World Council of Churches - April 2015 A prayer service paying tribute to the Ethiopian Christians killed by the Islamic State (IS) last week was organized in Geneva, Switzerland, by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The event was attended by the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and Ambassador ...
Raymond Ibrahim - 25/4/15 In the above one-minute video, excerpted from the longer video of Ethiopian Christians being massacred recently released by the Islamic State, its members are shown destroying and desecrating Christian churches, crosses, icons and statues — many ancient — in Iraqi and Syrian areas under “ISIS” control. Source:
Raymond Ibrahim - April 2015 April 20, I was interviewed on the radio program, Issues, Etc., with Todd Wilken. We discussed the recent slaughter of Ethiopian Christians, the White House’s response, and how Muslims conflate the West with Christians. Click here to hear the interview. Source:
Moscow, April 21, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has offered his condolences over the deaths of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. "Again and again active attempts are being made to intimidate the Christian world, to sow hatred among Christians and Muslims, to challenge the fundamental moral standards. Those who commit such heinous crimes ...
20/4/15 Read - Christians Accept Execution Rather Than Islam: Also Read- ISIS behead Ethiopian Christians in Libya: The Islamic State has just released another video where it executes more Christians, this time for not paying jizya — the tribute demanded of Christians according to Koran 9:29 in order to live under Islam as Christians. Two scenes appear in the 29-minute ...
The British Orthodox Church - 24/4/15 News of the brutal murder of Ethiopian migrant workers in Libya by the so-called Islamic state follows on from their relentless attacks on vulnerable Christians throughout the Middle East and North Africa. It comes as the Archbishop of Canterbury visits Egypt on an eirenic visit to offer his condolences to ...
20/4/15 Statement by HG Bishop Angaelos following the murder of Ethiopian Christians in Libya The confirmation of the murder of Ethiopian Christians by Daesh (IS) in Libya has been received with deep sadness. These executions that unnecessarily and unjustifiably claim the lives of innocent people, wholly undeserving of this brutality, have unfortunately become far too familiar. Once ...
OCP News Service Yonas Garedew (OCP Delegate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia) VIEW Graphic Picture HERE: SEE VIDEO HERE: Detailed Report HERE: Addis Ababa: The New Propaganda Video released by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) shows the killing of a group of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. In the shocking graphic video ISIS gunmen shoot and behead the ...
By Tinishu Solomon 28/9/2012 Millions of Ethiopian Orthodox church members on Wednesday celebrated the Demera, the eve of the discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ is believed to have been crucified. Celebrations began in the afternoon with tens of thousands of followers gathering at Meskel Square to celebrate the holy day, together with hundreds of pilgrims, ...
6/8/2012 Almost three dozen imprisoned Christian Ethiopians in Saudi Arabia have been freed after months of being held by the authorities there. The 35 Ethiopians were imprisoned last December 17 for conducting a prayer meeting in a private home. "We understand that the Saudi's assaulted, harassed, and pressured the Christians to convert to Islam during the time of ...
1/2/2012 Some 35 Ethiopian Christians face deportation from Saudi Arabia for "illicit mingling", the global rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. Police arrested the group - including 29 women - after raiding a prayer meeting in the second city of Jeddah. The women were subjected to strip searches and the men beaten and called "unbelievers", according to ...
18/12/2011 If Muslim migrants were subjected anywhere in the world to the injustices Christians and other expat workers face in Saudi Arabia, it would be front page news. By contrast, these stories quietly trickle out and go largely unreported. Even so, behavior like this from the Saudis does not create the image of a strong, confident faith. ...
19/1/2011 Addis Ababa, January 19 (WIC) – Ethiopian Christians celebrated epiphany colorfully on Tuesday through out the country. The holiday was marked colorfully in Addis Ababa on January 19, 2011 in Jan-Meda in the presence of thousands of believers, dignitaries, ambassadors and tourists. Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and President of World Council of Churches, Abune Paulos, ...
30/12/2010 The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, joined by Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim leaders, is requesting a pardon for dozens of officials of the Communist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam (1974-91). Imprisoned for nearly two decades, the officials were sentenced to death in 2007 for crimes against humanity. The Communist regime persecuted Christians, nationalizing Church land ...