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HAS THE VATICAN CHANGED ITS MIND ABOUT ISLAM?
Town Hall
November 10, 2003
Diana West
Posted on 11/10/2003 8:16:41 AM EST by JesseHousman
wherever Islam has imposed itself by conquest -- in what is now Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and in the regions of historic Mesopotamia and Palestine -- "Christianity, which had been extraordinarily vigorous and rooted for centuries, practically disappeared." ...

"Obedience to the precept of 'holy war' explains why the history of Islam is one of unending warfare for the conquest of infidel lands." This same "obedience" has led to recent anti-Christian violence in Algeria, Pakistan, Nigeria, Java, East Timor, the Moluccas and, most dramatically, Sudan. Little wonder, ...that ...between roughly one-quarter and one-third of the estimated Christian population of the Middle East has emigrated over the past decade to the free world.

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PAPUA: A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE SERIOUSLY AT RISK URGENT-- requesting prayer
Persecution.org
Papua (Irian Jaya)
Dec 5,2003
By Elizabeth Kendal
Posted on 12/05/2003 12:15:53 AM EST by miltonim

Sources report that the Indonesian military are actively trying to provoke an incident so they can justify a full-scale military assault, with militia and Laskar Jihad support. Papuan Church leaders fear if that happens, Papua might be closed off to the outside world and an ethnic cleansing and jihad unleashed. This could result in literally the genocide of a Christian people.

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Eritrea steps up its persecution of Christians
2003

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MMA and ML-Q led government's first gift to Christians. A bomb blasts Balouchistan Church (Pakistan, December 2002)

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Govt. Raids Militant Islamic Stronghold to Pre-empt Attack on Christians
Nigeria December 2003
Excerpt: militants had brought reinforcements from Niger and Cameroon Republics to attack Christians on Christmas Day. Police arrested 175 militants in the raid;