Eibner Presents Findings from Syria Visit WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –Today, CSI-USA’s CEO, Dr. John Eibner urged President Obama to present guarantees of the rights of Syria’s religious minorities, and religious freedom and parity for all Syrians as central tenants of his Syria policy. He added that credibility of such guarantees depended on public endorsement… Read more »
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EIBNER: Preserving Syria’s ‘first freedom’
The Washington Times August 23, 2013 The horrific scenes of paralyzed children gasping for breath in vain after a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs this week prompted me to recall President Obama’s historic decision two years ago to make regime change in Syria official U.S. policy. The removal of Syrian President Bashar Assad,… Read more »
The Religious Cleansing of Qusayr, Syria: An Eyewitness Account
In the first six months of 2012, the Syrian city of Qusayr was religiously cleansed. The entire Christian population of the city – over 800 families – was expelled by armed Islamic jihadists fighting against the Syrian regime. On CSI’s recent mission to Syria, we were able to interview one of the survivors of the… Read more »
Dr. Eibner Before Congress: Syrian Religious Minorities Face Threat of “Eradication”
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dr. John Eibner, the CEO of Christian Solidarity International (CSI-USA), testified today in a congressional hearing that the Syrian civil war “could lead to the eradication of religious minorities,” including Christians, Alawite Muslims, Shia Muslims and Druze. The hearing was a joint subcommittee hearing of the House Foreign Affairs… Read more »
Egyptian Academic: Is Syria heading towards majoritarian rule?
Professor warns of growing sectarian violence in Egypt and Syria at CSI supported conference OXFORD, England, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Mariz Tadros, an Egyptian academic based at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, spoke of worrisome processes of democratization in Syria and Egypt in a talk atOxford University on June… Read more »
Former President of Lebanon: Christians in Middle East Face “Existential Crisis”
Former President Amine Gemayal Condemns “Conspiracy of Silence” on Issue OXFORD, England, June 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Amine Gemayal, the former president of Lebanon, warned today that Christians in the Middle East face an “existential crisis,” due to the “dangerous phenomenon of religious cleansing.” Gemayal’s speech, entitled, “The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle… Read more »
CSI Supports Conference on Future of Religious Minorities in Middle East at St. Antony’s, Oxford
Former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel and former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Williams, among the Speakers OXFORD, England, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — St. Antony’s College at Oxford University is hosting a conference on “The Future of Religious Minorities in the Middle East, North Africa and the Two Sudans” today, June 7, and tomorrow, June 8…. Read more »
Bishop Nazir-Ali Calls for Equality for Christians and other Groups, Women in Arab Spring Countries
ZURICH, Switzerland, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican Bishop of Rochester and co-head of the Anglican-Al Azhar Dialogue, warned in a speech hosted by Christian Solidarity International (CSI) last Thursday against the rising threat of a “tyranny of the majority” in countries affected by the recent Arab revolutions, and called on… Read more »
CSI Mission to Help Syrian Christians
CSI-USA’s Dr. John Eibner and Joel Veldkamp were in the Middle East recently to meet with Christian refugees from Syria, and to develop further CSI’s program for supporting Syrian Christians threatened by war and religious cleansing. Thanks to our supporters, CSI has already been supplying vital humanitarian aid to Christians living on the frontlines of… Read more »
Pastor recounts stories of South Sudan slavery for Marin Catholic students
March 1, 2013 Megan Hansen Marin Independent Journal A Denver pastor is using her personal stories about freeing South Sudanese slaves to inspire Marin Catholic High School students to support her cause and advocate an end to slavery. The Rev. Heidi McGinness has been working with Christian Solidarity International — a nonprofit human rights organization… Read more »
