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October 20, 2011

Christians Forced Into the Dictators' Fold

Michael Young, The National

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The recent violence in Egypt between Copts and the Egyptian army, with its sectarian overtones, poured ice on the high expectations surrounding the Arab intifadas. Arab Christians in particular are worried about the future, and their anxieties are colouring their interpretation of the repression all over.

For Christians in the Levant and Iraq,...

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TAGGED: Middle East, Christians, Iraq, Egypt, Egyptian army, Levant

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