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. Egyptian authorities recently barged onto and seized land belonging to an ancient Coptic Orthodox Christian monastery that was originally founded in the year 360 AD that is, more than 250 years before Islam first invaded (and subsequently conquered) Christian Egypt in the seventh century. On May 30, 2021, authorities arrived with bulldozers and police at the Monastery of Saint Macarius in the deserts of Wadi al-Rayan in Fayum. They demolished a fence of the annex-farm and other structures, including a church that had been erected by the monks living there. Several monks who protested or tried to prevent this state sanctioned destruction were arrested but shortly released.
How much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?
The birthplace of Christianity may soon be uninhabitable for its believers without reforms to help them survive. A Palestinian National security unit is deployed in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, ahead of Christmas, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
December 24, 2020
(RNS) Days before the start of Advent, mobs in a city 200 miles south along the Nile from Cairo burned Coptic Orthodox Christian homes and ransacked Christian businesses before attacking a church with stones and Molotov cocktails. Why? Because of a Facebook post that allegedly mentioned the Prophet Muhammad and the attackers found offensive.
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Victoria is one step closer to banning gay conversion therapy after a majority of lower house MPs voted in favour of the legislation.
The Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill passed the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, the final parliamentary sitting day of the year.
All 55 MPs in the chamber voted in favour of the bill, with the opposition abstaining.
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews hailed the bill as life-changing. Every person has the right to be proud of who they are and who they love, and should never be required to hide away, let alone apologise for their identity,” he said.