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Egyptians Vote in Major Test of Shift to Democracy

CAIRO -- Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians lined up by the hundreds Saturday to vote on constitutional amendments sponsored by the ruling military that critics fear could propel the country's largest Islamist group to become Egypt's most dominant political force. The nationwide referendum is...

Muslims and Christians Clash in Cairo [VIDEO]

Holy Land Beckons Tourists to Path of the Virgin Mary

EIN KAREM, Israel -- Christian tourists have long come to the Holy Land to walk in the footsteps of Jesus. Now they can trace the path of the Virgin Mary as well. "The Holy Land is the homeland of the Virgin Mary, where all the important events in her life took place, and it is only natural to follow a pilgrimage...

Iran Rounds Up Christians in Crackdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by Islamic leaders who often boast they provide room for other faiths. The latest raids have targeted grass-roots Christian groups Iran describes as "hard-liners" who pose...

Al-Qaida Threat on Iraq Christians Linked to Egypt

CAIRO -- The wives of two Egyptian Coptic priests, forbidden by the Church from divorcing their abusive husbands, desperately sought another way out by converting to Islam. When their intentions were discovered, police handed them over to the Church and their whereabouts since have been unknown. The cases caused a furor...

Background on christians

A Christian (, (from the ) is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament.

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