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May 29 2013 By virtueonline 100,000 Christians are killed every year for their faith,says Vatican archbishop

Tomasi said Christians were also forced to leave their homes and see their churches destroyed in some parts of the world, and were often subjected to rapes, kidnappings and discrimination.

He made particular reference to the kidnapping of two Orthodox bishops near Aleppo in Syria last month.

Religious freedom is beset by 'sectarianism, intolerance, terrorism and exclusionary laws,' he said, while also pointing to exceptions like Bangladesh where he said rights are protected.

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May 26 2013 By virtueonline Christians in the Arab world: A guide

What effect did that war have?

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May 10 2013 By virtueonline ISLAM: The mass exodus of Christians from the Muslim world

The 2010 Baghdad church attack, which saw nearly 60 Christian worshippers slaughtered, is the tip of a decade-long iceberg. In 2003, Iraq's Christian population was at least one million. Today fewer than 400,000 remain-the result of an anti-Christian campaign that began with the U.S. occupation of Iraq, when countless Christian churches were bombed and countless Christians killed, including by crucifixion and beheading.

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May 02 2013 By virtueonline NEW YORK: AFDI Calls for Closure of Mosques That Breed Jihad Terror

AFDI Executive Director Pamela Geller said in a statement: "In accord with those calls for responsible law enforcement regarding subversive activities in U.S. mosques, we are asking that government and law enforcement officials launch immediate investigations into the Islamic Society of Boston, the Dar al-Hijrah Mosque of Fairfax County, Virginia, and the Noor Center of Columbus, Ohio."

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April 28 2013 By virtueonline Radical Christianity vs. Radical Islam

There you have it. Even a flaming atheist can recognize the difference between a religion of peace and one full of bloodlust. The Tsarnaevs are just the most recent example of the tragic bitter fruit produced by radical Islamists. To further Maher's point, consider and contrast the efforts of radical Islamists with those of radical Christians.

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April 24 2013 By virtueonline Syria's beleaguered Christians

Christians are believed to have constituted about 30% of the Syrian population as recently as the 1920s. Today, they make up about 10% of Syria's 22 million people.

The future of Christians in Syria is threatened not by Muslims but by chaos"

Sunni Muslims meanwhile make up some 70% of the population and about 12% are Alawites, members of a heterodox Shia sect to which President Bashar al-Assad belongs. There are smaller numbers of Druze and other sects.

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April 24 2013 By virtueonline SYRIA: Metropolitans Yazigi and Mor Ibrahim kidnapped outside Aleppo

Metropolitans Boulos Yazigi and Mor Youhanna Ibrahim Kidnapped Outside Aleppo by OCP on April 23, 2013 (thanks to Maksim)

Armed men have kidnapped the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Iskanderun, Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi and the Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, Metropolitan Youhanna Ibrahm near the city of Aleppo.

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April 23 2013 By virtueonline Here's what Muslims are taught about dealing with non-Muslims

Qur'an 9:30-And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away.

Qur'an 9:73-O Prophet. strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination.

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April 15 2013 By virtueonline CHRISTIANS IN IRAN: The Ayatollahs fear home churches

A while back, Ati News, which according to Iranian dissidents is linked to government security agencies, published a report which stated that home churches had been identified in "Islamic" cities such as Qom and Mashhad. Mashhad is a pilgrimage destination for Shiite faithful and is the birthplace of Iran's supreme leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

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April 11 2013 By virtueonline Egypt's Christians, fearing instability, seek security elsewhere

By some estimates, tens of thousands of Christians have left post-revolution Egypt. Like the former textile maker, they have left due to concerns over rising Muslim conservatism and a general instability they say is emboldening attacks against them.

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