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05-09-2011, 11:55 AM
Arab Christians moving from Muslim communities
“The Christians don’t want to be around Muslims,” Mr. Abi Haydar said. “They just want to stay away from them.”
Sterling Heights, Mich. - Mich. — Arab Christians here are trying to separate themselves from a boisterous Muslim community that has served as a punching bag for “terrorism” stereotypes since Sept. 11.
Many have moved to Detroit’s northern suburbs — Sterling Heights, Madison Heights, Farmington Hills and the Bloomfield areas — to get away from the high concentration of Muslims in Dearborn, said Pastor Haytham Abi Haydar of Arabic Fellowship Alliance Church.
Other Christians, he said, have turned their backs on their Arab heritage and integrated with American culture.
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Still, there are many pastors and churchgoers who assume that all Arab Christians are converts from Islam, when, in fact, many have been Christians all their lives.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/8/theyre-arab-but-christian/?page=all#pagebreak
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Egypt: Muslim rioters kill 12 and burn Christian churches
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=121&id=53491&t=Egypt%3A+Muslim+rioters+kill+12+and+burn+Christi an+churches
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Nigeria election riots: How leaders stoke Muslim-Christian violence
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2011/0420/Nigeria-election-riots-How-leaders-stoke-Muslim-Christian-violence
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Syrian Protesters Killed; Christians, Muslims Clash in Egypt
In Egypt, where former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February, 11 people were killed and 150 injured yesterday in clashes between Christians and Muslims in Cairo, Al Jazeera television reported. The army was later deployed on city streets to stop the violence that was sparked by reports of a romance between a Coptic Christian and a Muslim, it said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-07/syrian-forces-resume-repression-killing-six-while-libya-bombs-fuel-depot.html
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“The Christians don’t want to be around Muslims,” Mr. Abi Haydar said. “They just want to stay away from them.”
Sterling Heights, Mich. - Mich. — Arab Christians here are trying to separate themselves from a boisterous Muslim community that has served as a punching bag for “terrorism” stereotypes since Sept. 11.
Many have moved to Detroit’s northern suburbs — Sterling Heights, Madison Heights, Farmington Hills and the Bloomfield areas — to get away from the high concentration of Muslims in Dearborn, said Pastor Haytham Abi Haydar of Arabic Fellowship Alliance Church.
Other Christians, he said, have turned their backs on their Arab heritage and integrated with American culture.
(Snip)
Still, there are many pastors and churchgoers who assume that all Arab Christians are converts from Islam, when, in fact, many have been Christians all their lives.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/8/theyre-arab-but-christian/?page=all#pagebreak
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Egypt: Muslim rioters kill 12 and burn Christian churches
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=121&id=53491&t=Egypt%3A+Muslim+rioters+kill+12+and+burn+Christi an+churches
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Nigeria election riots: How leaders stoke Muslim-Christian violence
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2011/0420/Nigeria-election-riots-How-leaders-stoke-Muslim-Christian-violence
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Syrian Protesters Killed; Christians, Muslims Clash in Egypt
In Egypt, where former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February, 11 people were killed and 150 injured yesterday in clashes between Christians and Muslims in Cairo, Al Jazeera television reported. The army was later deployed on city streets to stop the violence that was sparked by reports of a romance between a Coptic Christian and a Muslim, it said.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-07/syrian-forces-resume-repression-killing-six-while-libya-bombs-fuel-depot.html
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