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(ADO-World.org) The Arab League is acting to "carefully approach" the file of Christians in the Arab world, League chief tells Ahram Online in exclusive interview "Muslims and Christians of the Arab world have always lived together; the past, present and the future of this nation is shared amongst us all," …

(ADO-World.org) January 14, 2011 Church bombings kill scores in Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt. Iran rounds up dozens of Christians for allegedly being "hard-liners" who threaten the Islamic republic. An Egyptian police officer opens fire on a crowded train, targeting only the Christian passengers. For a region that boasts of accommodating …

The victim is one of the most famous cardiologists in the region. An armed group shot him at point-blank range, the man is seriously injured. West accused: you can not do anything for Christians because you no longer have Christian roots and are indifferent to religion. Baghdad, Iraq (ADO-World.org) – …

(ADO-World.org) Saturday, 15 January 2011 Facing threats, Christians in the Middle East need not run for cover abroad. They are at home. They are not suffering alone. The poor is the largest minority in Arab society. News of “Muslim terror” against churches and Christians are bound to give the distorted …

ISTANBUL, Turkey (ADO-World.org) – January 15, 201 – Terrorised by mounting extremist attacks, more and more Iraqi Christians are fleeing in panic to neighbouring Muslim-majority Turkey, among them lone minors sent away by desperate parents. In Istanbul, a tiny Chaldean Catholic community has embraced the refugees, serving as their first …

Beirut, Lebanon (ADO-World.org) –  A Hizbullah delegation offered 700 aid packages to displaced Iraqi Christians in Mount Lebanon during a visit Wednesday to the Archbishopric of Chaldean Assyrians. According to the National News Agency, Chaldean Monsignor Michel Kassarji said during the meeting that “the initiative that Hizbullah offered through its …

BAGHDAD, Iraq (ADO-World.org) – Iraq’s Muslim and Christian religious leaders on Thursday called for a united front in protecting Christians following a spate of attacks against them. Thousands of Christians have fled the capital Baghdad after an assault on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in October in which 52 people were …

(ADO-World.org) ‘They Need Our Help’ Many Germans voiced outrage following the New Year’s Eve terrorist attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria. But despite the strong words, critics argue that Germany could do more to help Christians seeking asylum. It’s not generally a simple matter for the representative of a religious …

ERBIL, Iraq (ADO-World.org): The Iraqi Ministry of Defense’s decision to train a Christian armed defense force has caused heated reaction from many sectors of society in northern Iraq. Iraqi security officials announced last week that they were working on a plan "to defend churches and the Christian population in Baghdad …

I am watching my people die. On television, in photographs, I see images of hastily built wooden coffins resting upon the shoulders of the anguished. They carry their fathers and mothers, sons and daughters and other relatives to burial grounds where the earth is now crowded with the murdered. Along …