UPDATE:
Join me in praying for Missionaries, fellow members and others especially police, military and other such; who are in harms way around our too-small world.
Status of Missionaries in Ukraine and Venezuela – LDS Newsroom
ORIGINAL:
- Persecution of religious minorities in the Middle East and central Asia has accelerated in recent years, particularly since the “Arab Spring” swept the Middle East in 2011, Shea noted. Egypt’s Coptic Christians, Syria’s Christian minority and Baha’is in Iraq have all been subject to increasing persecution, imprisonment and violent attacks, including murder. In Pakistan, Ahmadiyya Muslims, Hindus and Christians have all come under siege, often by opponents wielding the country’s strict blasphemy laws as a cudgel. In January, the Pew Research Center reported, “The Middle East and North Africa was the most common region for sectarian violence; half of all countries in the region in 2012 experienced this type of violence.”
ADDENDUM
My research into the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Syriac Orthodox Church found this:
International Resources for Latter-day Saints
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Prospective LDS Outreach among Ancient Christian Denominations in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: Matt Martinich
Posted: October 1st, 2012
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