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News Cyprus Religion: Trump admin honors Muslim cleric who protected 262 Christians during terror attack

Published on: Monday 22 July 2019
Trump admin honors Muslim cleric who protected 262 Christians during terror attack
News source: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-admin-honors-muslim-cleric-who-protected-262-christians-during-terror-attack

William and Pascale Warda of Iraq have devoted their lives to advancing religious freedom and other human rights causes in their country. Salpy Eskidjian Weiderud of Cyprus has fully committed herself ...

News Cyprus Religion: Turkish muscle flexing in Mediterranean rekindles Cyprus peace efforts

Published on: Friday 26 July 2019
Turkish muscle flexing in Mediterranean rekindles Cyprus peace efforts
News source: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/turkey-muscle-flexing-mediterranean-cyprus-peace-efforts.html

Cyprus has remained divided since 1974 ... Ankara had a “let’s Turkify the Turkish Cypriots” policy. The AKP just slapped religion on it, financing the construction of a giant mosque complex north of ...

News Cyprus Religion: Gay people exist because pregnant women had ‘anal sex’ claims orthodox bishop in Cyprus

Published on: Friday 26 July 2019
Gay people exist because pregnant women had ‘anal sex’ claims orthodox bishop in Cyprus
News source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9595762/gay-pregnant-women-anal-sex-bishop-cyprus/

Church of Cyprus bishop Neophytos Masouras made his surreal statement while speaking at a primary school on the island. The Greek Orthodox religious leader claimed homosexuality is “a problem, which ...

News Cyprus Religion: US confers Religious Freedom Award on Plateau imam who saved 200 Christians from insurgents

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
US confers Religious Freedom Award on Plateau imam who saved 200 Christians from insurgents
News source: https://punchng.com/us-confers-religious-freedom-award-on-plateau-imam-who-saved-200-christians-from-insurgents/

Abdullahi would be receiving the award along with others from Cyprus, Sudan ... risked his own life to save members of another religious community, who would have likely been killed without ...

News Cyprus Religion: Muslim cleric who hid Christians during attacks honored in the US

Published on: Thursday 18 July 2019
Muslim cleric who hid Christians during attacks honored in the US
News source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/18/africa/nigeria-cleric-honored-intl/index.html

Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, along with four religious leaders from Sudan, Iraq, Brazil and Cyprus, were awarded the 2019 the International Religious Freedom Award, which is given to advocates of ...

News Cyprus Religion: Africa: International Religious Freedom Award Winners

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Africa: International Religious Freedom Award Winners
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907180193.html

Press Release - The US State Department’s first-ever International Religious Freedom Awards ceremony to honor extraordinary advocates of religious freedom from around the world was held on July 17.These are honorees:

News Cyprus Religion: Religious efforts to enhance peacebuilding and human rights in Cyprus: The Swedish Contribution

Published on: Thursday 23 May 2019
News source: http://www.financialmirror.com/blog-details.php?nid=2237

It all started quietly in 2009, at the Residence of the Swedish Ambassador to Cyprus. Ever since, the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP) evolved into an active peacebuilding effort ...

News Cyprus Religion: Cyprus and Russia aim to find new areas of cooperation

Published on: Saturday 01 June 2019
News source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/06/02/cyprus-and-russia-aim-to-find-new-areas-of-cooperation/

who said that Cyprus has long been a stable and good partner of Russia in Europe. In his message, Lavrov pointed out that the common religious and cultural heritage of the two peoples and the ...