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Christians In Iraq Welcome 2020 With Confidence And Desire For Change

Christians in Iraq hope 2020 brings them more security and national acceptance and brings Iraq more unity and stability.

16 January 2020Iraq
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You thought Christmas was over? For Coptic Christians it's just started

Christmas for much of the Middle East's Christian population falls on the 7th January, but it's not just the date that's different.

08 January 2020Middle East
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Copts Celebrate Christmas In Jordan In Presence Of Egyptian Delegation

Egyptian Copts celebrated the Orthodox Christmas in the Jordanian capital, Amman, in the presence of members of the Egyptian Embassy.

07 January 2020Middle East
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Iraqi Christians Celebrate Second Easter After ISIS

Thousands of Iraqi Christians have attended Easter celebrations amidst continued efforts by the community to heal its wounds two years after ISIS.

23 April 2019Iraq
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Christians Rejoice As Egypt Forms Committee To Combat Sectarianism

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the formation of a committee tasked with fighting sectarianism, a move widely welcomed by both Christians and Muslims in Egypt.

13 January 2019North Africa
Egypt security forces kill 19 suspects linked to Coptic attack

Egypt security forces kill 19 suspects linked to Coptic attack

Suspects were involved in killing seven Coptic Christian pilgrims in Minya province on Friday, interior ministry of Egypt says.

05 November 2018North Africa
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Anger and mourning in Minya, after another attack on Egypt's Christians

Minya's Christian community furious after second almost identical deadly attack on pilgrims who were travelling by bus to church.

05 November 2018North Africa
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What is the future of Syria’s Christians after the war?

According to observers, one cannot really end the migration of Syrian Christians just by calling to come to their aid and encouraging them to return to their homes. Their return must be prepared on the basis that returning to one’s home is a basic human right and has nothing to do with political considerations.

10 September 2018Syria
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Iraq's Christians, Muslims agree to revive site of ancient church

Iraq - A lunch meeting between a Christian tour group and local Muslims during Ramadan resulted in an initiative to save one of Iraq’s oldest churches, the Church of Kokheh, south of Baghdad.

11 June 2018Iraq
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Remains of 21 Coptic Christians murdered by ISIS are returned to Egypt

The families of the 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians who were killed by ISIS in Libya three years ago, finally receive the bodies of their loved ones. The bodies were identified using DNA analysis on a mass grave that was found in the Libyan city of Sirte.

18 May 2018North Africa
The story of Rita - Life under ISIS for Christians in Iraq and Syria

The story of Rita - Life under ISIS for Christians in Iraq

Christians were seen as an undesirable element of the totalitarian society that ISIS was attempting to build, leading to devastating consequences for them.

09 April 2018Iraq
Church licensing still a prickly issue in Egypt

Church licensing still a prickly issue in Egypt

Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail’s decision to legalise 53 churches did little to impress Egypt’s Christian minority. One of the...

12 March 2018North Africa
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Fear of extinction pushes Basra’s Christians to isolation

In light of the threats of extremists over recent years, Christians in Basra lack confidence in local authorities for safety.

21 November 2017
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Iraqi Christian politicians denounce church's intervention in politics

Statements from the Christian clergy and political blocs in Iraq show a conflict between the church and the political parties.

25 October 2017
George Kahwaji recounts the suffering inflicted on Christians by ISIS brutality

George Kahwaji, from Homs in Syria, recounts the suffering inflicted on Christians...

Christians as a minority within Syria have suffered due to ISIS discrimination against them.

25 August 2017
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'We must defend ourselves': Christian fighters on warpath in Raqqa

SDF-led Christian force has Islamic State in its sights as it marches on Raqqa vowing revenge for massacres across Middle East

09 August 2017
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