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The unlikely allies of the Syrian Christians
Author: Aaron Goodrum
Publication Date: 5/7/2022
Source: Early Report
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, which is Shiite, is taking care of Christians in a way that France should, according to its promisesa Syrian soldier told aid workers. Alexander Goodarzy in 2016. In a new Sophia Institute Press translation of his French memoirs, Kidnapped in Iraq: a Christian humanitarian tells his storyHears examines How Christians in Syria Forged Unlikely Alliances Amid Jihadist Ravages in the Post-2011 Period ”Arab Spring.”
A Tehran court sentences seven Christians, including a clergyman, to a total of 32 years in prison
Publication Date: 8/6/2022
Source: Asia News
An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-Armenian Christian clergyman to 10 years in prison. Along with him, two women coverts from Islam were also given a six-year sentence for their role in house churches.
Assyrian church destroyed by Turkish shelling in northeastern Syria
Publication Date: 1/6/2022
Source: Asia News
Turkish forces targeted Tel Tamr, an Assyrian Christian village in Hasakah governorate, in north-eastern Syria, an area with a Kurdish majority, destroying a local church (pictured).
In the past, Turkey carried out cross-border operations against the Kurds, at least this is the official motivation, causing death and destruction among Christian communities in Syria and Iraq.
Pope: 'Never forget plight of Syria and Christians in Middle East'
Publication Date: 21/6/2022
Source: Abouna
Pope Francis on Monday, June 20, greeted participants in the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Greek Melkites, and especially thanked Patriarch Youssef Absi of Antioch.
Iran using proxy militias to drive Christians out of Middle East: report
Author: Anugrah Kumar
Publication Date: 13/6/2022
Source: The Christian Post
Through its proxy militias, Iran is carrying out an “invisible jihad” against Christians in the Middle East with the aim of creating a Muslim demographic purity by producing conditions that would force Christians out of the region, according to a new report.
5 years in prison—3 Christians sentenced for worshipping Jesus in Iran
Author: Tim Dustin
Publication Date: 8/6/2022
Source: Open Doors
Ahmad Sarparaast, Morteza Mashoodkari and Ayoob Poor-Rezazadeh have been sentenced to five years in prison for “engaging in propaganda and education of deviant beliefs contrary to the holy Sharia” and “connections with foreign leaders.”
Seven Iranian Christians Receive Combined 32 Years in Prison
Publication Date: 16/6/2022
Source: Persecution - International Christian Concern
Last week on June 7, an Iranian-Armenian pastor was sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison. After he is released, the court ordered that he be subject to a two-year term of exile in a remote southeast Iranian province and to a two-year ban from international travel and from political and social organizations. Iran’s intelligence services will monitor him after his release as well.
Spiritual union: why Gulf migrants are turning to evangelical Christianity
Author: Elle Hardy
Publication Date: 31/7/2022
Source: The Guardian
Evangelical Christianity is quietly flourishing among migrant groups in the Gulf as churches provide low-paid workers facing horrific abuse with aid in times of crisis, according to pastors and parishioners across the region.
About 30 million migrant workers live in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – the muscle transforming oil-based economies into glittering 21st-century metropolises.
