Middle East Christian Leaders condemn the Massacre of Copts in Cairo |
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Written by CRNews | |
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 | |
Washington DC - October 10th 2011 We the undersigned leaders of Middle East Christian organizations representing the aspirations of Egyptian Copts, Arameans (Syriacs), Chaldeans, and Assyrians from Southeast Turkey, Syria and Iraq, Maronites and Lebanese Christians, Southern Sudanese, Kabyles Christians from North Africa, denounce vehemently the massacre perpetrated in Cairo on October 9, 2011 at the hands of military forces and armed elements which led to the death of dozens and wounding of about a hundred Coptic Christian demonstrating peacefully. In the name of millions of Christians in the Middle East and in the Diaspora, including in the United States, we declare the following:
We the undersigned leaders of Middle East Christian NGOs have established a coordination committee to follow up on the massacre of Cairo and on other attacks targeting Christian communities in the Greater Middle East. If one of our communities are attacked, we'll consider it as an aggression against all of our communities across the region and worldwide.
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