PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN POST - Front Line News: "NOVIANA MALEWA, SURVIVOR OF CHRISTIAN GIRLS BEHEADING INCIDENT IN INDONESIA TALKS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Noviana, who now lives under police guard in the Christian town of Tentena, described how the girls were taking a short cut to school through jungle and plantations when they ran into at least five masked, black-clad men. Within seconds, three of the teenagers were beheaded -- fresh victims of violence that has turned the Indonesian island into yet another front in the conflict with terrorists. As Noviana fled bleeding, the assailants collected her friends' heads, put them in black plastic bags and then dumped them in Christian parts of the small town of Poso, one on a porch, the other two on the street.") (December 28, 2006)
RECAP and UPDATES...
Opinion: Will there be an Opera Jihad coming soon to replace the Pope Jihad and previously the Cartoon Jihad?
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"Fury as opera cancelled for fear of offending Muslims"
The Scotsman ^ | September 27, 2006 | MELISSA EDDY
Posted on 09/26/2006 11:03:35 PM PDT by MadIvan
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September 26, 2006
"Islamic foreign ministers press pope to apologize"
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"Aznar: Muslims should apologize too"
POSTED AT 1:51 PM ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 BY BRYAN
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September 24, 2006
Explosion near Iraqi church kills 4, wounds 14
The jihad against Iraqi Christians continues. From DPA, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
BAGHDAD - A car bomb blast near a Christian church in Baghdad on early Sunday killed four civilians and wounded 14 others including four Iraqi policemen, witnesses said.
The explosion, apparently detonated via remote control, occurred while worshippers in the Church of the Virgin Mary attended Sunday mass.
The policemen who were killed were members of a security patrol, employed to guard the church. No information was available as to the condition of the wounded, or whether the church was the primary target of the attack.
Posted at September 24, 2006 07:50 PM
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FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
"Palestinian media calls pope 'stupid,' 'criminal'
Warns pontiff will be judged by Allah 'when eyes stare in terror'"
Posted: September 25, 2006
5:00 p.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
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"Christians Worldwide Pray for Muslims"
The Christian Post ^ | September 23, 2006 | Rachel Zoll
Posted on 09/23/2006 7:30:20 AM PDT by mcg2000
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Investigation into violence and destroyed churches in Nigerian town continues
Muslim mobs may have responded to Pope’s comments and alleged local insult
By Alex Murashko
Special to ASSIST News Service
DUTSE, NIGERIA (ANS) -- Investigations are still ongoing for arson fires set by Muslim mobs last week in the northern Nigerian town of Dutse. The rioting and fires damaged up to 70 structures, including churches, homes, and Christian businesses, said a Christian Solidarity Worldwide(CSW) leader.
The attacks came when already tense relations between Muslims and Christians in the capital of Jigawa were stressed further by comments made by Pope Benedict XVI during his Regensburg address earlier in the month. Benedict quoted criticism of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad by 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus.
The Pope has since issued a statement to say that he had never meant to offend Islam. However, demonstrations and violence by some Muslims have been ongoing worldwide.
Nigerian authorities believe the trouble in Dutse was started as the result of a Christian market trader insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the presence of a Muslim customer, according to a BBC news service report.
However, the cause for the rioting and fires may be a combination of the two events -- one international and one local, said Khataza Gondwe, a CSW Advocacy Officer for Sub Saharan Africa.
"Whenever an event occurs internationally to inflame the delicate relations between Muslims and Christians, Christians in vulnerable communities become tense," Gondwe said. "Following the Pope's comments it was almost inevitable that trouble of some sort would break out in Nigeria, given the religiously tinged tension and violence in recent years."
Christian Solidarity Worldwide along with its partners in Nigeria are investigating further this week, trying to get a fuller picture of what happened in Dutse. Currently, the human rights organization is reporting that 10 to 12 churches were burned down, about 40 Christian businesses and 20 homes have been looted and destroyed.
CSW officials have received reports that churches of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria lost at least 12 churches belonging to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), including the Winners Chapel, Deeper Life Church, Assemblies of God and Calvary Bible Church.
Bishop Kwashi of Jos said in an interview that possibly three churches out of about 15 are still standing in the town. The destroyed churches include three Evangelical Church of West Africa churches and Living Faith church. The Anglican Bishop, Rev Yusufu Lumu, had to seek shelter in a local police station along with his wife and three children when his home was partially destroyed in the violence, according to a CSW release.
Local police authorities said the situation, which began last Tuesday, is now under control. Hundreds of Christians had sought refuge during the week at police headquarters in a predominantly Muslim Nigerian town.
CSW is reporting that police did not respond initially until the violence had subsided. Local representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria visited the town's police station to warn them of a possible outbreak of violence. They asked for the police to deploy to forestall the violence, but the police did not respond.
"The initial reasons for a lack of deployment have yet to be uncovered," Gondwe said. "The governor has said victims will be compensated. We pray that this will indeed occur.
"Christians are rarely, if ever, compensated for their losses in such violence. So far, the victims of the violence in Maiduguri have received no compensation and continue to meet in destroyed churches."
For more information, contact Penny Hollings, Campaigns and Media Manager at Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Email: pennyhollings@csw.org.uk or visit www.csw.org.uk.
CSW is a human rights organization which specializes in religious freedom, works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs and promotes religious liberty for all.
Alex Murashko is a freelance journalist living in Southern California. He has a Communications/Journalism degree from California State University Fullerton. He has been a reporter for the Los Angeles Times Orange County edition and the Press Enterprise in Riverside. Email: AlexMurashko@yahoo.com.
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