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Washington Report: Where might one find the largest Christian parish in the Middle East? What Middle
Eastern country currently has a Christian as its ambassador to Japan? Where have authorities allowed chapels to be refurbished
and even doubled in size? In what country would one expect to find churches crowded each week for worship legally
protected under the law? (Click here to read more)
PEACE I leave with you, my PEACE
I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27
ISTANBUL, (Compass) -- Coptic Orthodox Christians who gathered yesterday to celebrate their first Sunday
Mass in a small village church were attacked with rocks and firebombs by a Muslim mob near El-Minya, 140 miles south of Cairo.
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David Benjamin Keldani, was a Roman Catolic priest at the Uniate-Chaldean sect. His story is a
sad one, about a "man of God" turning toward the darkness of Islam. He was born in 1867 at Urmia in Persia.
In 1904 he was (alledgedly) sent by the British and Foreign Unitarian Association to carry on an educational and
enlightening work among his country people. On his way to Persia he visited Constantinople; and after several interviews
with Sheiku 'I-Islam Jemalu 'd-Din Effendi and other Ulemas, he embraced Islam, changing his name to 'Abdu 'l-Ahad Dawud.
(click here to read the Moslem version of the story) Mark Pleas (a Christian) pleas@libero.it wrote extensive analysis of this strange story (click here to read the true story from a Christian)
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