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State Department: Christian presence in Middle East becoming ‘shadow of its former self’
Fox News ^
| July 28, 2014
| (With AP)
Posted on 07/28/2014 5:06:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The State Department issued a dire report Monday on the state of religious freedom around the world, with an alarming warning that the Christian presence in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East is becoming a “shadow of its former self.”
The analysis was included as part of a comprehensive report on religious freedom around the world in 2013. The report cited a flood of examples of governments and militant groups cracking down on religious minorities, everywhere from Pakistan to Egypt to China. The victims included Christians, but also Hindus, Muslims and others.
The report offered a pointed warning about religious violence in the three-year-old civil war in Syria. …
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: christians; liberalagenda; middleeast; rop
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posted on
07/28/2014 5:06:08 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/28/2014 5:13:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
The state department wins today’s NSS Award (No Sh** Sherlock).
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posted on
07/28/2014 6:04:33 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Olog-hai
Change!
And fundamental transformation!
Ubama sure delivered on his promises!
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posted on
07/28/2014 6:09:15 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
To: Olog-hai
As if the foreign policy it is part of does not share the blame.
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posted on
07/28/2014 8:10:21 PM PDT
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: Olog-hai
“Dire report” my Aunt Minnie's wig. The Department of State is orgasmic that their Muslim buddies are massacring Middle East Christians. Of course we, the United States, could bring the Christians here. But, that would interfere with Dear Leader's State Department directive to import Muslim terrorists and killers to America.
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