Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin analysis & editorials from miscellaneous sources published on August 30-31/16 Christianity at risk of dying out in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, Orthodox Church leader warns/Ruth Gledhill/Christian Today August 30/16 Did Washington ask Lebanon to negotiate with Israel over oil/Jean Aziz//Al-Monitor/August 30/16 A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Britain: July 2016/Dating Sites for Polygamists, Dog Bans and Pardons, Pardons, Pardons/Soeren Kern/Gatestone Institute/August 30/16 The New Normal: Today’s Arab Debate Over Ties With Israel/David Pollock/Fikra Forum/The Washington Institute/August 30/16 Saudi deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman’s Pakistan Detour/Simon Henderson/The Washington Institute/August 30/16 Egyptian Coptic MP ‘Imad Gad: Separating Religion And State – A Condition For Democracy/MEMRI/August 30/16 Kashmir: The Islamists are Pressing Ahead/Jagdish N. Singh/Gatestone Institute/August 30/16 The morning after: What happens to Gaza if Hamas is toppled/Shlomi Eldar/Al-Monitor/August 30/16 The hijab, niqab and burkini/Abdulrahman al-Rashed/Al Arabiya/August 30/16 Why is Iran trying to assassinate Saudi ambassadors/Turki Aldakhil/Al Arabiya/August 30/16 The Saudi deputy crown prince’s Asia trip: Rebooting China-Saudi economic ties/Dr. Naser al-Tamimi/Al Arabiya/August 30/16 Who are the real enemies of India and Pakistan/Khaled Almaeena/Al Arabiya/August 30/16 Russia, the bitter medicine Iran must swallow/Camelia Entekhabi-Fard/Al Arabiya/August 30/16
Titles For Latest Lebanese Related News published on August 30-31/16 Christianity at risk of dying out in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, Orthodox Church leader warns Salam Refuses Mediation with FPM, Expresses Keeness on Government’s Credibility Change and Reform to Appeal Decrees Issued by Cabinet, Threatens Dialogue Boycott Report: Hariri-Aoun Relations Showing Flexibility Security Tension Erupts at Dawn in Ain el-Hilweh Report: Financial Concerns Surface as OECD Characterizes Lebanon as Negative U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Visits Ain el-Hilweh Camp Hezbollah denounces International Court’s decisions regarding Akhbar newspaper, Amine Salam on missing Imam Sadr: He sacrificed his life to defend dialogue Mustaqbal Says Presidency, Premiership National Issues, Not Sectarian Alain Aoun: Not necessary to attend dialogue if consensuality not defined Shehayyeb meets Kanaan over trash crisis Intellectuals mobilize to call for president election Kaag pays visit to Ain El Helwe camp Did Washington ask Lebanon to negotiate with Israel over oil?
Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin For Miscellaneous Reports And News published on August 30-31/16 Three Hurt in Suicide Blast at China’s Kyrgyzstan Embassy Syrian rebels make gains in northern Hama province London, Paris Seek U.N. Sanctions on Damascus for Chemical Attacks IS Says Spokesman Adnani Killed in Syria’s Aleppo IS Buried Thousands in 72 Mass Graves Turkish, Kurdish forces in Syria agree to ‘stop shooting at each other’ Israel razes home of Palestinian involved in deadly shooting Israel lashes back after UN envoy’s comments on settlements Turkish military: US-led coalition planes hit ISIS in north Syria Egypt opens Gaza border crossing for Muslim pilgrimage Iraq militias ‘enlisting children’ for Mosul push Drone strike kills 3 Qaeda suspects in Yemen Last chemical weapons shipped out of Libya Obama to meet Turkey’s Erdogan at G20 summit Egypt’s parliament is to vote on tougher penalties for FGM Iran: Attorney at law on the 1988 massacre: Khomeini was Imam of law or lawlessness? Iran: Mullah Pour-Mohammadi, Rouhani’s Minister of Justice, admits he is proud of his role in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners The clerical Assembly of Experts: Khomeini wrote to Montazeri that you will hand over the county to liberals and through them to the Mojahedin
Christianity at risk of dying out in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, Orthodox Church leader warns Ruth Gledhill/Christian Today August 30/16 https://eliasbejjaninews.com/2016/08/30/christian-today-christianity-at-risk-of-dying-out-in-syria-lebanon-and-iraq-orthodox-church-leader-warns/ Christianity is in danger of disappearing across entire countries in the Middle East, the land of its birth, according to a senior Orthodox Church leader. There have been repeated warnings about the decline of Christianity in Iraq under the Islamic State onslaught. Eight in ten Christians have left Iraq since 2003. But the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Aphrem II, has now warned that Christianity is also at risk of disappearing in Syria and Lebanon. The massive decline of the Christian population in Turkey from 3.5m to 150,000 in the last 100 years alone could be repeated in Syria and Lebanon, he warned. “I am worried that Christianity is on the way out both in Syria and Iraq as well as in Lebanon,” he told John Pontifex of Aid to the Church in Need, a Catholic charity which provides emergency help and spiritual support for Christians worldwide. Already, in Syria, half of the Christians are either displaced or have fled abroad. Many are also fleeing Lebanon where there is terrible poverty. The Patriarch, whose church numbers five million worldwide, also called on Europe’s leaders to be more active in stopping radicalised Muslims entering their countries, warning against those who reject Western values and want Sharia law widely implemented. “There should be a way of screening those who come to Europe so that they do not embrace extremist ideology. I do not know how this should happen but it is necessary and should be done without infringing the rights of those who are peace-loving and law-abiding,” he said. “Then there are those from Europe who go to Syria and elsewhere to wage jihad and who then come back from their countries. Europe has to be prepared for that.”Patriarch Aphrem will be the guest-of-honour at the UK launch of the charity’s Religious Freedom in the World report in London in November.
