每次讀到基督徒遭迫害的事件, 都很傷心. 不過, 每一件事都讓我們明白自由民主以及寬容的重要.
特別是在今天埃及走向民主化的進程上, 我真的不希望那些伊斯蘭極端份子借機製造混亂, 然後奪權, 好像當年伊朗革命那樣 (其實共產黨搞革命也差不多. 大家都應該記得, 1917年, 俄國二月革命後, 就出現了十月革命.... ) 希望埃及不會走上伊斯蘭極端主義的路.
Sources: Belief.net March 10, 2011.
Who's trying to stir up trouble between Egypt's Christians and Muslims?
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The attack came after a radical local imam - a Muslim leader - issued a call to the neighborhood to "Kill all the Christians," according to Compass Direct International, a watchdog group which reports on persecution of Christians.
The attack on the church started the evening of March 4 in the village of Sool, part of the Cairo suburb of Helwan, and lasted through most of Saturday. A local imam, Sheik Ahmed Abu Al-Dahab, reportedly issued the call during Friday afternoon prayers, telling area Muslims to kill the Christians because they had "no right" to live in the village. The attack started several hours later.
The church's pastor, Rev. Hoshea Abd al-Missieh, narrowly escaped death in the fire.
"I was in the attack, but I can't describe it," he told Compass Direct. "The sound of the church being destroyed that I heard - I can't describe it, how horrible it was."
According to villagers, the mob broke into the Church of the Two Martyrs St. George and St. Mina.
As they chanted "Allahu Akbar [God is great]," they looted the building, demolished the walls with sledgehammers and set a fire that burned itself out the next morning.
Looters removed anything valuable, including several sacred vessels holding the remains of venerated Copts - most of whom were killed in other waves of persecution,
The vandals stomped and kicked the vessels like soccer balls, witnesses said.
After the fire went out, the mob tore down what little remained of the church structure. The group of Muslims then held prayers at the site and began collecting money to build a mosque where the church building once stood, said the assistant bishop of Giza, the Rev. Balamoun Youaqeem.
"They destroyed the church completely," he said. "All that was left is a few columns and things like that. As a building, it's all gone."
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Woman preacher in Indonesia faces impossible situation
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On Sundays past, a wall of Muslim protesters greeted the Christians. Loudspeakers blared. Protest leaders told Luspida that the Christians should not worship here.
So far, violence has been avoided. But Luspida's small congregation has nowhere to worship.
Last year the local Muslim-dominated government closed down her Huria Kristen Batak Protestan Church and gave the congregation another site, which the members did not accept. They instead chose to worship on property they had already purchased outside of town in another Muslim village, Ciketing.
However, Ciketing's Muslim officials denounced that plan - and said they would prevent the congregation from moving there.
So far, they have done just that.
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Wife of missing Chinese Christian lawyer asks Christians to pray
A Christian Chinese lawyer who has disappeared after being arrested by Chinese police told a human rights group that his detention and probable torture were inevitable.
High-profile lawyer Jiang Tianyong, 41, who has campaigned for religious freedom in China, was seized by police on February 19. His concerned wife, Jin Bianling, has appealed to Christians worldwide to pray for the safe return of her husband.
He had told the human rights group Release International he always knew his work as a human rights lawyer in China could get him into trouble.
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