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Fatal attacks trigger exodus of Christians from major cities. (ADO-World.org) A ringing doorbell at the Baghdad home of an elderly Christian couple seemed innocent enough five days after Christmas. But when Fawzi Rahim, 76, and wife Janet Mekha, 78, opened their front door, a bomb exploded and took their lives. …

ADO-World.org – Baghdad, Iraq — On Monday February 14, 2011, a terrorist group attacked the home of a Christian family in Al-Jihad district of Baghdad.  A security police source declared that "the attack resulted in the death of two people and a woman was injured." The terrorist group had also …

(ADO-World.org) Dayro d-Mor Gabriel (The Monastery of St. Gabriel), founded in 397, is the oldest surviving Syriac Orthodox monastery in the world. It is located on the Tur Abdin plateau near Midyat in the Mardin Province in Southeastern Turkey, the motherland of the Syriac people. It is also the seat …

(ADO-World.org) The tumult in Cairo may spell much worse to come for the Copts. Hosni Mubarak can count on at least one loyal supporter. Coptic Christian leader Pope Shenouda wants the anti-Mubarak protesters to stand down. He has two inarguable reasons to stick with the dictator: fear and experience. Even …

(ADO-World.org) Wednesday, February 9, 2011 President Obama had promised to support the demand for a congressional resolution on the Armenian genocide (“Round two,” Geopolitics, Feb. 7). I have great empathy for the Armenians and the genocide they suffered in Asia Minor by the Ottoman Turks. However, I feel strongly that …

By Santa Mikail Brussels – 2011-02-10   On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, European Parliamentarian Mario Mauro of the European People’s Party (EPP) group, met with a delegation of the Assyrian Democratic Organization (ADO/Mtakasta) which included Mr. Ablahad Astepho (Director of ADO European Branch) and Mr. Georges Chachan (Head of the …

HABBANIYA CECE, Iraq (ADO-World.org) — January 19, 2011 — The last Christian man in town goes to church each morning to clean the building and to remember the past. Romel Hawal, 48, was born in this town in Anbar Province back when most of the population was Christian. Now, he …

(ADO-World.org) January 18, 2011 With attacks against Christians on the rise in majority-Muslim nations in the Middle East, experts say the future of Christianity in the region is gravely threatened. From the most restrictive countries to the more open ones, Christians are facing an uphill battle for survival in a …

BAGHDAD, Iraq (ADO-World.org) — Eight men carrying handguns and steel pipes raided a Christian nongovernmental organization here on Thursday night, grabbing computers, cellphones and documents, and threatening the people inside, according to members of the group. “They came in and said, ‘You are criminals. This is not your country. Leave …

He also calls on all Americans to commemorate this day WASHINGTON, DC (ADO-World.org)  — President Barack Obama, has today (Friday, January 14, 2011), condemned recent attacks against Christians in both Iraq and Egypt in his proclamation for Religious Freedom Day 2011 which is due to place on this Sunday, (January …