COMMENTARY: A MURDER IN TURKEY, MISSIONARIES AND TURKISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS

February 11, 2006 — COMMENTARY: A MURDER IN TURKEY , MISSIONARIES AND TURKISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS By Ian Sherwood, Anglican Chaplain in Istanbul <http://www.anglicanistanbul.com> In the days that followed the 5 February murder of Italian Roman...

Pope Preparing For Turkey Visit, Praises Murdered Priest

February 10, 2006 — Pope Preparing For Turkey Visit, Praises Murdered Priest ISTANBUL, TURKEY (BosNewsLife)-- Just days before he was shot and killed in his church in Turkey's black sea port of Trabzon, Priest...

Iraqi Church Bombings Linked to Cartoon Protests

February 10, 2006 — Iraqi Church Bombings Linked to Cartoon Protests A recent spate of violence against Christians in Iraq has been attributed to the angry protests against the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed...

Christians Living In Fear In Iran

February 9, 2006 — CHRISTIANS FEAR RENEWED OPPRESSION IN IRAN 'Leaders Are Now Extremists And They Decide About Life And Death' For Immediate ReleaseSANTA ANA, CA (ANS) -- Iranian Christians are frightened. According to...

Muslim Indignation Understandable; Violence Unjustifiable, Says ICC

February 9, 2006 — Muslim Indignation Understandable; Violence Unjustifiable, Says ICC ICC sympathized with the outraged Muslims for the mocking depictions of Muhammad, but said ''indignation … is never a reason for violence.'' For...

Seven killed in southern Sudan clashes

February 9, 2006 — ICC Note:ICC has reported over the past year and half that Northern militias are still roaming the South and clashing with Sourthern forces. Our sources in Sudan tell us that...

Muslim Outrage

February 8, 2006 — ICC Note: Here is some food for thought in light of the Muslim outrage over the Cartoons in the Dainish press. This has been attributed to several sources but we...

What Now For Hamastan?

February 8, 2006 — WHAT NOW FOR THE CHRISTIANS OF HAMASTAN? Question: What sort of life are Palestinian Christians to expect now that Hamas has been elected to govern the Palestinian Territories ? Answer:...

Murdered Catholic Priest Was Killed In Retaliation for Cartoons

February 8, 2006 — Catholic Priest Gunned Down in Turkey Television station: Link to Muslim rage over Danish cartoons confirmed. by Barbara G. Baker ISTANBUL, February 7 (Compass) A 16-year-old assailant shot and...

Nigeria: The Central Government Fiddles While the North Burns

February 7, 2006 — Nigeria : The Central Government Fiddles While the North Burns Elizabeth KendallWEA For decades after independence Nigeria was ruled by a succession of military dictators who were predominantly northern Muslims....

Demolish This Church or Else

February 6, 2006 — Demolish This Church or Else MyChristianBlood Secular tension between Copts and Muslims in the village of Udayssat, Luxor, Egypt, has continued this week as a result of the distribution of...

Christians to Hamas: Give us religious freedom

February 6, 2006 — Christians to Hamas: Give us religious freedomBy Judith SudilovskyCatholic Online JERUSALEM (CNS) The patriarchs and heads of the Christian churches of Jerusalem told the newly elected Palestinian leadership that...

Christians in Iraq Appeal for Respect, Protection

February 6, 2006 — AINA Damascus (AsiaNews) --- Respect for Christians in Iraq and in general, all those in the Middle East , who "enrich the Arab world" of which they are an integral...

Muslim Indignation or Intolerance?

February 6, 2006 — (February 6, 2006) - The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.www.persecution.org has been monitoring the response of Muslims to cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in a...

The Mohammed cartoon strips: Islam shows its darkest face

February 5, 2006 — The Mohammed cartoon strips: Islam shows its darkest face by Samir Khalil Samir To read the full story, click here: Asia News Diplomatic demarches, boycotts, protests and threats criticizing the...

Muslim Reaction to Danish Cartoons Hypocritical, Some Say

February 4, 2006 — ICC Note Little condemnation is voiced in the Islamic world over the slandering of Christians, Jews and perceived infidels in Middle Eastern news organizations. Muslim Reaction to Danish Cartoons Hypocritical,...