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Subject: The Christian Presence in the Middle Eas
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lunpu 10.09.16 - 02:58pm
Christian communities in many countries of the Middle East are suffering from decline in numbers because of emigration, low birth rates, and, in some places, persecution. In many countries there is actual (if not also legal) discrimination and marginalization.
When one looks at the present physical and statistical situation of Middle Eastern Christians and traces the developments that brought about this situation, one has to admit that on this level the picture looks bleak. The dramatic change in numbers is alarming. A glance at the historical development shows that at the end of the Crusader era in the late thirteenth century and as a result of severe persecution and arbitrary and cruel treatment of the Christians of the region at the hand of one Islamic dynasty in particular, the Mamluks, the Christians of the Near East started to decrease rapidly in numbers and influence in society.
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