Moslimvervolging van Christenen

Verwijzingen 1 Jeff Schogol, "McChrystal denies claims of secret military crusade against Islam," Stars and Stripes, January 21, 2011. 2 "Priest says Muslim extremists want to rid Middle East of Christians," Catholic News Agency, December 19, 2010.

3 "6 dead in religion-torn central Nigerian region," Associated Press, January 24, 2011.

4 Aid to the Church in Need, "Religious Freedom in the Majority Islamic Countries 1998 Report: Iraq."www.alleanzacattolica.org/ acs/acs_english/report_98/iraq.htm 5 Bridget Johnson, "Bipartisan effort pressures Obama to help Iraq's Christians," The Hill, December 25, 2010. 6 "Baghdad church hostage drama ends in bloodbath," BBC, November 1, 2010.

7 Zvi Bar'el, "Christmas requiem for Iraq's Christian community," Haaretz, December 24, 2010. 8William Dalrymple, "The final place of refuge for Christians in the Middle East is under threat," The Guardian, September 2, 2006. 9 Rebecca Santana, "Iraqi Christians get set for a grim Christmas," Associated Press, December 19, 2010.

10 "Haunted by violence, Iraqi Christians flee to Turkey," Agence France Presse, January 16, 2011.

11 Nuri Kino, "We Cannot Protect Assyrians and Other Minorities: Iraqi Official," Assyrian International News Agency, December 27, 2010.

12 John Leland and Omar Al-Jawoshy, "Christians Are Casualties of 10 Baghdad Attacks," New York Times, December 30, 2010.

13 Yahya Barzanji and Sameer N. Yacoub, "3 Iraqi cities cancel Christmas festivities," Associated Press, December 22, 2010.

14 Zvi Bar'el, "Christmas requiem for Iraq's Christian community," Haaretz, December 24, 2010.

15 Layla Yousif Rahema, "Christian doctor assaulted in Mosul," Asia News, January 17, 2011 16John Leland, "Baghdad Raids on Alcohol Sellers Stir Fears," New York Times, January 15, 2011.

17 Sameer N. Yacoub, "Christian Priest Killed in Baghdad," Associated Press, April 5, 2008.

18 Sameer N. Yacoub, "Archbishop kidnapped in Iraq dead," Associated Press, March 12, 2008 19 "Iraq: Kidnappers Behead Priest In Mosul," Compass Direct News, October 12, 2006.

20 Bat Ye'or, The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996, p. 44.

21 Bat Ye'or, pp. 271-272.

22 Mary Abdelmassih, "Collapsing Churches Prompt Protests in Egypt For New Law on Church Construction," Assyrian International News Agency, January 22, 2011.

23 "Christians: HRW Report, Discrimination In Egypt Widespread," ANSAmed, January 24, 2011 24 "Death toll in Egypt church bomb blast rises to 22," Press Trust of India, January 3, 2011.

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