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9/17/2012: Anti-Islam video casts spotlight on Coptic Christian groups - The National |
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The following article, written by Bradley Hope and Omar Karmi, appeared in The National on September 17, 2012 at www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/anti-islam-video-casts-spotlight-on-coptic-christian-groups.
CAIRO/WASHINGTON // The 13-minute video clip that defamed the Prophet Mohammed and set off violent protests across the Muslim world has put the spotlight on Coptic Christian advocacy groups in the US and renewed fears of growing religious divisions in Egypt.
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9/14/2012:Controversy over anti-Islamic film shines light on Coptic Christianity - CNN |
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The following article, written by Eric Marrapodi, appeared in CNN on September 14, 2012 at http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/14/controversy-over-anti-islamic-film-shines-light-on-coptic-christianity/.
Violence in the Muslim world over an anti-Islamic film that appears to have been produced by a Coptic Christian is bringing uncomfortable focus on the religious tradition.
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9/13/2012: Blasphemy revisited - World |
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The following article, written by Emily Belz, appeared in World on September 13, 2012 at http://www.worldmag.com/2012/09/blasphemy_revisited.
NEW YORK - The Wednesday morning after Egyptians overran the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, the embassy affirmed its statement condemning, not the violence, but the supposed incitement: an American video that attacks Islam.
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9/10/2012: Activists hail release of Christian pastor in Iran, teen in Pakistan - Washington Post On Faith |
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The following article, written by Adelle Banks for Religion News Service, appeared in The Washington Post, On Faith on September 10, 2012 at www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/activists-hail-release-of-christian-pastor-in-iran-teen-in-pakistan/2012/09/10/c2d1cc86-fb8e-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html.
Religious rights activists are hailing the release over the weekend of an Iranian pastor accused of apostasy and a Pakistani girl who was charged with blasphemy.
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9/8/2012: Christian pastor - once sentenced to death in Iran - is released, group says - CNN Belief Blog |
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The following article, written by Michael Martinez, appeared in CNN Belief Blog and WFMZ on September 13, 2012 at http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/08/christian-pastor-once-sentenced-to-death-in-iran-is-released-group-says/.
(CNN) - A Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy was reunited with his family Saturday after a trial court acquitted him, said a nonprofit group monitoring the case.
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9/8/2012: Iran releases persecuted Christian pastor - The Jerusalem Post |
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The following article, written by Benjamin Weinthal, appeared in The Jerusalem Post on September 8, 2012 at http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=284322
Iran has released Youcef Nadarkhani, a Christian pastor, after three years of imprisonment on charges of apostasy, according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCRIF).
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8/26/2012: Renew Amendment to help religious refugees - San Antonio Express-News |
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The following opinion, written by Judy Lackritz, appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on August 26, 2012 at www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Renew-amendment-to-help-religious-refugees-3813539.php.
In San Antonio, I coordinate a program that provides dinners for wounded military personnel and their families. Last year, I met a volunteer at one of the dinners, Eva Balcazar. I learned that Eva is a survivor who left Berlin with her parents after Kristallnacht. They were granted visas to live in Ecuador, and her family was assisted there by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Eva, however, did not know HIAS still existed.
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8/20/2012: Envoy Visits Monk, Activist - Radio Free Asia |
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The following article appeared in Radio Free Asia on August 20, 2012 at http://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/ambassador-08202012181357.html.
The U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam meets with dissidents to discuss human rights and religious freedom. The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam has held rare talks with two local prominent dissidents—the head of a banned Buddhist group under de facto house arrest and a prodemocracy activist—in an apparent bid to highlight religious freedom and prodemocracy activism in the country.
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7/30/2012: State Department highlights global religious restrictions in new report - Religion News Service |
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(RNS) Religious minorities continue to suffer loss of their rights across the globe, the State Department reported Monday (July 30), with a rise in blasphemy laws and restrictions on faith practices.
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7/15/2012: Highland Park woman says father’s religion led to imprisonment in Iran - Chicago Tribune |
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The following article, written by Jeff Danna, appeared in the Chicago Tribune on July 15, 2012 at http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-15/news/ct-met-highland-park-family-iran-20120715_1_baha-is-islamic-republic-zoroastrians.
Highland Park resident Nasrin Nakhaei learned in May that her 85-year-old father, Muhammad-Husayn Nakha'i, had been arrested and jailed in his home country of Iran. The government has not said why it arrested him, Nakhaei said, but the family suspects it's because of his Baha'i faith.
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7/4/2012 Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett: The BIggest Problem Faced by Copts in Egypt is Impunity - Mideast Christian News |
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The following article appeared in the MidEast Christian News on July 4, 2012:
The Third Annual Coptic Solidarity Conference which took place only one day after the victory of an Islamist in the Egyptian presidential elections, focused on U.S. National Security and Advancing Human and Minority Rights in Egypt.
Attending the conference was Ms Katrina Lantos Swett, chairperson of the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
Dr Katrina Lantos Swett who was appointed to the Commission in March 2012 and is serving her first term, said that the biggest problem faced by the Copts in Egypt continues to be one of impunity.
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