Nina Shea

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  Jan 13, 2015

  Hate-Speech Laws Aren't the Answer to Islamic Extremism; They're Part of the Problem

  What lesson will Europe draw from the Charlie Hebdo massacre?

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  Dec 25, 2014

  Christians on the Run From Iraq

  For the first time in 1,400 years, there will be no Christmas celebrations in Nineveh province, home to Iraq's largest remaining Christian community and largest non-Muslim minority, and a site of great biblical significance.

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  Nov 13, 2014

  Barbarism 2014: On Religious Cleansing by Islamists

  In a brief, nationally televised announcement on August 7th regarding the Islamic State, which invaded the multicultural, northern Nineveh Province of Iraq this summer, President Obama observed "these terrorists have been especially barbaric towards religious minorities, including Christian and Yazidis."

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  Aug 6, 2014

  ISIS Is on the Verge of Expelling Northern Iraq's Religious Minorities

  The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, is continuing its two-month-old rampage across northern Iraq's large, multi-cultural Nineveh province, intensifying religious cleansing and further consolidating its power. Nineveh's Assyrian Christians report that Sunnis from throughout Iraq – including some from Kurdistan — have joined the some 10,000 jihadists to fight under the black banner of the Islamic State.

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  Jul 30, 2014

  Only America Can Save Iraq's Last Christians

  In recent years, Iraq's Christians have experienced relentless persecution by various extremist groups, and, along with a civil conflict in which the Christians remain neutral, it has taken a hard toll on their numbers.

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  Jun 18, 2014

  Where Do Mosul's Christians Go Now? American Help Is Needed

  Over two days last week, every one of Mosul's thousands of Christians fled the Sunni Jihadi invasion and they are not going back. All their ancient and beautiful churches and monasteries there will remain closed, and a handful have already been desecrated. In effect, a targeted religious cleansing of Christians has taken place in Iraq's second largest city and one known through much of the past 2,000 years as Nineveh, Iraq's Christian center.

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  Jun 11, 2014

  The Cleansing of Iraq's Christians Is Entering Its End Game

  Once upon a time, some of the Mosul Christians might have fled to Syria, but they now have few options. More will give up on the region altogether and join their relatives and former neighbors in Michigan, California, Sweden, and elsewhere in the West. The fall of Mosul is a serious blow for the Iraqi state, and the implications for Iraq's Christian community are devastating.

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  Jun 5, 2014

  Obama Adds Insult to Injury for Sharia-Condemned Young Mother in Sudan

  On death row in Sudan last week, Meriam Ibrahim gave birth to a girl, whom she named Maya. The 27-year-old prisoner of conscience is now a step closer to the gallows. On May 15, Meriam was sentenced to be hanged for apostasy from Islam, but the execution was ordered delayed until the then-8-month pregnant defendant delivered and weaned the baby.

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  May 20, 2014

  Action Being Taken to Help Christians in the Middle East

  On the morning of April 7, Dutch Jesuit priest Frans Van Der Lugt was most likely in meditation, as was his custom, when gunmen burst into his monastery in the old part of the Syrian town of Homs. They grabbed the 75-year-old clergyman, beat him, dragged him outside and shot him twice in the head. The assassins were probably jihadis who then controlled Homs.

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  May 12, 2014

  The Obama State Department's Understanding of Boko Haram Was Even More Delusional than You Thought

  A news article in last Friday's New York Times sets out to explore why the United States waited until November 2013 to designate Nigeria's Boko Haram as a "foreign terrorist organization."