ദുബൈ: യു.എ.ഇയുടെ പുതിയ പ്രസിഡന്റായി ശൈഖ് മുഹമ്മദ് ബിൻ സായിദ് ആൽ നഹ്‌യാനെ തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്തു. അബൂദബി കിരീടാവകാശിയും യു.എ.ഇ സായുധ സേനയുടെ ഉപ സർവ സൈന്യാധിപനും ആയിരുന്നു. യു.എ.ഇ സുപ്രിം കൗൺസിലിന്‍റേതാണ് തീരുമാനം. വിട വാങ്ങിയ ശൈഖ് ഖലീഫയുടെ സഹോദരനാണ്.

യു.എ.ഇയുടെ മൂന്നാമത്തെ പ്രസിഡൻറും 17ആം​ അബൂദബി ഭരണാധികാരിയുമായാണ്​ 61കാരനായ ശൈഖ്​ മുഹമ്മദ്​ നിയമിതനായിരിക്കുന്നത്​. ശൈഖ്​ ഖലീഫ ആരോഗ്യപ്രശ്നങ്ങളാൽ സജീവമല്ലാതിരുന്നപ്പോൾ പ്രസിഡന്‍റിന്‍റെ ചുമതലകൾ നിർവഹിച്ചിട്ടുമുണ്ട്​. യു.എ.ഇ വൈസ്​ പ്രസിഡൻറും ​പ്രധാനമന്ത്രിയും ദുബൈ ഭരണാധികാരിയുമായ ശൈഖ്​ മുഹമ്മദ്​ ബിൻ റാശിദ്​ ആൽ മക്​തൂം പുതിയ പ്രസിഡന്‍റിന്​ എല്ലാ പിന്തുണയും അറിയിച്ചു.

ശൈഖ്​ ഖലീഫക്ക്​ കണ്ണീരോടെ യാത്രാമൊഴി നല്‍കി. അബൂദബി ബതീൻ ഖബർസ്​ഥാനിൽ ആയിരുന്നു സംസ്​കാരം. യു.എ.ഇയിൽ നാൽപതും മറ്റു ഗൾഫ്​ രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ മൂന്ന്​ ദിവസവും ഔദ്യോഗിക ദു:ഖാചരണം പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു. വിടവാങ്ങിയ നേതാവിനോടുള്ള ആദര സൂചകമായി ഇന്ത്യയിലും ഇന്ന്​ ദു:ഖാചരണമാണ്.
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Nigeria – At least 896 civilians have been killed in violent attacks in Nigeria during the first three months of 2022. This, according to Open Doors, includes hundreds of Christians who were murdered because of their faith.

Open Doors is a non-denominational organization supporting persecuted Christians in the world.

Open Doors cited a report by SBM Intelligence, a Nigeria-based research firm, for the reported killings in the West African country. The attacks are blamed on Islamist extremist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), militant Fulani herdsmen, bandits and violent gangs.

Open Doors reported that there were increasing signs that these groups were working together and widening the impact of their violence. The organization alleged more Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria than in the rest of the world combined.

“Nigeria is currently one of the scariest places to be a Christian,” said Illia Djadi, an Open Doors analyst for sub-Saharan Africa.

Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, with over 200 million people, and is divided roughly in half between Muslims, who live mostly in the north, and Christians, who live mostly in the south.

Last year, Nigeria earned the distinction of being the country with the world’s worst persecution in ICC’s Persecutor of the Year Awards.

“Christian communities in the Middle Belt of Nigeria have effectively suffered a twenty-yearlong genocide,” said ICC President Jeff King. “Where is any action? The Nigerian government gives these attacks lip service without any meaningful response. “Where is the outcry? Where is effective action? In Nigeria, the military, the police, and the intelligence agencies are all controlled by Muslims. This, coupled with a twenty-year lack of response by these agencies, should naturally lead to deeper questioning by the world community.

Simply put, the time for cheap talk and platitudes is over. The world is waking up and asking, “Is the Nigerian government complicit in these attacks. Time will tell, but for this long-time watcher, the decision is in.
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Turkey – The largest Armenian church in the Middle East, St. Giragos Cathedral in Diyarbakir, reopened on May 7. The church, built some 600 years ago, was abandoned for some time until restoration efforts began in 2008.

After three years of renovations, the church reopened in 2011 only to be closed again in 2015 due to damage during PKK fighting. According to Fides Agency, the Turkish government expropriated Christian churches as part of the campaign against the PKK to utilize their positions in the fighting. Five churches and more than 6,000 houses were expropriated, mostly from the historic center. After the latest renovation, the church’s foundation also submitted a request to the government to appoint a permanent clergyman to the church.

At the reopening of the historic church, Armenian Patriarch Sahak II commented, “Even with the numerical decline in the Christian presence in Diyarbakir, the opening of this church can be a lifeline. And it contains an important and meaningful message of friendship with a view to improving Turkish and Armenian relations.”
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