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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 |
The Kurdistan Region Presidency (KRP) release said that it strongly rejects any insinuation that Kurdish authorities are neglecting the seriousness of attacks against the Christian community in Mosul, Iraq, which lies outside of the Kurdistan Region.
The KRP has a proven history of acknowledging the important role that Iraqi Christian groups play in the Kurdistan Region, leading many Christians to flee violence in the rest of the Iraq for the safe haven offered them in the Kurdistan Region. However, while Christians in the Kurdistan Region have enjoyed the peace and security offered to all our people, it is a fact that the city of Mosul and surrounding areas where recent attacks on Christians have taken place is a hotbed for terrorist activities. Unfortunately, terrorists in Mosul have successfully claimed victims from nearly all Iraqi social groups, including Arabs, Kurds, Yezidi Kurds, Christians, and Turkomen.
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Friday, September 19th, 2008 |
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington will hold a rally at 12:15pm on Monday (Sept. 22) to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who plans to speak at the UN General Assembly in New York Sept. 23. The rally will take place in Farragut Square Park (intersection
of Connecticut Ave, 17th Street and K Street NW., across from Farragut North Metro Station - “Red” line; next to Farragut West Station - “Blue” and “Orange” lines), near the United Nations Information Center.
Several guest speakers, including Sen. Ben Cardin (MD), Rep. Steven King (IA), Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Susan Gelman, President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, and Holocaust survivor Nesse Godin, will speak at the event. The Washington, D.C. rally is in solidarity with the protest demonstration that will be held at the same time in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, outside the UN building in New York.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 |
Gospel for Asia release reports that, at least one Gospel for Asia missionary has been attacked, churches and homes have been destroyed and Christians are fleeing for their lives in India’s Orissa state in the wake of the murder of a leading anti-Christian activist leader. A GFA correspondent has reported that as night fell Sunday on Orissa, “the roads are being blocked by felling trees, and attacks on Christians have started.” Last Christmas, during similar attacks, the anti-Christian militants also blocked off roads into the area of their attacks to hinder the arrival of government forces.
Saturday night, Swami Laxmananand Saraswati, a top leader of the VHP (World Hindu Council), was killed in an attack by 20 men, suspected of being Maoist rebels. The Maoists had earlier warned the swami to leave the area. The attack, which included gunfire and a hand grenade, also killed four other people. It took place during a religious celebration.
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 |
On June 1, at the National Monument in the central district of Jakarta, Indonesia, an event took place
that was little noticed by the world press but could have major implications for world politics and the international “War on Terror.” During a peaceful rally by dozens of organizations representing people from various religions in celebration of Pancasila, the Indonesian concept of embracing all religious beliefs in their society, the crowd was attacked by a mob of some 200 club-wielding Islamic extremists.
As a result of this attack, dozens of demonstrators were injured, some seriously injured. The attackers are considered to be members of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI), one of a growing number of extremist groups who are now resorting to violent means in their attempt to institute a radical form of Islam in the country to the exclusion of other religions.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008 |
American Egyptian Coptic Christians along with activists from Egypt, the Middle East, Europe and the USA, will organize a peaceful rally on July 16, 2008. The rally will start in front of the White House at 12:00 Noon- 2:00 P.M., and will conclude in front of the Egyptian Embassy at 2:30- 3:30 P.M. The purpose of the rally is to protest recent violent attacks against Coptic Christians in Egypt.
The Copts of Egypt are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. They number about 15% of Egypt’s population of 80 millions. Not a month passes by without their churches, homes and businesses being attacked. According to a study made by Ibn Khaldoun Research Center in Cairo, over 240 major attacks against the Copts took place during the period from 1972- 2003. It is estimated that, during the last three decades, more than 4000 Copts were killed or injured. This in addition to damages directed to Coptic properties that could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars. Hundreds of Christian Coptic girls, some are minors, are abducted and forced to embrace Islam and marry Muslim men.
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 |
IDF forces operated two nights ago in Nablus against institutes of The Islamic Charity Movement, operating on behalf of the Hamas terror organization under the guise of a charity organization. It operated to increase support for the movement, trained youth in the spirit of Jihad, supported families of suicide bombers and prisoners, trace and recruit terror operatives, and raise funds for terror.
The movement is disguised as a charity foundation designated solely to benefit the civilian population of Nablus, as an alternative to government establishments. However, its institutes aim at empowering the terror organizations and strengthen their grip on society, particularly in Judea and Samaria, and in encouraging terrorist attacks against Israel. The Islamic Charity Movement in Nablus is a central and powerful component of the institution.
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