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• 1. paul | March 15th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

  Very nice church especially the name ;-).but why st.peter and st. paul? and not st.paul and st. peter?

• 2. Rodge | March 15th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

  ood step, mainly because they were facing a huge internal opposition.

  But on the other hand, it’s not new to have churches in the Gulf countries, we have many churches here in Kuwait (Catholic and Othodox), and also there are churches in the Emirates, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. This is normal knowing the big number of christians living and working in the Gulf region.

• 3. Toufic | March 15th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

  Rodge is completely right but I wolud like to say that these Gulf countries are giving positive signs.This is very encouraging.
  But it is only my opinion

• 4. Amir in Tel Aviv | March 15th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

  What strikes me is the overwhelming indifference, Christian around the world demonstrate when it concern ME Christians.
  Christianity in the ME is in sharp decline, and they are under constant risk for their lives, literally, and no one cares.
  This disregard and lack of solidarity is a shame.
  .

• 5. khalil | March 16th, 2008 at 3:19 am

  umm.. amir you make no sense at all dude

• 6. Patrick | March 16th, 2008 at 6:48 am

  i agree with amir.

  western countries should demand reciprocity. for every mosque that the arab states want to help build in europe or the u.s., europe & the u.s. should be able to help build one church in an arab state.

  no more increases in the number of annual visas issued to muslim students until muslim converts to christianity are protected under arab law.

  the u.s. and the u.k. should threaten to ban the hijab in the workplace and on university campuses if restrictions are not lifted on christians wearing crosses or crucifixes as they walk down the streets of riyadh.

  ban importation of qur’ans or use of foreign/arab money in their production until restrictions are lifted on shipping bibles to arab countries.

  crackdown on the torture of christians in egypt, the kidnapping of coptic girls, the stealing of christian property with fake documents in the west bank, the attacks on christians in gaza and indonesia, the murder of christians in sudan, the pressure to convert in pakistan.

  REMOVE THE JIZYA enforced in more than a few muslim countries.

  remove the requirement for government approval to repair churches in egypt, iran and elsewhere…

  the list goes on.

• 7. Patrick | March 16th, 2008 at 6:52 am

  remove all references to christians as polytheists in palestinian, jordanian, saudi and other SCHOOLBOOKS.

• 8. Patrick | March 16th, 2008 at 6:54 am

  children who are raised christian by single christian mothers should not be considered muslim just because their mother’s divorced husband is muslim or converted to islam…

  if the mother is the one raising them, if they have always been raised christian, IF THEY ARE NOW ADULTS AND THEY THEMSELVES CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIAN… why do countries like egypt still consider them muslim!?!?

  it’s really bullshit.

• 9. Patrick | March 16th, 2008 at 7:13 am

  oh yeah, and nevermind free speech regarding islam or muhammed…

  can’t say he murdered the jews of banu qurayza, banu qaynuqa and banu nadir…

  can’t say his marriage at 50-something to a 9 year old is sick…

  can’t say his denial of the crucifixion of jesus 600 years *after the fact* should have no relevance…

  can’t respond to textual criticism of the bible with textual criticism of the qur’an…

  can’t call him a false prophet and a liar…

  can’t say he was a warlord or that islam is inherently violent…

  tell me, as christians, what exactly CAN we say in the ME about islam or muhammed from our (christian) perspective without effectively asking our muslim neighbors to kill us or the police to torture us… lebanon is really the only place where you can get away with SOME of the above, and even that depends on where you live, and the environment you say it in… we all know what the reaction from hezbollah (for all you FPMers) AND HARIRI’S FOLLOWERS (for those of my LF/kataeb brothers who think hariri is some sort of saint…) would be.

• 10. georges daher | March 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am

  hey guys i live in qatar. i am LF akid, this is not the 1rst church in qatar, we have one that we use to go to for praying.
  guys u should see my reaction when i came to qatar and i went to the church after like 4 months. when i smelled the church i was nearly going to cry…

• 11. Tijl | March 16th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

  It’s a step in the right direction, but I wouldn’t get to exited. On the outside of the building, there is nothing that makes it look like a church. There is no cross, there is no sign that identifies the building, there are no bells. Muslims in Europe would never accept such limitations being imposed on their mosques.

• 12. Patrick | March 18th, 2008 at 7:01 am

  http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57276

  whaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

  a catholic church in saudi arabia!?!?!

  PRAISE GOD.

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