon for the first time since 2019 because of the pandemic, called on governments in the Middle East to work "to stop wars and renounce the logic of sectarianism and racism."
Christian candidate says minority seats in Iraqi parliament are being hijacked
Publication Date: 22/9/2021
Source: Rudaw
A Christian candidate in Nineveh province says the biggest obstacle to the minority’s representation in Iraqi parliament comes from non-Christian political parties using a loophole to hijack their seats.
