{"id":795,"date":"2011-12-08T17:40:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=795"},"modified":"2011-12-08T17:40:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:40:46","slug":"could-arab-spring-turn-into-christian-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/could-arab-spring-turn-into-christian-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Arab Spring turn into Christian Winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oikumene.org\">From the World Council of Churches:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Churches in Egypt are praying and helping migrants, who flee home due to political turmoil, violence and uncertain future. There is a great need to develop stable democratic societies if the \u201cArab spring\u201d is to bear fruits. Or else it might turn into an \u201cArab winter\u201d with religious minorities at the risk of persecution.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Victor R. Youssef expressed this concern at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Global Ecumenical Network on Migration meeting taking place in Beirut, Lebanon from 5-7 December, organized by the WCC office for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/en\/programmes\/unity-mission-evangelism-and-spirituality\/just-and-inclusive-communities.html\" target=\"_blank\">Just and Inclusive Communities<\/a>\u00a0and hosted by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mec-churches.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Middle East Council of Churches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Youssef works for the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services and was interviewed by Naveen Qayyum, the WCC staff writer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/en\/news\/news-management\/eng\/a\/article\/1634\/could-arab-spring-t.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read full interview.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the World Council of Churches: Churches in Egypt are praying and helping migrants, who flee home due to political turmoil, violence and uncertain future. There is a great need to develop stable democratic societies if the \u201cArab spring\u201d is to bear fruits. 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