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Corrispondence
From Egypt, H.E. Mgr Joannes Zakaria, Coptic Catholic bishop of Thebes Luxor, describes the atmosphere that prevailed in his community when some of its members suffered martyrdom.
From Pakistan, Mahboob Sada, Christian Study Centre Director, looks at the facts, figures and dates of a number of massacres, so that they may be analysed, transcended and never forgotten.
For those who want to know more about the issue of Christian churches attacked in Malaysia by Muslim extremists, unwilling to accept a Supreme Court ruling allowing a Catholic Malay weekly to use the word Allah for God, there is this article from Famille Chrétienne: Le nom d'Allah, pourquoi pas?
For more insight
In the current world situation, UNESCO is in a phase of transition and renewal. This raises hopes, writes H. E. Mgr Francesco Follo, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the UNESCO organisation.
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Book review
Mouchir Aoun, Christian Religious Arab Thought. Calls for reform and need for revival, (in Arabic), Dâr At-Talî’a, Beyrouth 2007
By Wassim Salman
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News and Events
- An In-depth Look at Worldwide Persecution against Christians in the world, to read click here
- The 2010 Survey on Religious Freedom by the Freedom House Foundation, to read click here
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The year 2009 was a horrible one for Christian communities living in Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. Similarly, 2010 began in bloodshed and violence for those minorities that are still unwilling to leave their homelands for the safer shores of the West.