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Middle East home to highest rate of religious persecution
Publication Date: 12/10/2021
Source: Asia News
12th report on "Global restrictions on religions" by the Pew Research Center reveals attacks by terrorist groups are decreasing, but restrictions and constraints imposed by the State or government agencies are growing. Christians remain the most persecuted religious group in the world, with at least 153 nations experiencing attacks of various kinds.
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.
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.
“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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
