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	<title>eChurch Blog &#187; Christian Persecution</title>
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	<description>I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.</description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/30/good-links-54/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Random Ramblings of a Stay at Home Mum &#8211; Better off without you CIFWatch &#8211; What the Guardian won’t report: Christians in Iran, Syria face rising persecution Religion and the Media &#8211; Religion = Religious Affiliation? ListVerse &#8211; Top 10 Suicidal Writers Francis Sedgemore &#8211; Nutter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/19/quote-day-128/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It beggars belief that while OIC [Organization of the Islamic Conference] members insist they are the epitome of tolerance and shine at the zenith of global religious liberty, the reality is that they are the most intolerant of Christians and Christianity, and the suffering and despair they inflict places them at the nadir of humanity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/09/good-links-50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: CIFwatch &#8211; Was Moses a colonizer? The Guardian’s Nicholas Lezard uncovers why us Jews are kleptomaniacs pmphillips&#8217;s posterous &#8211; The Way of Death is paved with&#8230; Left Foot Forward &#8211; 2012 – the year the world must wake up to Christian persecution NewScientist &#8211; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ongoing Nigerian Church Attacks and Boko Haram Islamic Extremists</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/06/ongoing-nigerian-church-attacks-boko-haram-islamic-extremists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News broke late last night of eight Christians gunned down in a church in northeastern Nigeria. This follows hot on the heels of the Christmas Day church bombings in which nearly thirty Christians were killed. It is widely suspected that Islamic extremist group Boko Haram are behind these attacks and it is no coincidence that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Pledge to Help Protect Churches During Christmas Celebrations</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/29/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-pledge-protect-churches-christmas-celebrations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as a quick reminder the Egyptian Christian Copts will not be celebrating Christmas unti the 7th Jan and it was on that same night last year, that a drive-by gunman blew away 6 Copts leaving the midnight Mass service. The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) said in its Wednesday statement that it will send a high-profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five bombs exploded on Christmas Day at churches in Nigeria, one killing at least 27 people</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/25/bombs-exploded-christmas-day-churches-nigeria-killing-27-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic sharia law across a country of 160 million split roughly between Christians and Muslims, has increased the sophistication of the explosives it uses this year and has increased the number of its attacks. St Theresa&#8217;s Catholic Church in Madala, an Abuja satellite town about 40 km from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: Midnight Mass cancelled due to great fear of attack</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/24/iraq-midnight-mass-cancelled-due-great-fear-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We must continue to remember and pray for our beleaguered brothers and sisters around the world at this sensitive time: IRAQ’s Christians will spend Christmas in “great fear” according one of the country’s leading bishops. Archbishop Louis Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, told Aid to the Church in Need that Christians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/23/quote-day-113/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[However, as I pointed out in a previous post, the ONLY place in the Middle East where the Christian population has grown since the end of WWII is Israel, and the flight of Christians from Palestinian controlled areas, such as Bethlehem, is primarily the result of persecution by the majority Muslim population. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>UN moves to protect believers, not belief, as they drop call for banning “defamation of religions.”</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/21/moves-protect-believers-belief-drop-call-banning-defamation-religions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is super news folks. On Monday, for the first time in more than a decade, the U.N. General Assembly condemned religious intolerance without urging states to outlaw “defamation of religion”. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) – comprising 57 Islamic nations – have been trying for years to introduce a ‘Defemation of Religion” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was the Iraq war worth it? 2000 Christians murdered, 70 Churches attacked, 900,000 flee</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/15/iraq-war-worth-2000-christians-murdered-70-churches-attacked-900000-flee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the end of the Iraq war has been announced. In the years since the operation began to &#8216;liberate&#8217; Iraq an estimated 2,000 Christians have been murdered. Examples include: 3-year-old Adam murdered in a church A 2 month old infant kidnapped, beheaded, roasted and returned to its parents on a bed of rice 14 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey: Al Qaeda plot to bomb all the churches in Ankara foiled</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/11/turkey-al-qaeda-plot-bomb-churches-ankara-foiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gosh this looks like it was close call: In an exclusive splashed across the front page of the daily Taraf newspaper, contents of an official indictment against 11 alleged Al Qaeda militants arrested in July revealed the homegrown terrorist cell’s alleged plans to attack Ankara’s churches as well as their Christian clergy. [.....] Among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patriarch Kirill fears all Christians could leave Arab world</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/03/patriarch-kirill-fears-christians-leave-arab-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed concern over an upsurge of violence against Christian minorities in the Middle East and North Africa. “One of the most symbolic tendencies of our time is a mass exodus of Christians from the Middle East and North Africa, caused by an unprecedented increase in violence against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/01/good-links-44/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I personally found interesting for one reason or another: Society for Christian Psychology: Mediation: Moving from Unforgiveness to Forgiveness Naming His Grace: Critiquing the theologies and connections of some pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel leaders: a series # 2 Melanie Phillips: From Red Toryism to Blue Labour, social renewal depends on Christian principles Countercultural Father: Mindfulness&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Patrick Sookhdeo Director Barnabas Fund responds to Mehdi Hasan</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/27/dr-patrick-sookhdeo-director-barnabas-fund-responds-mehdi-hasan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mehdi Hasan, senior political editor of the New Statesman, has written a polemic little piece in the Guardian in which he attacks &#8211; amongst others &#8211; Barnabas Aid’s International Director, Dr Patrick Sookhdeo. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not alone in appreciating the work of Barnabas Fund in highlighting the plight of Christians in Islamic lands. Anyway, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia: Islamic extremists behead 17-year-old Christian boy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/20/somalia-islamic-extremists-behead-17yearold-christian-boy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another martyr in Islamic lands. I&#8217;ve also read today that Sudan’s president has confirmed plans to adopt an entirely Islamic constitution and strengthen sharia law, raising the threat level for Christians in the country. Militants from the Islamic extremist al Shabaab beheaded a 17-year-old Somali Christian near Mogadishu last month, a journalist in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not a single public Christian church left in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/11/single-public-christian-church-left-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is all going rather well isn&#8217;t it folks. Apparently the only places of Christian worship are now on military bases: There is not a single, public Christian church left in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department. This reflects the state of religious freedom in that country ten years after the United States first invaded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christians want to hear more about persecution around the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/04/christians-hear-persecution-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although this is a US based study, I bet this would be applicable to UK Christians also: A new Barna Research Group report indicates that 74 percent of Christians are interested in hearing about the worldwide persecution of Christians [.....] “This gap in interest shows that many Christians in America have a desire to hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Kirkuk: Another day, another Christian murdered, in fact, a double murder</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/03/iraq-kirkuk-day-christian-murdered-fact-double-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/03/iraq-kirkuk-day-christian-murdered-fact-double-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s intensely depressing, but we must never forget the plight of our brutalised and terrified brothers and sisters: A double murder has marked the Christian community in Kirkuk this weekend. In the northern Iraqi city, considered strategic for the huge oil fields in the center of a bitter political and economic dispute between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani faces imminent execution after refusing to recant his Christian faith</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/29/iranian-pastor-youcef-nadarkhani-faces-imminent-execution-refusing-recant-christian-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani faces imminent execution after refusing to recant his Christian faith in court today for the fourth time this week. Nadarkhani is the first person to be found guilty of apostasy in Iran since 1990. Religious freedom groups are lobbying hard for his sentence to be dropped. Nadarkhani, who was arrested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odds and Ends</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/14/odds-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As depression and anxiety begin to ravage my mind, this post will be a random patchwork of things that have caught my attention. My depression and anxiety are non-reactive and endogenous, or put another way, not sparked by external changes in circumstances. Psychology today has a little piece on anxiety and I can&#8217;t decide if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life after Assad looks ominous for Syria&#8217;s Christian minority</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/05/life-assad-ominous-syrias-christian-minority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The security situation for Christian minority groups in North Africa and the Middle East has always been precarious at best; however, I know I&#8217;m not alone in fearing a deterioration as a result of the Arab Spring uprisings. As despotic as these regimes were, they often kept the extremist element of Islam in check for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel: Anonymous group distributes flyers “naming and shaming” Messianic Jews living in Mevaseret Zion.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/01/israel-anonymous-group-distributes-flyers-naming-shaming-messianic-jews-living-mevaseret-zion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an apparent infringement on personal privacy legislation and in defiance of laws preventing incitement, an anonymous group has taken to distributing flyers “naming and shaming” Messianic Jews (Christians) living in the Jerusalem-area town of Mevaseret Zion. The personal details of some 10 people, including photographs and home addresses, are displayed on the flyer, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libya, Tripoli: Oldest Orthodox Church in North Africa &#8211; St. George 1647 &#8211; Ransacked</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/27/libya-tripoli-oldest-orthodox-church-north-africa-st-george-1647-ransacked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re the praying type, then please do remember our brothers and sisters in Libya, who are in a particularly precarious position currently. The historic church of St. George located in Libya, in Tripoli, dating back to 1647 was ransacked. The church is the oldest Orthodox church in North Africa. The president of the Greek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan: King Abdullah underlines commitment to protect Christians in Middle East</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/25/jordan-king-abdullah-underlines-commitment-protect-christians-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll always highlight the slender positive news relating to Christians in the Middle East where I can: During a meeting with heads of Orthodox churches in the Middle East, King Abdullah said the Kingdom is considered a “distinguished” model for coexistence between Muslims and Christians, noting that they are all working as one family to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Draft Transitional Libyan Constitution Makes Islam the State Religion. But Protects Non-Muslims</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/23/draft-transitional-libyan-constitution-islam-state-religion-protects-nonmuslims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Journal reported yesterday that even though Libya&#8217;s Transitional National Council is not fully in control of the country, a draft constitution has appeared online. The Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage includes this provision regarding religious rights: Article (1) &#8230;Islam is the Religion of the State and the principal source of legislation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: A bomb exploded last night near the St Ephraim Syrian Orthodox Church in Kirkuk</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/15/iraq-bomb-exploded-night-st-ephraim-syrian-orthodox-church-kirkuk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another bomb: A bomb exploded last night near the St Ephraim Syrian Orthodox Church in Kirkuk, which is just a few hundreds of metres from the Chaldean cathedral, in central part of the city. The device blew up at 1.30 am and there were no victims. The damages to the church were however [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US announces special envoy for religious minorities in Middle East</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/03/announces-special-envoy-religious-minorities-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Egyptian daily Al Masry Al Youm reported on Monday that the US Congress had passed a bill assigning a special envoy for minority affairs in the Middle East and Asia, allocating an annual budget of one million US dollars to support the rights of religious minorities in the region. The position, aimed at ‘promoting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani awaits execution decision</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/03/iranian-christian-pastor-yousef-nadarkhani-awaits-execution-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pastor in Iran found guilty of leaving Islam awaits the outcome of a judicial investigation into his spiritual background to see if he will be executed or, if possible, forced to become a Muslim, according to Christian groups with ties in Iran. The court-ordered investigation will take place sometime this fall to determine whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I bet you wouldn&#8217;t dare treat Muslims like you treat us Christians would ya?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/02/bet-treat-muslims-treat-christians-ya/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I&#8217;m gonna have a bit of moan, feel free to contradict me. I&#8217;m a little tired of the oft repeated argument used by UK Christians in response to perceived rough treatment by the world. It goes something like this: I bet you wouldn&#8217;t dare treat Muslims like you treat us Christians would ya? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three car bombs this morning outside churches in Kirkuk, northern Iraq</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/08/02/car-bombs-morning-churches-kirkuk-northern-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One detonated outside the Syrian Catholic church and two more were disarmed by security forces outside the Christian Anglican church and the Mar Gourgis church, in downtown Kirkuk: Details here, here and here.]]></description>
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		<title>2010 a terrible year for Iraq’s Christians</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/07/15/2010-terrible-year-iraqs-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year 2010 was the worst year to date for the Christian community in Iraq, it has been revealed by the organization for human rights in Iraq, Hammurabi. Many Christians were forced to leave the country in fear of killings and violence of all kinds. The death toll among Christians over the past seven years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel: Jewish Ultra-Orthodox group launch campaign against Christian missionaries and Messianic Jews</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/07/03/israel-jewish-ultra-orthodox-group-launch-campaign-against-christian-missionaries-and-messianic-jews/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hold to what some would term as Zionist Theology, whatever the heck this actually means, seems to vary according to folks preconceived prejudices. For me, it includes not running with the anti-Israel propaganda pack, but equally does not equate to a blank-cheque approach towards Israel, as all nations err. Even given this, I&#8217;ve still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrest warrant issued for Gadaffi. What about that monster Mugabe?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/27/arrest-warrant-for-gadaffi-well-what-about-that-monster-mugabe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self congratulatory headlines abound today, after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi and his cronies. Well whoopee. What about that murderous tyrannical despot Mugabe, who seemed able to swan through Europe recently, to attend the Vatican beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II? All Mugabe needed was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/23/quote-day-34/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The uncomfortable reality for the Middle East&#8217;s Christians, whose communities date back to the first centuries of the faith, is that the authoritarian regimes challenged by the Arab Spring often protected them against any Muslim hostility. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams: Middle East chaos being used to to attack Christian minorities.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/15/archbishop-of-canterbury-dr-rowan-williams-middle-east-chaos-being-used-to-to-attack-christian-minorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury made some important comments on the persecution of Christians within the Middle East, during an interview with BBC Radio 4&#8242;s The World at One. Doug Chaplain made this observation on Twitter: Shame +Rowan won&#8217;t get so much attention for this. It needs drawing attention to. Indeed. Rowan, makes a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every 5 Minutes a Christian is Martyred &#8211; 105,000 Per Year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/13/5-minutes-christian-martyred-105000-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because this needs to be said over and again: Every year 105,000 Christians are killed because of their faith. This shocking figure was disclosed by Italian sociologist Massimo Introvigne, representative of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians, at the “International Conference on Inter-religious dialogue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eChurch Blog Poll Result: Are Christians Persecuted in the UK?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/06/06/echurch-poll-result-are-christians-persecuted-in-the-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of my ongoing revamping, I&#8217;ve been stripping this blog of extraneous features and code, to speed up download times, which I&#8217;ve now halved. You might notice a new page at the top entitled: Search Archives, which features the Google search facility, the monthly archives, and the tag cloud. As part of this process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP David Simpson raises treatment of Christians in Parliamentary Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 18:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian MP David Simpson raised the subject of the [mis]treatment of Christians &#8211; globally and in the UK &#8211; in a parliamentary debate this week. You can read the debate here. You can watch it here (With Silverlight). I was interested in the the MP&#8217;s Wiki page, which had this to say: David Simpson (born [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Good Links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/23/good-links-36/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 08:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Messianic Jewish Musings &#8211; FAQ: The Sabbath and Gentiles HomeBrewed Theology &#8211; Iranian Court Acquits 11 Christians BRIN &#8211; People of faith are marginally more likely to be comfortable discussing death in general and their own death in particular than those without a religion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewed violence against the Copts in Egypt</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/05/10/renewed-violence-copts-egypt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been asked if / when I would cover the renewed violence against the Copts in Egypt. Frankly I&#8217;ve found the news depressing and Gregg articulates some of my sentiments rather aptly: A few weeks ago, when people in the West were getting all giddy about the overthrow of tyrants in the Middle East, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Afghan asylum seekers fear they will be killed for converting to Christianity if deported</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/04/27/afghan-asylum-seekers-fear-killed-converting-christianity-deported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know these asylum seekers could easily fake conversion to Christianity from Islam in order to dupe the authorities, however, if they are for real, they are dead men if deported.]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/28/good-links-32/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Epiphenom &#8211; Religion and conflict: cause or coincidence? British Religion in Numbers &#8211; Church Attendance in England, 1980-2005 Sultan Knish &#8211; The Second Time as Farce Psychology Today &#8211; 10 Things Not to Say to a Depressed Person Religion Law Blog &#8211; Church Volunteers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh: Christian Biplob Marandi goes to prison for evangelism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/28/bangladesh-christian-biplob-marandi-prison-evangelism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Today has a short article with this headline: Christian in Bangladesh goes to prison for evangelism This article is particularly interesting in that although it&#8217;s quite short, the term &#8220;creating chaos&#8221; is cited some four times. In fact, &#8220;creating chaos&#8221; is the very accusation levelled against Biplob Marandi as a result of him distributing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) drops pursuit of U.N. Human Rights Council Defamation of Religion Resolution</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/26/organisation-islamic-conference-oic-drops-pursuit-human-rights-council-defamation-religion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is absolutely super news folks. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) &#8211; comprising 57 Islamic nations &#8211; have been trying for years to introduce a &#8216;Defemation of Religion&#8221; UN resolution. They have now dropped this pursuit. This would have only favoured Islam and ushered in a dangerous global blasphemy law. I think we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosh Pina Project in the UK Christian magazine Evangelicals Now</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/20/rosh-pina-project-uk-christian-magazine-evangelicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following cross-post by Joseph represents a richly deserved achievement for my friends over at the Rosh Pina Project, as well as a very welcome move forward by Evangelicals Now. From the popular UK Christian magazine Evangelicals Now, April 2011, this article: Click image to enlarge: This is a small victory for Rosh Pina Project. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: Mohabat News website suspended after reporting burning of New Testaments and mass arrests of Christians</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/17/iran-mohabat-news-website-suspended-reporting-burning-testaments-mass-arrests-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide on Iran being&#8230;.erm&#8230;.Iran: Mohabat News, the only active news agency inside Iran reporting on the recent mass arrests of Christians in the country, was suddenly suspended today.  It is unclear why the website has been disabled, however in the past the authorities have been known to shut down websites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinal Keith O&#8217;Brien: UK Foreign aid should be tied to religious freedom for Christians.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/15/cardinal-keith-obrien-uk-foreign-aid-tied-religious-freedom-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and again you read a snippet of sanity in the mainstream media, which breaks through the madness and gives you a sense of relief. There&#8217;s nothing more satisfying than when someone of import publicly takes the bull by the horns, and articulates what many of us have been thinking for a long time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons for Europe: The US and International Religious Freedom</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/14/lessons-europe-international-religious-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post by Charles Reed – of the Ethics and Foreign Policy blog – an adviser to the Church of England on foreign policy issues: Those pressing for the EU to pay greater attention to the issue of Christian persecution overseas often cite the US as a model of best practice. Reference is usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The deafening silence over the increasing danger to Christians in Muslim countries</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/09/deafening-silence-increasing-danger-christians-muslim-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post by Medusa of CIFWatch: I have written before here about the persecution of Coptic Christians by Muslims in Egypt, and we have been hearing more of late about the threats posed to other Christian communities throughout the Muslim/Arab world.  It would seem that Muslim mobs of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Ethiopia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/07/good-links-29/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: British Religion in Numbers &#8211; Searchlight on Religion Royal College of Psychiatrists &#8211; Healing by Paradox in the Christian Tradition (PDF) BBC -Rare King James Bible found in Wiltshire village church Ugley Vicar &#8211; If Gadaffi wins, does that make him OK again? Lisa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti Assassinated</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/03/02/catholic-pakistan-minorities-minister-shahbaz-bhatti-assassinated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And yet another Pakistani politician seeking reform of the blasphemy law is murdered. The blasphemy laws carry a death sentence for anyone who insults Islam and is used to subjugate and terrify religious minorities. Mr Bhatti was Pakistan&#8217;s first and only Christian cabinet member. Pakistan’s leading Catholic politician has been murdered in the capital Islamabad. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coptic Priest Killed in Egypt, While Army Pulls Down Monastery Fences</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/24/coptic-priest-killed-egypt-army-pulls-monastery-fences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Elder of Ziyon has a depressing piece &#8211; with video footage &#8211; on the Egyptian armed forces storming a 5th century St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi el-Natroun, using live ammunition and wounding 6. The following is a cross-post from Solomonia on the murder of a Christian Copt priest in Egypt: A Coptic Christian priest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/23/quote-day-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my heart pounded more and more, I kept repeating to myself &#8216;I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Yeshua the Messiah&#8217;.  I suddenly had a glimpse like never before of what it must have been like for Peter or Stephen to suddenly find themselves surrounded by a hate-filled mob. Read all Hat-tip: Joseph]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Freedom and the European Union</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/23/religious-freedom-european-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post by Charles Reed &#8211; of the Ethics and Foreign Policy blog &#8211; an adviser to the Church of England on foreign policy issues: Writing about Europe can seriously damage your blog stats. The exception is if you write about the EU and its reluctance to robustly defend the persecuted Church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colin Powell&#8217;s Curveball to attack Iraq</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/02/18/colin-powells-curveball-attack-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this back in early 2010: I still shudder when I remember back to the speech Colin Powell gave to the UN in order to make the case for Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction. I was sitting in a hotel room in Egypt watching CNN and Colin Powell looked like a broken man. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>270 new Christian martyrs every 24 hours over the past decade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If this statistic doesn&#8217;t shock you then frankly I don&#8217;t know what would: The report estimates that there were, on average, 270 new Christian martyrs every 24 hours over the past decade, such that &#8220;the number of martyrs [in the period 2000-2010] was approximately 1 million.&#8221; Compare this to an estimated 34,000 Christian martyrs in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorrow Overload &#8211; Digital technology has made us even more aware of suffering saints all throughout the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Justin Taylor alerts us of a reflection on how digital technology has made us even more aware of suffering saints all throughout the world. The writer of the reflection comments: But to be quite honest, I&#8217;m absolutely overwhelmed with the sorrow of it all at times. So am I. An estimated 1,500 Indonesian Muslims destroyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Connexions &#8211; My personal Lord and Saviour? Catholic Herald &#8211; Exorcist warns parents of rise in ‘demonic’ websites Christian medical Comment &#8211; Senior neonatologist brands official RCOG report on fetal awareness as ‘Emperor’s new clothes’ in leading journal editorial Protect the Pope &#8211; UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU calls for protection of Christians in Egypt. So will Egypt suspend dialogue with EU, as they did with Vatican?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m delighted to report on a new EU Resolution condemning violence against Christians in Iraq and Egypt. So, my question to Egypt would be: Do the Egyptian authorities intend to withdraw from dialogue with the European Union, as they withdrew from dialogue with the Vatican, following the Pope&#8217;s criticism of recent Egyptian Muslim violence against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British diplomat Justin Bedford urges caution in EU defense of persecuted Christians in Islamic lands</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a Vatican Radio interview with Justin Bedford, the deputy head of mission at the British Embassy to the Holy See, which you can listen to here: Justin Bedford Interview with Vatican Radio Justin Bedford was asked to respond to recent comments by Pope Benedict in which he spoke about religious freedom, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Persecution in the UK</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Jonathan Robinson over at Xenos Theology:]]></description>
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		<title>A Christian-free Egypt is not beyond imagination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post  &#8211; with kind permission &#8211; by Bataween of the excellent Point of no Return Blog: The massacre of 21 Copts at a New Year&#8217;s Eve mass has been called &#8216;a watershed moment&#8217;. The Atlantic columnist Jeffrey Goldberg blogs: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been struck over the past couple of days by the lackadaisical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: OneDaringJew &#8211; The Lamb that was slain: How can you reject such a great salvation? Lisa Graas &#8211; Wednesday, January 5, 2011: News Roundup National Post &#8211; Copts braced for copycat attacks by extremists Fr Longenecker &#8211; The Mystery CIFWatch &#8211; The Board of Deputies’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A picture speaks a thousand words</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The below image comes courtesy of Richard Littledale and is a blood-splattered banner of Jesus taken from the shattered Egyptian Coptic al-Qiddissian church following the Bomb &#8211; complete with metal fragments, glass and ball bearings &#8211; which ripped through a crowd of Christian Copt worshippers as they emerged from their New Year’s mass: Enough said&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>St Nikolai of Ohrid &#8211; Martyrs of great love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been conversing with Lisa Graas on the subject of fear and love, prompted by recent tragic events. I have been deeply troubled in spirit for the plight of our brothers and sisters and fearful for them. This Scripture came to mind: 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict has issued an invitation to leaders of all the world’s religions to meet with him in Assisi this coming October to halt violence between religions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly concerned with a wave of anti-Christian sentiment that has spread across the globe, Pope Benedict has called for a summit among religious leaders to discuss how they can promote peace. Benedict told visitors in St. Peter&#8217;s Square the aim of the summit, scheduled for October in Assisi would be to &#8220;solemnly renew the commitment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC: Coptic churches in Europe (Including UK) report attack threats by Islamic Extremists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coptic Church leaders across Europe have revealed they have been the target of Islamic threats in the wake of the New Year&#8217;s Day bomb attack in Egypt. BBC &#8211; Coptic churches in Europe report attack threats]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s top Muslim cleric Ahmed al-Tayeb criticized the Pope for calling on the world nations to defend Christians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firstly we had a bomb &#8211; complete with metal fragments &#8211; rip through a crowd of Christian Copt worshippers as they emerged from their New Year&#8217;s mass at an Egyptian church in the northern port city of Alexandria. The blast left 21 people dead and 79 others wounded. Then we had Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year slaughter of Christians in Egypt shows we’re all in it together against Islamism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robin Shepherd sums it all up succinctly and incisively: New Year slaughter of Christians in Egypt shows we’re all in it together against Islamism Do take the time to hop over and read this, as I&#8217;ve nothing to add and it needs to be read in its entirety.]]></description>
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		<title>A car bomb explosion outside a Coptic Christian church in Egyptian City of Alexandria has killed at least 21 people and injured 43</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamic extremists starting the year as they intend to continue. I&#8217;m too depressed to post details of this atrocity, and so you can read about it here, here or here. I will however mention this quote: &#8220;We sacrifice our souls and blood for the cross,&#8221; shouted protesting Christians near the Coptic Orthodox church where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Christians killed in new wave of Baghdad bombings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the &#8216;religious cleansing&#8217; of Middle Eastern Arab Christians at the hands of Islamic extremists goes on&#8230;.as promised&#8230;.. AFP BAGHDAD — Two Iraqi Christians have been killed in a new wave of apparently coordinated bomb attacks in the capital just two months after militants massacred 46 Christians in a church in the city. A total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Jazeera &#8211; Muted Christmas in Iraq</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lest we forget. Do be sure to check out Lisa&#8217;s update on Adam of Baghdad &#8211; the extraordinarily brave three-year-old boy.]]></description>
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		<title>Bits and bobs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firstly, news that the Pope has recorded a message for the BBC Thought for the Day program, due to be aired Christmas Eve. This has irked the National Secular Society, much to the delight of Damian Thompson. The Express carry the story that the BBC&#8217;s rendition of the Nativity story has angered Christians. As Richard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 100 Canadian-Arab Christians targeted on an Al Qaeda-affiliated website</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/12/22/100-canadianarab-christians-targeted-al-qaedaaffiliated-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is nowhere safe for our Arab Christian brothers and sisters? This comes courtesy of Canadian blogger David of Anglican Samizdat: The Star: VANCOUVER—More than 100 Canadian-Arab Christians are listed on an Al Qaeda-affiliated website, apparently targeted because of their alleged role in attempting to convert Muslims. Some of those named say concerned Canadian intelligence officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adam of Baghdad: “Enough, Enough, Enough”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A powerful and disturbing post from Lisa Graas reporting on the extraordinary bravery of a three-year-old boy in the face of unimaginable horror and slaughter: Three-year-old Adam witnessed the horror of dozens of deaths, including that of his own parents. He wandered among the corpses and the blood, following the terrorists around and admonishing them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/12/14/good-links-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Aid to the Church in Need &#8211; Iraq: Celebrating Christmas behind the walls Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion &#8211; English Defence League Dumps Terry Jones: Jones Accepts New Invite from National Front British Religion in Numbers &#8211; ‘Religious Swearwords’ A Grain of Sand &#8211; Reshaping Society [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POLL: Are Christians Persecuted in the UK?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/12/04/poll-christians-persecuted-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I know this only measures the subjective perception of persecution, however, I thought it would be interesting nonetheless, given the heated and lengthy debates on this blog: The poll can be found on the left hand side of the blog and I&#8217;ll leave this up for a week or so and blog the results. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4thought.tv &#8211; Bishop Nick Baines: I do not believe that Christians are a persecuted group of people in this country today.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/12/01/4thoughttv-bishop-nick-baines-christians-persecuted-group-people-country-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Nick Baines is so encouraging and he&#8217;s appeared on the channel 4 programme 4thought.tv. It is such a relief for me personally to hear Nick bucking the trend and arguing against the persecution narrative gripping the Christian fraternity here in the UK. I encourage you to hop over and watch this, it only takes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>René Guitton author of “Christianophobia” 50 million Christians persecuted in the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/25/ren-guitton-author-christianophobia-50-million-christians-persecuted-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agenzia Fides have a piece covering an interview with French intellectual René Guitton who&#8217;s just authored a book entitled: “Christianophobia”. I shouldn&#8217;t belittle this piece as it covers the serious point that it is estimated that more than 50 million Christians suffer persecution, contempt, and discrimination worldwide. But this bit really got my goat: &#8230;.But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Catholic Bishops: Government should do more to help Christian Iraqi refugees</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/19/uk-catholic-bishops-government-iraqi-refugees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent atrocity committed against Christians in Iraq is that of An Iraqi Christian and his 6-year-old daughter, who were killed in a bombing in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, a day after two Christian men were killed in their homes by intruders. I have recently read of the French, Italian, Turkish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Guardian won’t report: The inferior status of Christians under Islam</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/17/guardian-wont-report-inferior-status-christians-islam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post from CIFWatch: This is a guest post by Bataween of Point of No Return The atrocity at Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad in which 52 Christians were murdered has set off a flurry of articles about Christians under threat of extinction in the Middle East. Al-Qaeda has declared Arab Christians a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ayatollah Khamenei warns of the danger presented by the Iranian network of house churches</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/16/ayatollah-khamenei-warns-danger-presented-iranian-network-house-churches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite cordial letters recently exchanged between the Vatican and Iranian President Ahmadinejad, there are dark clouds on the horizon following a speech given by Ayatollah Khamenei: Christian Telegraph: Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader is taking off the mask. Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs USA says, &#8220;This is another step in what is becoming a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am beginning to feel in a minority of one in being a Christian who doesn’t think we are being persecuted</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/12/beginning-feel-minority-christian-doesnt-persecuted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yay, someone else has finally said it, and someone of note at that! Bishop Nick Baines &#8211; Even Bill Bailey’s at it]]></description>
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		<title>Come on up here!</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/11/come-on-up-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply found this offer of compassion and refuge moving. Hat-tip Jim West Iraqi Christians under siege by Islamic militants are welcome in the country&#8217;s north, a Kurdish leader said Thursday, after a string of attacks that have killed dozens of the faith. &#8220;I want to let them know that the Kurdistan Region is open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama praises Indonesia as a model of religious tolerance</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/10/president-obama-praises-indonesia-model-religious-tolerance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is fawning over Indonesia currently, which is nice. Obama is especially enamoured with Indonesia&#8217;s religious tolerance, which is also nice. Now, it&#8217;s not that I don&#8217;t trust Obama or would doubt the great man&#8217;s words, but I thought I would quickly verify Indonesia&#8217;s marvelous track record with religious freedom over at Voice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>34 Iraqi Christians hurt in last week&#8217;s Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church arrived in France late Monday.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/09/34-iraqi-christians-hurt-weeks-al-qaeda-attack-baghdad-church-arrived-france-late-monday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say what you will about France, but did you know that 1,300 persecuted and vulnerable Iraqi Christians have been granted asylum in France since autumn 2007? And now they&#8217;ve taken in another 34 Christians injured in last week&#8217;s Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church. The Iraqis who arrived Monday would within 24 hours have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass celebrated in Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad, one week after the attack and massacre of Christians</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/08/mass-celebrated-syrian-catholic-church-lady-deliverance-baghdad-week-attack-massacre-christians/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of blood and flesh splattered, bullet riddled walls, Mass was celebrated on Sunday at the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad, one week after the horrific bloodbath in which dozens of Christians were massacred. At the same time local sources are reporting that two Christians were assassinated yesterday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Today: Barnabas Fund says Christians in the West need to be ready for persecution.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/11/05/christian-today-barnabas-fund-christians-west-ready-persecution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Today have an article on &#8216;creeping persecution&#8217; of Christians in the West, which I would like to examine. So, to begin: Barnabas Fund is inviting churches in the UK to dedicate one Sunday in November to the issue of persecution around the world – as well as at home. Great idea, although I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>66 churches have been attacked or bombed in Iraq since June 2004</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Assyrian International News Agency has the grim details and a report on the ethnic cleansing of the Assyrians: AINA &#8211; Church Bombings in Iraq Since 2004 I know I trot out the following stats with monotonous regularity, but it needs to be heard, and please do bear in mind the situation is far worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THREE churches were set ablaze on Monday in Russia&#8217;s mainly Muslim North Caucasus region</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bet you won&#8217;t hear much in the way of condemnation in the mainstream media about this, in fact I&#8217;ll be surprised if it&#8217;s widely reported at all. THREE churches were set ablaze on Monday in Russia&#8217;s mainly Muslim North Caucasus region where Moscow is trying to tame a spreading Islamist insurgency. Two Russian Orthodox churches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerusalem Alliance Church Ministry Center (JACMC) burnt to the ground by&#8230;.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is very dispiriting news. A church in central Jerusalem has been burnt to the ground whilst 10 people slept inside, thankfully all got out safe. The disheartening aspect is that police suspect deliberate arson, at the hands of extremist Orthodox Jews. I&#8217;m going to hand to Gev of the Rosh Pina Project for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>37 worshippers taken hostage in a central Baghdad church are dead.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/31/breaking-armed-attack-targeting-sayedat-alnajah-church-alkarrada-central-baghdad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not good.  Get praying folks, there could be as many as 40 hostages including women and children. Baghdad, Oct 31 (DPA) Members of the Al Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq were holding hostages inside a church in central Baghdad Sunday and had threatened to kill them if security forces, who have surrounded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Synod of Bishops for the Middle East addressed by two Muslim Scholars</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/23/synod-bishops-middle-east-addressed-muslim-scholars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The historical Synod of Bishops for the Middle East &#8211; previous post here &#8211; has been addressed by two Muslim scholars and frankly they are both guilty of spinning an unrealistically harmonious picture of Muslim &#8211; Christian relations in the Middle East. First up was Muhammad al-Sammak, Sunni adviser to the chief mufti of Lebanon, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vatican Synod of Bishops for the Middle East: The Interim Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/19/vatican-synod-bishops-middle-east-interim-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The historical and unprecedented Vatican Synod of Bishops for the Middle East &#8211; I&#8217;ve blogged about it here and here &#8211; which is being held from October 10th to 24th, has reached the halfway stage and produced an interim report. The America Magazine have helpfully produced a 12 point highlight of the document and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Parliament: Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/17/european-parliament-christians-persecuted-religious-group-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve underlined the most significant facts relating to Christian persecution in this article and I think you&#8217;ll agree that it certainly puts things in perspective for us. It is most encouraging to see the European Parliament tackling this. EPPGroup: Religious freedom must be incorporated into the European External Policies of the EU, by adding to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vanishing Christians of the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/15/vanishing-christians-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post by by Daniel Greenfield of Sultan Knish &#8211; Hat-tip Solomonia The Synod of Bishops for the Middle East is meant to address the decline of Christians in the Muslim world. The reason for the decline is obvious. It is the willingness to discuss that reason which is at issue. Christians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Synod of Bishops for the Middle East: Real threat of the disappearance of Christians from the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/13/vatican-synod-bishops-middle-east-real-threat-disappearance-christians-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is currently an unprecedented Vatican Synod of Bishops – a “Special Assembly for the Middle East” – being held from October 10 to 24. “The urgent reasons for this meeting are that Christians are fleeing from the Middle East, and extremist Islamism is invading the area. We need to find a dialogue with Muslims, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Guardian won&#8217;t report: Egypt’s Persecuted Christian Converts</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/10/05/guardian-report-egypts-persecuted-christian-converts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a cross-post from CIFWatch by Yitzchak Besser: Five hundred years ago, Dina could have been a Marrano hiding her Jewish identity from Spanish inquisitors. Two hundred years ago, Dina could have been a Jewess cowering in the Russian forests. Seventy years ago, Dina could have been in Poland holed up in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Western Church or Enslaved?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/09/27/free-western-church-enslaved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vee of Living Journey has a challenging and thought provoking piece ruminating on how &#8220;free&#8221; churches in the Western world stack up against persecuted churches in the East. Well worth a read as Vee questions who really is free: Living Journey &#8211; Free Church]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama: I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq &#8211; What about the Christians?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/09/02/president-obama-id-talk-combat-mission-iraq-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday President Obama addressed the US nation and informed the world that the war in Iraq was over. So tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended.  Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. In the years [...]]]></description>
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