Thursday, August 2, 2012

Following sectarian clashes in Giza, demonstrators protest ‘forced migration of Copts’

August 2, 2012 Featured News

Ahram Online 2/8/2012 Coptic groups stage protest after coptic homes burned, reports 120 families were expelled, in Dahshur, Giza as angry crowds attempted to ‘avenge’ the death of Muslim man in a personal brawl with a Copt . Hundreds of demonstrators on Wednesday evening converged on Egypt’s Presidential Palace in Cairo’s Heliopolis district to protest [...]

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Liturgy in Surb Khach church on Akhtamar Island scheduled for September

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2/8/2012 This year’s liturgy in Armenian Surb Khach church on Akhtamar Island will take place on September 9. Vice Governor of Van province held a meeting with those responsible for organization of religious ceremony in Surb Khach church, IHA agency reports. Vice Governor Atay Uslun said the liturgy is scheduled for 11 am on September [...]

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International Religious Freedom Report of 2011 (Turkey)

August 2, 2012 News

Anadolu Agency 1/8/2012 U.S. Department of State made public its 2011 International Religious Freedoms report. In the section on Turkey, the report drew attention to the Turkish government’s steps to facilitate the return of property to minority foundations. “The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom, and in practice, the Turkish government generally [...]

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Syrian Armenians care no effort to ensure the security of Armenian churches

August 2, 2012 News

1/8/2012 YEREVAN, JULY 31, ARMENPRESS: The clashes and shellings in Syrian Aleppo city are ongoing. As press secretary of National Prelacy of Aleppo Zhirayr Reisyan told at the briefing with Armenpress, both Assad loyalists and rebel forces are strengthening their position in the country. What refers to Aleppo based Armenians, the condition remains the same, [...]

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Clinton scolds Egypt over violence against Copts

August 2, 2012 Featured News

By Jo Biddle – WASHINGTON Middle East Online 2/8/2012 US report warns against growing xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim sentiment, intolerance in Europe. The United States warned the world was sliding backwards on religious freedoms Monday, criticizing violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt and citing European laws banning Muslim veils. As the State Department unveiled its first [...]

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Egyptian Coptic teacher arrested for insulting Islam on Facebook: report

August 2, 2012 News

Al Arabiya 2/8/2012 An Egyptian teacher was detained after being accused of posting cartoons on Facebook allegedly insulting Islam, Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, an Egyptian daily reported on Tuesday. A Coptic-Christian teacher from the southern Egyptian Governorate of Sohag, Bishoy Kamel, was arrested on Monday for sharing the cartoons on a [...]

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Russian Patriarch Blesses New Church Outside FSB Academy

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2/8/2012 Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has blessed the cornerstone of a new Orthodox church outside the walls of the academy of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in western Moscow. According to a press statement by the Patriarchate, the new church is being constructed “at the initiative of the leadership and students” of the academy. The [...]

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Russian Church Slams US State Department’s Unfair Criticism – OpEd

August 2, 2012 Featured News

By: VOR 1/8/2012 The Russian Orthodox Church and the Council of Muftis of Russia have both slammed the US State Department’s annual report on international religious freedoms where Russia is listed among countries where those freedoms are not properly observed. The report reviews the status of religious freedoms in 199 countries and territories. The top [...]

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