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Report: Egyptian State Security Accused of Cover-up in Muslim Riots
From the Assyrian International News Agency. (HT: The Volokh Conspiracy): Cairo (AINA) — In an effort to cover up the Muslim mob violence against the Copts which broke out last week in the town of Farshoot and neighboring villages (AINA 11-22-2009, 11-23-2009), and in view of the complete news blackout imposed by the Egyptian government,…
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Patriarch Kirill calls for powerful reply to train bomb
From Reuters: A blast derailed a high-speed Russian train Friday night on the main line between Moscow and Russia’s second city, St Petersburg, raising fears of a new wave of attacks five years after a bombing campaign in Moscow by Chechen rebels. “We believe the reply will be effective and powerful enough to show these…
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Report: ‘Serious violations’ of human rights in Turkey
Here’s an introductory clip from Forum 18’s “TURKEY: Religious freedom survey, November 2009”: Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council May 2010 Universal Periodic Review of Turkey, Forum 18 News Service has found that the country continues to see serious violations of international human rights standards on freedom of religion or belief. A long-standing crucially…
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Christian Hellenism — The Foundation of Western Culture
From the chapter on “Liturgy and Theology and Byzantine Culture” in The Formation of Christendom by Christopher Dawson (Sheed & Ward, 1967): The essential achievement of the patristic age was the synthesis of Eastern religion and Western culture, or, to be more precise, the uniting of the spiritual traditions of Hellenism and the political and…
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George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
A blessed Thanksgiving to Observer readers. [New York, 3 October 1789] By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor–…
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