Attacks on Middle East Christians Condemned

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Middle East (MNN) ? Church leaders are condemning Saturday's deadly violence at a church in Egypt which killed at least 21 people.

It was the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in the Middle East and Africa. On December 30, at least four homes of Christians in Baghdad were bombed, killing at least two people and injuring 13 others.

The violence is forcing many Christians to rethink their future in the area, while many others have given up and are leaving.

SAT-7, a Christian satellite television service to the Middle East and North Africa, is in the thick of it. David Harder says, "We are really mobilizing our efforts to not only ask for prayers for peace, and prayers for the victims' families, and for those who are suffering currently in hospitals, but also trying to get out the message of being a good neighbor."

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