Tag Archives: Islam

Priest says Muslim extremists want to rid Middle East of Christians

Posted on 20 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Putting our problems as Catholics in the modernist world in perspective, here is a story from CNA.
Priest says Muslim extremists want to rid Middle East of Christians
Cairo, Egypt, Dec 19, 2010 / 06:02 pm (CNA).- An Egyptian priest has explained … Continue reading →

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Iran: Christian convert to be executed

Posted on 10 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pray, please, for our brother Christian Youcef, sentenced to be executed in Iran for converting to Christianity from the religion of peace.
Iran to execute Christian pastor for renouncing Islam
December 10, 2010
Youcef Nadarkhani, a 32-year-old Protestant pastor who became a Christian … Continue reading →

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Christian couple killed by “Arabs” in Baghdad

Posted on 5 December 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

More worrisome news from Baghdad via CNN:
Iraq: Gunmen kill elderly Christian couple inside their Baghdad home
By the CNN Wire Staff
December 5, 2010
(CNN) — Attackers gunned down an elderly Christian couple late Sunday inside their Baghdad home, the latest in a … Continue reading →

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“It is good to strike the serpent’s head with your enemy’s hand.”

Posted on 9 November 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

William Oddie of The Catholic Herald has an engaging piece about the mutual interests of Catholicism and Islam.
It may be pretty much impossible to have discussions on doctrine, but we have common ground in combating secularism and the dictatorship of … Continue reading →

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Questions raised by Nostra aetate about the Christian God and Muslim Allah

Posted on 10 September 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Under another entry a commentator said:
It’s also about time that Catholics start repudiating those sections of Nostra Aetate referring to Muslims.
Let’s have a look at the relevant paragraph of Nostra aetate.
3. Ecclesia cum aestimatione quoque Muslimos respicit qui unicum Deum … Continue reading →

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