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First Baptist Church of Baghdad suffered serious damage when a bomb exploded only a third-mile away from the building. The adults and children inside the building were not physically harmed.
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Blair defends Iraq war decision A A Jan. 29: Sir Nigel Sheinwald, the British Ambassador to the U.S., discusses former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s appearance before the Iraq Inquiry in London.
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Mosul, Iraq – The second targeted attack against the Christian community in less than 24 hours, the indifference of the security forces who did not intervene. Yesterday in Mosul, northern Iraq, an unidentified group shot dead 45 year-old businessman Amjad Hamid Abdullahad.
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Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have continued to face attacks in recent weeks. On December 24, Basil Isho Youhanna was shot and killed in front of his house in the northern neighbourhood of Tahrir…. read more.
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For centuries Jews, Christians and Muslims came to Al-Kifl, a small town south of Baghdad, to visit the tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel and pray.
The distinctive Jewish character of the Al-Kifl shrine, namely the Hebrew inscriptions and the Torah Ark, never bothered the gentile worshipers. In the 14th century a minaret was built next to the shrine, but the interior design remained Jewish. The vast majority of Iraq’s Jewish community left some 60 years ago, but Shi’ites took good care of the holy site.
Until now.
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Alastair Campbell once famously said: ‘We don’t do God.’ But, as he turned up at the Iraq inquiry yesterday morning, he apparently took moral sustenance from a passage in the Bible. He has written about it today on his blog. I am amazed … how many
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Mosul, Iraq – Three Christian students at the University of Mosul in Iraq were injured when a bomb placed in their school bus detonated on Sunday evening, police said. The students were among the seven people wounded and one killed in the northern Iraqi city Sunday in continuing sectarian and insurgent violence.
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refugees in Copenhagen Per Ramsdal made national headlines when he allowed up to 80 Iraqis who had been denied asylum to take refuge at Brorsons Church in the Nrrebro district. He was charged with hiding illegal asylum seekers soon after the church was
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The Iraqi government plans to convert the
Tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel, one of the most sacred sites for Christians and Jews, into a massive new mosque.
What’s more, the Iraqis intend to erase all Jewish markings from the tomb so that no indication of its historic significance will remain for future
generations.
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Wall Street Journal In Pakistan, more than 100 Christian homes were ransacked by a Muslim mob last July in the village of Bahmaniwala. In Iraq that same month, seven Christian … N. Korea Likely to Crack Down on Christians after Activist's EntryChristian Post Persecution's top 10World Magazine N. Korea Named Worst Persecutor for 8th YearCrosswalk.com Christian Post -Crosswalk.com all 28 news articles » |
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A car bomb exploded Tuesday near a northern Iraqi church, injuring a dozen people. The blast occurred near St. George Church.
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The respected clergyman who negotiated with the kidnappers of five British hostages in Iraq has been told that the final man being held may still be alive. Canon Andrew White, known as the ‘Vicar of Baghdad’, has revealed he had been in secret talks
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Iraqi cell of al Qaeda promises new attacks if Islamic law is not applied in the country. Two Christians executed. Violence Escalates. BAGHDAD (AsiaNews / Agencies) – On December 9, 2009 police found the bodies of two Christian brothers in Mosul, 350 km
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Can we make a case, given Pres. Obama’s promise to increase troops in Afghanistan, that for Christians, anyway, Jesus approves?
It must be so, because so many Christians have supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As noted by Gary G. Kohls in an essay at AlterNet, Christians have been loud and vocal supporters of our attempts to find Osama bin Laden – if that is, in fact, still the point.
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Two days before Christmas, two churches were bombed in Mosul, Iraq, on December 23, Voice of the Martyrs reports.
At 11:00 a.m., a bomb was detonated near the Syrian Orthodox church of St. Thomas. On the same day, a bomb exploded in a cart of vegetables near the Chaldean church of St. George. The latter bomb killed three people, including one Christian and two Muslims.
Many Christians have fled Mosul, which is the primary target for a series of attacks against believers in recent months…. >>
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A group of Shiite Muslims attacked an Assyrian Christian town in Northern Iraq on Christmas morning, according to reports over the weekend.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has killed four Shiite Muslim pilgrims in the latest violence targeting Shiites during the observance of their religious holiday.
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Shiite pilgrims taking part in a holy mourning ceremony targeted, authorities
said, raising fears of further sectarian bloodletting.
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BAGHDAD – Christmas is bumping into Shiite Islam’s most mournful ceremony this year, forcing Iraqi Christians to keep their celebrations under tighter wraps than usual. Midnight Mass will again be celebrated in daylight across Baghdad, and security around churches is heavier for a community that’s been threatened by sectarian violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. A bombing this week targeting a 1,200-year-old church in Mosul, killing two passers-by, underscored their concerns. But this year, Christians feeling an extra need for caution are toning down the Christmas glitz, and the plastic Santas aren’t selling as well as usual. At least one Catholic archbishop has discouraged Christmas…