Will Christianity Survive in the Middle ...

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For decades, Christians in the Middle East have witnessed their numbers dwindle due to war, occupation and sectarianism, threatening centuries of cultural and religious pluralism that characterized the region. In his recent article "The Damascus Church Bombing and the Collapse of Middle East Christianity," Daoud Kuttab discusses the imperative of reversing t ... Show More

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