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Islamic Persecution
March 29 2012 By virtueonline The Deadly Sounds of Christian Silence

What does the PA move portend about the future of Christian holy sites and churches in a future Palestinian state? As President Mahmoud Abbas continues to pursue a unity government with Hamas, no one knows whose template for treating religious minorities will be followed. We know the track record of Hamas in Gaza. We know of the attack on the only Christian bookstore in Gaza, now shut down.

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March 25 2012 By virtueonline Israel and the Plight of Mideast Christians

As 800,000 Jews were once expelled from Arab countries, so are Christians being forced from lands they've inhabited for centuries.

The only place in the Middle East where Christians aren't endangered but flourishing is Israel. Since Israel's founding in 1948, its Christian communities (including Russian and Greek Orthodox, Catholics, Armenians and Protestants) have expanded more than 1,000%.

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March 19 2012 By virtueonline Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for "Destruction of All Churches in Region"

As with many grand muftis before him, the Sheikh based his proclamation on the famous tradition, or hadith, wherein the prophet of Islam declared on his deathbed that "There are not to be two religions in the [Arabian] Peninsula," which has always been interpreted to mean that only Islam can be practiced in the region.

While the facts of this account speak for themselves, consider further:

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March 15 2012 By virtueonline Deadly Diversity: Nigeria's Islamist war on Christianity

Olusegun Obasanjo was elected president in 1999, ending 16 years of military rule, but, as elsewhere, the transition to democracy has released animosities hitherto brutally repressed by dictators.

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March 14 2012 By virtueonline CHRISTIANS ARE BEING PERSECUTED YET AGAIN

For weeks now the media has been in a frenzy about whether or not the Prime Minister rode a particular horse. Frankly the idea that Cameron should seriously check the provenance of every gee-gee he goes for a ride on is so daft as to be laughable.

There are vastly more important matters to which we should be drawing attention and the abject surrender of our Christian heritage is one, as is the growing persecution of anyone who happens to believe the gospel is true.

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March 09 2012 By virtueonline Iranian Christians rounded up in sweep of arrests across the country

Elsewhere, in Kermanshah, Masoud Delijani, a Christian convert from Islam, has been jailed for three years. He was charged with being a Christian, holding illegal house church gatherings, evangelising Muslims and action against national security. Masoud, a school teacher, was not given the opportunity to defend himself in court.

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March 03 2012 By virtueonline Blasphemy and Free Speech

Such violence in response to purported religious insults is not simply spontaneous. It is also stoked and channeled by governments for political purposes. And the objects and victims of accusations of religious insults are not usually Westerners, but minorities and dissidents in the Muslim world.

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February 28 2012 By virtueonline The Silence Regarding the Persecution of Christians

With the exception of admitting a handful of Egyptian Copts fleeing prosecution, the official U.S. reaction has been limited to verbal condemnation.

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February 24 2012 By virtueonline Christian homes invaded in besieged Syrian city; families desperate to flee

The situation of Homs at the moment is a horrifying one. Violence has escalated... We witnessed a lot of bombardments, killings, shootings, kidnappings.

As well as the danger of being caught in the crossfire, the lack of resources is putting the survival of Homs' residents under serious threat. There is no electricity, and people are running out of clean water, food and medicines.

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February 23 2012 By virtueonline HELP STOP IRAN KILLING PASTOR YOUCEF FOR HIS FAITH

Watch the moving interview with Pakistani Cabinet Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, just before his martyrdom - while defending her and others freedom of religion in Pakistan. http://goo.gl/pKqcl

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