We Don’t Kidnap Imams
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:03 PM
Father Michael Sinnott (CNS/Reuters)
One of the ongoing difficulties of dialogue with Islam is that there is a very fundamental disconnect between the behavior of people who are highly animated by their Christian faith, and the actions undertaken by a substantial number of committed Muslims.
This has been reaffirmed once again last weekend by the kidnapping in the southern Philippines of a 79-year-old Irish missionary priest,... READ MORE
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Senators Rally for Jailed Priest
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:42 AM
Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly (freedom-now.org)
Thirty-seven U.S. senators have sent a letter to Vietnam’s president appealing for the release of Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, who is serving a 13-year jail term in Vietnam.
According to Associated Press:
In a letter sent through the Vietnamese Embassy, the senators said the Rev. Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly had no lawyers during his four-hour trial and was silenced repeatedly by a security guard... READ MORE
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Priest Targeted by Al Qaeda
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, November 06, 2008 6:24 PM
Father Zakaria Boutros (Freecopts.net)
Muslim extremists have reportedly placed a $60-million bounty on the life of Egyptian Coptic Christina priest Father Zakaria Boutros.
Father Boutros’s “crime”: People across the Middle East are hearing his critiques of Islam’s flaws by listening to his daily TV broadcasts or by visiting his website.
In this article, Canadian journalist Michael Coren discusses why Islamic fanatics find... READ MORE
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Iraq’s Beleaguered Christians
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 17, 2008 8:29 AM
Policeman stands guard outside Our Lady of Flower Catholic Church in central Baghdad. (Reuters)
“The Christians of Iraq, the majority of them Chaldean Catholics, have survived wave after wave of occupation over the centuries — only to fall victim to Islamic persecution while their country is under the protection of the supposedly Christian West.”
That’s the assessment of Damian Thompson in the “Holy Smoke” blog he writes for Britain’s Telegraph newspaper.
Thompson, who is... READ MORE
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