Monthly Archives: October 2014

HOT TOPIC LEBANON AND SYRIA

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By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz What keeps Lebanon from sliding into a failed state? The Lebanese appreciate their country but not their politics. Statesmen are not held in high esteem in Beirut. Politicians rotate positions through elections but leaders do not change.…

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Diplomatic language does not prevent genocide in Syria and Iraq

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 “How do you square ‘sustainable political solutions’ with extremists who boast about horrific crimes?” “Please bomb us,” asked the woman being held captive by the Islamic State of Iraq. She was talking to her relatives on the phone. That morning, she had been raped 30…

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UN must act to prevent genocide of Christians, says nuncio

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By Catholic News Service A Syrian child cries at a refugee camp in Lebanon (AP) Pointing to “the grave violations and abuses” committed by ISIS militants in the Middle East, Archbishop Auza, the Vatican’s nuncio to the United Nations (UN), called on the…

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Will the pope challenge Turkey on anti-Christian bias?

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John L. Allen Jr. Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmet Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque, is seen in this 1998 file photo. Pope Francis will visit the mosque during a trip to Turkey Nov. 28-30. (Mehmet Gulbiz, EPA/CNS) Recently the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will travel to Turkey Nov. 28-30, the…

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Iraq’s Christian paramilitaries split in IS fight

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Assyrian fighters from the Ninevah Plains Unit pose with their weapons in Ninevah province, Oct. 26, 2014. (photo by Twitter/@assyriansoul) In the town of Alqosh, at the northern limit of the Ninevah Plains, uniformed and armed members of the Assyrian Democratic Movement’s (ADM) force once patrolled the…

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A Musical Feast by Obelit Yadgar

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The theatre is filled with moments when everything clicks together, every part, scene and note, to produce a magical experience for audience and players alike. It happened at the Mesopotamian Night Chicago’s premiere concert October 11 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL.…

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Letter: History repeating the Cold War with Middle East

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Our 2014 war scenarios seem to be replays of Cold War confrontations with Russia and China, plus reruns of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syrian U.S. interventions of 1991-2003 under Bush/Cheney and Clinton regimes. Anti-war protests and elections change nothing. Big Oil, arms brokers and military…

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Inter Press Service AMUDA, Syria, Oct 28 (IPS) – There was never anything particularly remarkable about this northern town of 25,000. However, today it has become the lab for one the most pioneering political experiments ever conducted in the entire Middle East region.…

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Mosul mass will be done in Chaldean rites

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By LAUREN RELICH/ VN STAFF WRITER The Christians of Mosul who have been targeted by the Islamic extremist group ISIS will be the focus of a mass on campus Sunday, Nov. 9, at 9 p.m. in St. Ignatius Chapel. “During July of this year, Iraqi Christians of Mosul and northern villages were forced by…

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Help for Middle East Christians

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Cal Thomas American Christians have been slow to the point of near silence when it comes to speaking out about the atrocities committed against their fellow believers by the Islamic State in Iraq (ISIS). The Jewish people are much better models in solidarity when Jews are persecuted.…

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