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(ADO-World.org) Saturday, January 8, 2011 It used to be the case that Christians suffered greatest in communist countries, but today Islamic fundamentalism has replaced communism as the number one cause of persecution against Christians, says International Christian Concern. The persecution watchdog released its ‘Hall of Shame’ list of the world’s …

(ADO-World.org) January 6, 2011 As the 21st Century enters its second decade, two millennia of Christian presence in the Middle East might be eclipsed by the end of the century. The new decade began in the Middle East with a car bomb that went off minutes after midnight outside an …

(ADO-World – Vatican City) – The Vatican announced a mass will be held in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on 25 November to commemorate the 58 people including two priests who died in an attack against the Syrian Catholic cathedral in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad last month. The pontiff has …

August 7, 2009   PAKISTAN   Pakistan’s prime minister pledged Thursday to review laws that may be sharpening tension among the country’s religious communities, days after a Muslim mob burned houses in rioting that killed eight Christians.   The killings Saturday in the eastern city of Gojra came amid concerns …

By Ethan Cole Christian Post Reporter Fri, Aug. 07 2009   The Assyrian people, most popularly known as Iraq’s Christian population, are observing Martyrs Day on Friday to remember those in their community who have died due to persecution. From Los Angeles to North Iraq, the Assyrian (also known as …

ISTANBUL – Reuters ++ One of the world’s oldest functioning Christian monasteries has won a legal battle to have land it had owned for centuries restored to it, after a Turkish court ruled on Friday it could not be claimed by the state. The dispute over the boundaries of Mor …

By Mary Abdelmassih Alexandria(Egypt) – meca-humanright ++ On May, 6 2009, in broad daylight, four bearded Muslim men broke into the home of a Coptic Christian family in Alexandria, armed with swords, sticks and knives, assaulted their son, bundled him into an unregistered car waiting in front of the house …