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  • The Last Church Standing in North Cyprus; How the Christian History was Erased

    05/13/2008 12:04:54 PM PDT · by Doctor13 · 10 replies · 144+ views
    The Christian Post ^ | 28 April 2008 | Michelle A. Vu
    One lone church struggles to survive in a land where hundreds have been damaged or destroyed. But this is no ordinary land; it is the very area where Apostle Paul took his first missionary journey to proclaim salvation through Jesus Christ to the Roman Empire. (See image by going to the link:) St Mamas' church in Morphou Now, 2,000 years later, the small Mediterranean island of Cyprus is divided into two, with the northern third occupied by Turkey. In the span of three decades under Turkish control, more than 530 churches and monasteries have been pillaged, vandalized, or destroyed in...
  • Muslim extremists forcibly turn Catholic church into mosque (coincide w/ funeral for slain priest)

    06/06/2007 1:51:01 PM PDT · by NYer · 107 replies · 3,653+ views
    Catholic News Agency ^ | June 6, 2007
    CNA).- On the same day as Father Ragheed Ganni’s funeral, Muslim fundamentalists sent another message of hatred to Catholics, this time attacking two churches in Iraq. Fr. Ragheed, along with three deacons were killed just this past Sunday after they had finished celebrating Mass. According to the AINA news agency, two churches were attacked in the Baghdad district of Dora.  At St. John the Baptist’s in Hay Al-Athoriyeen, several security guards who protect the church were killed, and St. Jacob’s in Hay al Asya was vandalized and forcibly turned into a mosque.  St. Jacob’s had previously been attacked in October...