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Shane McGinley, “Kuwaiti MPs call for ban on construction of churches,”
Arabian Business
, February 19, 2012,
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/kuwaiti-mps-call-for-ban-on-construction-of-churches-445971.html
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70
Raymond Ibrahim, “Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for ‘Destruction of All Churches in Region,’” FrontPage Magazine, March 19, 2012,
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/raymond-ibrahim/saudi-grand-mufti-calls-for-destruction-of-all-churches-in-region/
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71
Luiza Oleszczuk, “Church ‘Evicted’ After 7 Years Proof of Kuwait’s New Islamist Policy?,”
Christian Post,
May 23, 2012,
http://global.christianpost.com/news/church-evicted-after-7-years-proof-of-kuwaits-new-islamist-policy-75415/#BuWJRgffrjr4VBTp.99
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73
Associated Press, “Plan for Catholic church makes waves in Bahrain,” Fox News, September 3, 2012,
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/03/plan-for-catholic-church-makes-waves-in-bahrain/#ixzz2A3NFcY6X
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74
Vento Saudale, “Radical Groups Disrupt Yasmin Church Sunday Service,”
Jakarta Globe
, January 22, 2012,
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/radical-groups-disrupt-yasmin-church-sunday-service/492911
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75
“BUMPER STICKER PROMPTS ANOTHER ISLAMIST ATTACK ON INDONESIAN CHURCH,” Barnabas Aid, January 5, 2012,
http://barnabasfund.org/UK/News/Archives/Bumper-sticker-prompts-another-Islamist-attack-on-Indonesian-church.html
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76
“SEALED-OFF INDONESIAN CHURCH CAN REOPEN–IF MOSQUE IS BUILT NEXT DOOR,” Barnabas Aid, May 4, 2012,
http://barnabasfund.org/US/Sealed-off-Indonesian-church-can-reopen-if-mosque-is-built-next-door.html
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77
“ISLAMISTS BLOCK PERSECUTED INDONESIAN CHURCH FROM HOLDING SERVICE,” Barnabas Aid, April 24, 2012,
http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Islamists-block-persecuted-Indonesian-church-from-holding-service.html
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78
Nurdin Hasan, “Church Row a ‘Dark Time’ for Aceh,”
Jakarta Globe
, May 11, 2012,
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/lawandorder/church-row-a-dark-time-for-aceh/516998
.
79
Nurdin Hasan and Ezra Sihite, “Aceh Mob Targets Another Storefront Church,”
Jakarta Globe
, June 19, 2012,
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/aceh-mob-targets-another-storefront-church/524900
.
80
“Two More Churches in West Java, Indonesia, Sealed Off,”
Religion Today
, August 21, 2012,
http://www.religiontoday.com/blog/two-more-churches-west-java-indonesia-sealed-off.html
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81
“Bandung Church Shuttered Amid Protests,”
Jakarta Globe
, July 30, 2012,
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/bandung-church-shuttered-amid-protests/533701
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82
“Islamists Raid House Churches in West Java,” World Watch Monitor, December 18, 2012,
http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/indonesia/29983
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83
Mathias Hariyadi, “Anti-Christian violence: extremists set fire to Protestant church in Poso,”
AsiaNews
, October 23, 2012,
http://www.asianews.it/ news-en/Anti-Christian-violence:-extremists-set-fire-to-Protestant-church-in-Poso-26163. html
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84
“Indonesia: 3 Christian girls beheaded,”
AsiaNews
, October 29, 2005,
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indonesia:-3-Christian-girls-beheaded-4486.html
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85
Mathias Hariyadi, “Nine churches and six Buddhist temples shut down under Islamist pressure in Banda Aceh,”
AsiaNews
, October 18, 2012,
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Nine-churches-and-six-Buddhist-temples-shut-down-under-Islamist-pressure-in-Banda-Aceh-26120.html
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86
Ye’or,
The Decline of Eastern Christianity
, 85.
87
Mary Abdelmassih, “Building a Church is a ‘Sin’ Against God, Says Egyptian Muslim Council,” Assyrian International News Agency, August 31, 2009,
http://www.aina.org/news/20090831182120.htm
.
88
Raymond Ibrahim, “Fatwa Bans Christian Priests from Public Transportation to Church,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, July 23, 2012,
http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/fatwa-bans-christian-priests-from-public-transportation-to-church/
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89
“Copts United Exposes Through Formal Sources Aswan Governor’s False Claims Concerning Church of Maranib,” Copts United, October 1, 2011,
http://www.copts-united.com/Arabic2011/PrintPage.php? A=44523
, translation by the author.
90
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Blockade Christian Village in Egypt, Demand Demolition of Church, Assyrian International News Agency, September 9, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110908193725.htm
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91
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslim Mob Torches Coptic Church in Egypt,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 1, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110930204413.htm
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92
Tawfik Hamid, “Coptic Christians under Siege in Egypt,” Newsmax, October 11, 2011,
http://www.newsmax.com/TawfikHamid/Coptic-Christians-Egypt-Mubarak/2011/10/11/id/413960
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93
Mary Abdelmassih, “Christian Copts in Egypt Protest Muslim Attacks,” Assyrian International News Agency, March 8, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110307205517.htm
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Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Attack Christians in Egypt, 12 Killed, 232 Injured,” Assyrian International News Agency, May 8, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110508144114.htm
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95
“Authorities, Islamists in Egypt Stop Church from Re-Opening,” World Watch Monitor, May 20, 2012,
http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/egypt/article_112944.html
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96
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Surround Church in Upper Egypt, Threaten to Kill Priest,” Assyrian International News Agency, June 24, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110623193821.htm
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97
Samuel Ashay, “Salafis Besiege Church Priest for Refusing to Pay Jizya,”
El Bashayer
, June 23, 2011,
http://elbashayeronline.com/news-143400.html
, translation by the author.
98
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslim Attack on Christians in Egypt Provoked by Installation of Church Bell,” Assyrian International News Agency, July 28, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110727201803.htm
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99
Mary Abdelmassih, “Another Church in Egypt Attacked By Muslims,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 4, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20111004183833.htm
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100
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims in Egypt Burn Christian Homes and Shops, Attack Church,” Assyrian International News Agency, January 20, 2012,
http://www.aina.org/news/2012011921919.htm
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101
Mary Abdelmassih, “20,000 Muslims Attempt to Kill Pastor and Torch Church in Egypt,” Assyrian International News Agency, February 15, 2012,
http://www.aina.org/news/20120214194904.htm
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102
“Nuns Traumatized after School Attack in Egypt,” World Watch Monitor, March 16, 2012,
http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/egypt/article_1449790.html
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103
“Muslim Assailants in Egypt Escape Prosecution,” World Watch Monitor, April 20, 2012,
http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/egypt/article_1512686.html
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104
Mary Abdelmassih, “Egyptian Muslims Torch 8 Christian Homes on Rumor of Church Construction,” Assyrian International News Agency, June 26, 2011,
http://www.aina.org/news/20110625204733.htm
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105
Saher Mawgi, “Fi Kinisat Qasr al-Dubara [In the Church of Qasr al-Dubara],”
Al Masry Al Youm
, September 17, 2012,
http://today.almasryalyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=353549
.” ”
106
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslim Egyptian Lawyer and His Sons Attempt to Demolish Church,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 8, 2012,
http://www.aina.org/news/20121008001210.htm
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107
Raymond Ibrahim, “Egypt: Muslims force Christians out of church during prayer, police advise priest to comply,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, June 26, 2012,
http://www.raymondibrahim.com/from-the-arab-world/egypt-muslims-force-christians-out-of-church-during-prayer-police-advise-priest-to-comply/
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108
Mary Abdelmassih, “Muslims Attack Coptic Christians in Egypt After Mass,” Assyrian International News Agency, October 30, 2012,
http://www.aina.org/news/20121029195111.htm
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109
“Paying Jizyah is a Sign of Kufr and Disgrace,”
Qtafsir
, n.d.,
http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2566&Itemid=64
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110
Youssef, “Church Ransacked in Eastern Algeria,”
Maghreb Christians
, February 14, 2012,
http://www.maghrebchristians.com/2012/02/14/church-ransacked-in-eastern-algeria/
.
111
Diane Macedo, “Thousands of Christians Displaced in Ethiopia After Muslim Extremists Torch Churches, Homes, Fox News, March 24, 2011,
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/24/thousands-christians-displaced-ethiopia-muslim-extremists-torch-churches-homes-2057387870/
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112
Joseph DeCaro, “Ethiopia: Muslim Police Join Students in Demolishing Church,”
Christian Persecution Info
, December 13, 2011,
http://www.christianpersecution.info/index.php?view=11116
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113
“Islamic Extremists Beat, Mock Christians,” World Watch Monitor, April 12, 2012,
http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/india/article_1503416.html
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114
“CHURCH TORCHED, CHRISTIANS THREATENED AND ATTACKED IN INDIAN STATE,” Barnabas Aid, June 2, 2012,
http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Church-torched-Christians-threatened-and-attacked-in-Indian-state.html
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115
Nirmala Carvalho, “Indian Kashmir, ‘unknown arsonists’ set fire to a Catholic church,”
AsiaNews
, May 25, 2010,
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indian-Kashmir-Muslims-set-fire-to-a-Catholic-church-24848.html
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116
Rabia Ali, “Children attacked, church wrecked for disturbing prayers with carols,”
The Express Tribune
, January 13, 2012,
http://tribune.com.pk/story/320644/children-attacked-church-wrecked-for-disturbing-prayers-with-carols/
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117
“The church of San Francesco attacked in Karachi: the Franciscans in fear,” Agenzia Fides, October 17, 2012,
http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=32451&lan=eng
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118
“Faisalabad: Islamic extremists attack Christian community, two faithful injured,”
Asia News
, February 23, 2012,
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/ Faisalabad:-Islamic-extremists-attack-Christian-community,-two-faithful-injured-24049. html
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119
“Two Churches Torched in Indonesia,”
Jakarta Globe
, August 3, 2011,
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/two-churches-torched-in-indonesia/456930
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120
Camelia Pasandaran, “Churches Can’t Be Built in Streets With Islamic Names: Bogor Mayor,”
Jakarta Globe
, August 19, 2011,
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/churches-cant-be-built-in-streets-with-islamic-names-bogor-mayor/460241
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121
“Two Christians Slain in Attack Outside Church in Pakistan,” World Watch Monitor, March 22, 2011,
http://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/english/country/pakistan/article_98906.html
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122
“Tunisian Associate to Help Minorities: ‘Tunisian Orthodox Church Receives Threats from Salafis,’” al-Quds, April 3, 2012, translated by the author in “Tunisia: Muslims Threaten Church, Cover Its Cross with Garbage Bags,” Raymond Ibrahim: Islam Translated, April 5, 2012,
http://www.raymondibrahim.com/ from-the-arab-world/tunisia-muslims-threaten-church-cover-its-cross-with-garbage-bags/
,
http://www.alquds.com/news/article/view/id/345557
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123
“Further Vandalism of Orthodox Church in Tunis,”
Notes on Arab Orthodoxy
, April 7, 2012,
http://araborthodoxy.blogspot.com/2012/04/further-vandalism-of-orthodox-church-in.html
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124
“MUSLIM BID TO TURN CHRISTIAN SITE INTO A MOSQUE IN TUNISIA,” Barnabas Aid, September 26, 2011,
http://barnabasfund.org/US/News/Archives/Muslim-bid-to-turn-Christian-site-into-a-mosque-in-Tunisia.html
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125
“Muslim Extremists Strike at Christians in East African Isles,”
Prophecy News Watch
,
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2012/January17/1761.html
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