Last month a video emerged showing Islamic State members tossing hundreds of Christian textbooks, many of them emblazoned with crosses, into a large bonfire. As one report put it, ISIS was “burning Christian textbooks in an attempt to erase all traces of” Christianity from the ancient region of Mosul, where Christianity once thrived for centuries before the rise of …
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MEMRI translation of interview with the Patriarch in Egypt states:“In a January 7, 2016 interview with the official Egyptian Al-Ahram daily, Gregory III Laham, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, expressed concern over the fate of Christian communities in the Arab world. The Patriarch is a strong supporter of Christian-Muslim dialogue.[1] …
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Herland Report: Dokumentaren i ti deler, “Jerusalem med Hanne Nabintu Herland” omhandler hvordan intellektuelle, aktivister og forskere i Midtøsten ser på Vesten og vårt engasjement i krigene i Midtøsten. Serien viser nye perspektiver på gamle konflikter, sett fra den konservative vinkelen, et perspektiv vi sjelden hører fra i norske medier. Herland samtaler med kjente professorer, forretningsmenn, statsmenn og diplomater om …
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