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Jan 15, 2025 | 
aina.org | Richard Ghazal
It's been over a month since the collapse of Syria's brutal Assad regime at the hands of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a US-designated terror group. While the collapse of the Assad regime was in many respects a positive development for Syria and the world, the newly emerging Syrian government--dominated by Islamist radicals who espouse al-Qaeda philosophy--presents several reasons to be profoundly concerned for our remaining Christian brethren in Syria.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
providencemag.com | Richard Ghazal |James Diddams
It’s been over a month since the collapse of Syria’s brutal Assad regime at the hands of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a US-designated terror group. While the collapse of the Assad regime was in many respects a positive development for Syria and the world, the newly emerging Syrian government—dominated by Islamist radicals who espouse al-Qaeda philosophy—presents several reasons to be profoundly concerned for our remaining Christian brethren in Syria.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Sarah Stewart |Marc LiVecche |Rick Plasterer |Richard Ghazal
The Institute on Religion and Democracy hosted Fr. Charles Marie Rooney in Washington, D.C. on November 20 for our “Wednesday Worship” noonday prayer and luncheon. The monthly gathering aims to foster Christian fellowship within the greater Washington area. IRD hosts prominent Christian leaders to deliver sermons, pray, and facilitate worship.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Rick Plasterer |Richard Ghazal |Jeffrey Walton |Mark Tooley
George Haraksin of the Reasons to Believe apologetics organization spoke at the Southern Evangelical Seminary Apologetics Conference on October 11 on the disappearance of moral knowledge. To illustrate his point, he said that Google maps have replaced skill many people once had at reading maps and finding obscure locations. “Spatial memory’ and ‘mental mapping’ has [i.e., have] disappeared in a generation of people.” He finds this true of his students, and even colleagues who are younger.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Richard Ghazal |Jeffrey Walton |Mark Tooley
On Wednesday, November 13, IRD’s In Defense of Christians program hosted an expert panel discussion on the future of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Speakers included David Daoud and Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Michael Rubin of the Middle East Forum. Full video of the event is below.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Sarah Stewart |Richard Ghazal |Jeffrey Walton |Davison Drumm
The Institute on Religion and Democracy hosted The Rev. Joey Craft of Restoration Church in Washington, D.C. on September 25 for our “Wednesday Worship” noonday prayer and luncheon. The monthly gathering aims to foster Christian fellowship within the greater Washington area. IRD hosts prominent Christian leaders to deliver sermons, pray, and facilitate worship.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Richard Ghazal |Jeffrey Walton |Davison Drumm |Methodist Voices
On September 18 the leadership and staff of In Defense of Christians (IDC), IRD’s program advocating for the protection and preservation of Christianity in the Middle East, welcomed friends at IDC’s 10th Anniversary Celebration. The celebration followed IDC’s annual Capitol Hill Advocacy Day. Even if you were unable to attend in person, enjoy the festivities and speeches in the video provided below from IDC’s YouTube channel.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Mark Tooley |Richard Ghazal |Wyatt Flicker
During the early 1990s there was controversy over federal funding for obscene and even blasphemous art through the National Endowment for the Arts. One federally subsidized photo showed the Crucifix dipped in urine. Another performance involved a toilet altar with Jesus on the lid. When funding ended by U.S. Congressional act, requiring that federally subsidized art not violate “general standards of decency,” one artist sued, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against her.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
juicyecumenism.com | Richard Ghazal |Wyatt Flicker |Mark Tooley |Rick Plasterer
We cannot know where the war will end that started last October between Israel and Iran’s terror proxy, Hamas. But the next theater is certain to be southern Lebanon, the stronghold of Iran’s older and more lethal ally, Hezbollah. Israel has responded to the killing of 12 Druze children in the Golan Heights, but not with a major military escalation. Tensions could yet spark a broader, bloodier regional war.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Andrew Doran |Robert Nicholson |Richard Ghazal
We cannot know where the war will end that started last October between Israel and Iran’s terror proxy, Hamas. But the next theater is certain to be southern Lebanon, the stronghold of Iran’s older and more lethal ally, Hezbollah. Israel has responded to the killing of 12 Druze children in the Golan Heights, but not with a major military escalation. Tensions could yet spark a broader, bloodier regional war.
