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Obamas’ Christmas Greetings Offer Prayers for Persecuted Christians

    “Michelle and I hold … especially close to our hearts and minds those who have been driven from their ancient homelands by unspeakable violence and...

Thinking Home This Christmas, Displaced Iraqi Christians Look Ahead with Hope

    Now, as refugees, they were singing ‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us’. The Lord’s Prayer echoed in the...

In the Year of Mercy, Catholics in Middle East ‘Will Pray for Daesh’

      Father Dankha Issa is a Chaldean monk in Alqosh. Last summer, hundreds of Christian refugees found refuge in the city after their villages were...

Egypt Hires UK-Based ‘Control Risks Group’ to Review Airports Security

    Zaazou said that Cairo and Sharm El-Sheikh airports will be the first to be reviewed. He didn't reveal the contract value or its term...

Egyptian Writer: Islamic State Take Azhar Books as Reference for Their Atrocities

    He wondered how Al-Azhar's Sheikh criticizes Shiite books and overlooks Azhar books that include extremist ideas.   The University of Al-Azhar, based in Cairo, the Egyptian...

Egypt’s Cash for Votes Scandal

    The Parliamentary Elections Observatory, affiliated with the Maat Foundation for Peace Development and Human Rights, documented bribes made to voters to cast ballots for particular...

ISIS Selling Yazidi Women and Children in Turkey

    While some have escaped or been ransomed back, thousands of Yazidis remain missing.   Last month, after Kurdish forces recaptured the area from ISIS jihadists, mass...

A Young Iraqi Christian on ISIS: “Yes, I Forgive Them, as Jesus Said”

    “Yes I forgive them,” Myriam told ABC News “20/20” co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas, adding that “as Jesus said ‘forgive each other, love each other the...

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