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10. Christians on the Run in Iraq
Date of source: Sunday, November 16, 2008
In Iraq, the persecution of Christians continues and many Christian families are leaving Mosul for Baghdad while there are estimates that a third of the Christian population has left the country.
1. Editorial
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2008
There is a common belief in the West that Christians in Muslim countries are discriminated against, or sometimes even persecuted. While discrimination does exist, the situation is usually far more complex, argues Hulsman in this editorial. He also points out that while the Egyptian legal system...
10. Christian communities of the Orient
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Christian communities in the Orient and their declining numbers are discussed in the following article, as well as some of the reasons behind this decline.
50. Complete story of the ’execution of a girl’ video clip that rocked Egypt: Barons of sedition forged the film of the stoning of ’Du‘a’ and distributed it among youths
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Jamāl Abū al-Futūh comments on a few-minute long video clip that spread like wildfire via mobile phones among Egyptian youths about the execution of a teenage girl. The clip claimed that the girl is a Copt being stoned because she embraced Islam.
61. Sacred
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2007
John H. Watson highlights an exhibition at the British Library that showcases ancient holy books from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic sources.
9. The assault on Iraq’s Assyrian Christians
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2007
The author investigates an incident in Iraq, where a Fatwá was issued to the Assyrian Christian residents in a suburb of Baghdad, to convert to Islam or face death. He reviews the responses to the crisis, and provides his own perspective on the issue.

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