Christians Target of Genocide

Posted by on Jan 3, 2011 in Lebanon | 0 comments

(CBS/AP) BEIRUT – Extremist groups are waging a “genocide” against Christians in the Middle East, a former Lebanese president said Monday, after a New Year’s suicide bombing of a church in Egypt killed 21 people. Amin Gemayel, a Christian who served a six-year term as president in the 1980s, cited the attack in Egypt and recent violence in Iraq as he urged leaders to give Christian communities a larger political role. “Massacres are taking place for no reason and without any justification against Christians. It is only because they are Christians,” said...

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