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Wissam al-Saliby

3 months

“I don’t know the context where just war theology was formed, but I live where it is implemented … and it is anything but just.” - Lebanese theologian Elie Haddad

The church is radicalizing over Gaza

(RNS) — Islamists, Zionists and conservative evangelicals are strange extremist bedfellows indeed.

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Wissam al-Saliby

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1 year

"The controversy over al-Saliby is a complex one, and there is no easy answer." 😅 At least this #AI generated text got my citizenship right 🤣 #disinformation #India

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1 year

Our panelists and representatives of partner organizations have arrived to Geneva. I look forward to moderating today, 4 pm Geneva time, our #HRC54 side-event on #HumanRights in #India .

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Grateful for a brief conversation today with Mr Athouba. Last week, he took the floor at our #India #Manipur event to challenge us. I shared with him WEA's position and asks, summarized in 2 #HRC54 statements Yesterday Two weeks ago

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1 year

Statement by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

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Grateful for the opportunity to have moderated this event and to joining our voice in calling for accountability for violence in #Manipur and against minorities, and for the government of #India to prevent similar such violence in the future.

namta.us

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Thank you @WEA_UN for giving @NamtaUs the opportunity to share the crisis of the #ZoUnited in #Manipur #India at the side event during the @UN #humanrightscouncil #HRC54 at @UNGeneva ! Watch live video: @NAMTACanada @ThePrintIndia @TheQuint @htTweets

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Wissam al-Saliby

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3 years

#SayNoToCensorship @MariamBarghouti co-wrote this opinion piece in the @washingtonpost Then, @twitter suspended her account. Then, Twitter reinstated her account after the outcry.

Mariam Barghouti مريم البرغوثي

@MariamBarghouti

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We’re back.

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… the crimes of Hamas cannot justify the crimes of Israel cannot justify the crimes of Hamas cannot justify the crimes of Israel cannot justify the crimes of Hamas … Palestinians and Israelis bear in the Image of God. I pray for peacemakers to break the cycle of violence.

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1 year

Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict

Four months after it was torn apart by deadly ethnic violence, Manipur remains gripped by fear.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

5 years

@KarlreMarks Actually instability dates back to 1500 BC based on these letters

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1 year

The video of our 19 September Human Rights Council #HRC54 side-event on the crisis in #Manipur and implications for #HumanRights in India is nearing 20,000 views! Watch it here:

The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India -...

The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India is a Human Rights Council 54th session side-event co-organized by the World Evangelical Alli...

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

There are "modified" videos of our #India #Manipur event yesterday circulating on Twitter aiming to make me look as if I "silenced" a gentleman speaking from the floor. Please watch the original video here:

The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India -...

The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India is a Human Rights Council 54th session side-event co-organized by the World Evangelical Alli...

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

Back at the Human Rights Council #HRC54 and looking forward to reading in an hour this WEA statement during the Item 2 General Debate on #India #Pakistan #Ethiopia and #NagornoKarabakh

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3 years

@LaraFriedmanDC It's requiring a credit card to view the video. This is incredible. This is a form of #censorship of @amnesty 's video.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

4 years

My family in Lebanon is safe. I pray that the thousands injured will received the adequate and necessary treatment. Hospitals are overloaded. Blood donations are needed.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

3 years

I was briefed today on this tragic murder. The mother parked her car to get urgent groceries while heading for a shelter. Her 5 children stayed in the car. #Israel destroyed the car with a missile. I cannot imagine a mother watching the murder of her 5 children in this way. 😥

DanChurchAid

@DanChurchAid

3 years

We are deeply sorry - 5 children of one of our employees were killed last night, when the Israeli military bombed northern Gaza. We call for respect for international humanitarian law, that civilians are protected and never a target. 🙏

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2 years

What a terrible news to wake up to. An Israeli sniper shot journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the head while she was on assignment in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. I grew up watching Shireen on TV. She is a household name in the Arab world.

Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

2 years

BREAKING: Israeli forces have shot dead Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank

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5 years

UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions @AgnesCallamard said today that she subscribes to @davidakaye UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression call for a international moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology #HRC41

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

4 years

I spoke on the phone with @BlessingMakwara , Secretary General of the Evangelical Fellowship of #Zimbabwe . I'm grateful for his leadership, and for @EFZZimbabwe advocacy for dialogue, justice and #HumanRights . They need our prayers.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

Last month, I had the privilege to share about Evangelical faith and human rights, on a multi-faith panel at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the 74th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Here's what I shared 🧵:

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

I refuse the zero-sum approach, either us or them, in the Holy Land. Because there is no zero-sum in God's Kingdom that is here and that is yet to come.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

4 years

"I don’t care if he or she is left wing, right wing, an atheist, or a religious leader; I always tell politicians, ‘Your position is a delegated authority from God, and you are a minister of God,’” said Palau in 1996

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

My great grandmother's house in the Lebanese mountains where I spent part of my childhood sheltering from the civil war in #Lebanon .

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@walsaliby

3 years

I was reading an unpublished paper on peace and reconciliation in #Nigeria , and stumbled upon this quote from a pastor during his meeting with a state governor ❤️

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

@ndtv This is the link to the online video of our Geneva event on Manipur I would be grateful if you add it to your article. Thank you!

The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India -...

The Crisis in Manipur and Implications for Human Rights in India is a Human Rights Council 54th session side-event co-organized by the World Evangelical Alli...

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@walsaliby

2 years

Happiness is walking with my two girls and my wifey secretly snapping a picture from behind.

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@walsaliby

1 year

Proud of Grace, Evangelical Alliance of Kenya staff @EAK_Kenya_ , working with us this Human Rights Council session. Listen to her reading our WEA statement this week appealing to States to increase their funding to end hunger and achieve food security.

World Evangelical Alliance at the United Nations

@WEA_UN

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WEA appeals to all nations to increase financial efforts to end #hunger and achieve #FoodSecurity #SDG2 . #HRC54 #HumanRightsCouncil #SDGs Read our statement here:

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@walsaliby

4 years

A prophetic Christian voice is not a “balanced” voice. Rather, it's a voice which calls out injustice and defends the poor, the widow, the orphan and the oppressed.

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@walsaliby

4 years

I'm grateful for people like Joyce Lin who answer God's calling on their lives to do good & help the poor, not without risks for their own safety. Joyce's plane crashed while transporting rapid test kits & school supplies to a village in Papua, Indonesia

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@walsaliby

1 year

@DrMoore you did not discuss Israel's injustice against Palestinians, killing of civilians over decades, its rejection of the 2-state solution. If underlying causes of the conflict are not addressed, US support to Israel will continue to fuel the conflict, not bring about peace.

Russell Moore

@drmoore

1 year

American Christians Should Stand with Israel Under Attack. My thoughts here:

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1 year

Evangelicals Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Holy Land, Urgent Action Towards a Just Peace - 1 November 2023

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2 years

#India Supreme Court asked Ministry of Home Affairs to call for reports from 8 states on alleged attacks on members of the Christian community, accepting the petition from Christian leaders and rejecting the government’s argument. #democracy #ruleoflaw

SC Asks MHA to Seek Reports on Attacks on Christians From 8 States

The Union government repeatedly told the court it should not entertain the PIL based on 'self-serving reports' by various news organisations, including The Wire.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

4 years

Christian human rights advocacy is rooted in the firm belief that every person is created in the image of God. Therefore - and I need to keep reminding myself of this - Christian human rights advocacy does not demonize the oppressor nor idealize or idolize his victims.

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@walsaliby

1 year

69 Palestinians were killed by Israelis in the West Bank since 7 Oct. There's no Hamas in the West Bank. The injustice of the occupation and the lack of hope in a just political solution fuel the violence. These must be addressed to advance peace and security in the Holy Land.

Aseel AlBajeh أسيل البجة

@AseelAlBajeh

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This is how Israeli forces killed Taha Mahameed, 16, this dawn in Nour Shams Refugee Camp, the West Bank. They also shot his dad who tried to evacuate him & let Taha bleed for 30 mins, preventing any ambalance to approach. 69 Palestinains killed in the West Bank since 7 Oct

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1 year

I am so proud of my wife. Here is one more reason I'm proud. Ashley just (self-)published a novel for the purpose of equipping young women as they follow Christ. Amazon link: 1/2

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@walsaliby

1 year

This is unacceptable. The collateral damage of Mr Graham's "religious war" is our Christian witness. Our Christian faith requires from us to hold firm to the humanity & dignity of every human being regardless of their religious background - not standing with Israel or with Hamas.

Lindsey Graham

@LindseyGrahamSC

1 year

We’re in a religious war and I unapologetically Stand with Israel.

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1 year

@TGC How is this related to our Gospel witness? Do you know what is happening in the Middle East? EU officials saying “we may be about to see massive ethnic cleansing.” Do you support that??

Arnaud Bertrand

@RnaudBertrand

1 year

The FT quotes EU officials saying “we may be about to see massive ethnic cleansing” and "we’ll pay a heavy price in the global south [for supporting it]". This is insane. They're predicting a "massive ethnic cleansing": why on earth is it so hard to, at

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7 years

I will be reading in a few minutes at #HRC37 the @WEA_UN & @CSW_UK statement on #SriLanka during the adoption of the #UPR report, stressing on #FoRB for all, bringing up recent incidents against Christians and Muslims #FreedomOfReligionOrBelief

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

In a few minutes, I will be reading this WEA statement calling on #India to respect rights of minorities and protect #FreedomOfReligion at the Human Rights Council #HRC52

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@walsaliby

4 years

@ZahraHankir I used to be a board member of Tahaddi Lebanon before moving to Geneva. They're doing great work among the most impoverished for the last two decades.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

Can't stop thinking of #Turkey #Turkiye and of #Syria . Praying for lives to be rescued from under the rubble. It was felt also in Lebanon. My family in Beirut said it was an unusually long earthquake. And many Lebanese are still traumatized by the August 2020 Beirut Blast.

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@walsaliby

2 years

Happening today! #Algeria Freedom of Religion or Belief #Webinar 3 pm Geneva time Register here:

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

With all due respect, this is no just war @leatherwooderlc @drmoore @dandarling .

Brent Leatherwood

@LeatherwoodERLC

1 year

Today, the @ERLC is releasing an Evangelical Statement in Support of Israel joined by pastors, theologians, academics, & leaders from across multiple denominations. Now is a moment for moral clarity, not ambiguity. Read the statement & add your name:

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Wissam al-Saliby

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3 years

I'm doing a lot of reflections on how to speak into #Israel #Palestine in a way that (1) reflects God's love to all, (2) affirms the humanity of all, & (3) corrects the dominant narrative which dehumanizes Palestinians & ignores the injustice that they suffer. It's not easy.

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Wissam al-Saliby

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6 years

“God created us equal in His image, and laws that contradict that do not please him" says Botrus Mansour, co-chair of the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in #Israel - #Palestine

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3 years

#happiness is when you kiss your youngest and your oldest snaps the picture

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2 years

It was a great pleasure to moderate today this webinar on Freedom of Religion in #Algeria , with Pastor Salah Chalah, @AmjadMKhanEsq , @RFInstitute 's Lena Abboud on the panel, sharing recommendations for the Universal Periodic Review of Algeria on 11 Nov.

World Evangelical Alliance at the United Nations

@WEA_UN

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Our webinar on freedom of religion or belief #FoRB in #Algeria just finished. It was a great privilege to have our panelists sharing on the situation of #Christian , #Ahmadiyya & other minority groups in the country ahead of the Universal Periodic Review #UPR41 session.

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Wissam al-Saliby

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4 years

We're back at the Human Rights Council #HRC45 session, which started yesterday. The dialogue on the #HumanRights impact of #COVID19 just finished, and the general debate just started. I will be reading @WEA_UN and @EFZZimbabwe statement on #Zimbabwe

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

@CTmagazine Hamas did great evil on October 7. But are you aware that since then, Israel has killed 4,300 Palestinians, almost half of them children? That 2 million people in Gaza have no water, food, medicine, fuel?

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

1 year

It’s impossible to be at the Rafah crossing & not feel heartbroken. Behind these walls there are 2 million people in Gaza with no water, food, medicine, fuel. On this side, these trucks have what they need. We need to make them move—as soon as possible, as many as necessary.

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4 years

"The United Nations is not designed to get us to heaven - it is designed to stop us from going to hell," - Dag Hammarskjold, 2nd secretary of the United Nations.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

You know you're the dad of a 5-year old when you're sitting in the office and absentmindedly singing... 🎶Winnie the Pooh🎶 🎶Winnie the Pooh🎶 🎶Chubby little tubby all stuffed with fluff🎶

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@walsaliby

1 year

Isaiah 5:7

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@walsaliby

2 years

I look forward to reading the WEA statement on #FreedomOfReligionOrBelief and challenges to recognition and registration of religious communities, during the currently ongoing dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on #FoRB Ms. @NazilaGhanea at the Human Rights Council #HRC52

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

I miss Lebanon, Lebanese food, my dad's coffee, and my mom's garlic sauce.

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Wissam al-Saliby

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2 years

Back in room XX of the Palais des Nations, where #HRC51 Human Rights Council session is taking place. I will read in an hour a statement marking the 30th anniversary of the massacre of Armenian Christians in Maragaha village in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

3 years

On the challenges of #Lebanon 's intrafaith relations, and the faithfulness of local church leaders - Maronite, Evangelical and others - in serving the many who have fallen into poverty in the past 2 years 👉

Can Lebanon’s Baptists and Maronites Cooperate Amid Crisis? - Christianity Today

Despite history of mutual wariness, rapidly deteriorating economy may finally bring together evangelicals and Catholics in service of society.

www.christianitytoday.com

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@walsaliby

1 year

“Our advocacy puts the human—made in the image of God—above every other distinction”

Do Artsakh’s Armenians Need More or Less ‘Christian’ Advocacy? - Christianity Today

As humanitarian aid—and Azerbaijan’s attacks—return to the Caucasus enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, religious freedom advocates debate the merits of emphasizing religion.

www.christianitytoday.com

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

6 years

The amazing @aeabboud sharing now on God's work through Lebanese churches and @LSESD , and in the lives of Lebanese and Syrian refugees in #Lebanon at #Micah2018ph @MicahGlobal 7th Triennial Consultation

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1 year

My baby girl has grown 😍

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3 years

Two books by Palestinian Evangelical Christians that I recommend. #Israel #Palestine

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@walsaliby

1 year

Israel's attack today on Al Ahli hospital is a terrible déjà-vu. When I was a teenager in Lebanon, in 1996, I remember the news of Israel attacking a UN compound in Qana, a village in southern Lebanon. 106 were killed, half of them children. I am very angry. 1/4

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@walsaliby

5 years

"The US resettled 76 percent fewer refugees in 2018 than in 2016, but the number resettled to all other countries also dropped by 25 percent—even as the number of refugees globally increased by 15 percent."

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

3 years

This is the website where I need to register as a Lebanese expat to be able to vote. @SMEX @monajem @lorienttoday @DailyStarLeb @LOrientLeJour @Mofalebanon

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@walsaliby

3 years

I will be reading this statement today at the Human Rights Council #SS31 Special Session on #Afghanistan . We're calling on the Council to establish a mechanism for ongoing monitoring and reporting on the situation, that we hope would prevent grave violations of #humanrights .

World Evangelical Alliance at the United Nations

@WEA_UN

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Today, the #UnitedNations Human Rights Council will hold a special session #SS31 on #Afghanistan . Read the statement that will deliver at this session.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

3 years

Bombing and killing civilians is wrong in #Ukraine . Bombing and killing civilians is wrong in #Yemen . Bombing and killing civilians is wrong in #Gaza . Bombing and killing civilians is wrong in #everywhere .

Matt Kennard

@kennardmatt

3 years

No UK commentator called for a No Fly Zone over Yemen to protect its children after the Saudis blew up a school bus in 2018, killing dozens of kids. Hardly anyone even called for UK to stop selling the Saudis arms. In fact, UK media went into business w/ Saudi regime instead.

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4 years

Just made it into the #HumanRightsCouncil and will read a @WEA_UN statement shortly on the over-representation of racial, ethnic and indigenous minorities in prisons #HRC43

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@walsaliby

1 year

Today, our family went to swim at the lake in #Geneva . Two diaspora church groups, one Asian and one African, had their baptism right where we were! We enjoyed swimming in the lake as well as the two different styles of worship and praise!

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@walsaliby

2 years

Mom just messaged me from #Beirut saying they just felt a minute-long earthquake. Initial reports indicate the epicenter was in Turkey/Syria. God have mercy!

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1 year

Evangelicals in Israel and Gaza: “Our faith in Jesus compels us to call for an end to all violent activities” More evangelical voices on the ground speak out as the death toll keeps rising and attacks continue.

Evangelicals in Israel and Gaza: “Our faith in Jesus compels us to call for an end to all violent...

More evangelical voices on the ground speak out as the death toll keeps rising and attacks continue.

evangelicalfocus.com

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3 years

Praying for peacemakers in #Israel #Palestine and for the Church to declare loud and clear that every man and woman in the #HolyLand are bearers of the image of God.

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2 years

Today the Swiss Evangelical Alliance celebrated its 175th anniversary. Grateful for the unity and witness of Swiss Evangelicals.

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@walsaliby

1 year

I am greatly saddened by Western nations' abandonment of their commitment to int'l humanitarian law. Hamas committed horrific crimes against Israeli civilians. But the 2 million Palestinians whose buildings are being destroyed & are facing starvation in Gaza are still civilians.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

4 years

Sanctions on #Syria , and more broadly the “maximum pressure” sanctions, are failing the exact same people they claim to protect and compound the suffering of vulnerable populations. Read my latest piece:

Heavy Toll of Sanctions on Syria Raises Questions of Morality and Justice - Arab Baptist Theologi...

Wissam al-Saliby If a man is hungry and comes to the church for food, should the church push him away if he is on the United States sanctions list? This delicate question is haunting many Christian...

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1 year

@theUrbanArab @martyduren This? from Miroslav Wolf's Exclusion and Embrace:

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5 years

The recent closure of 3 Protestant churches & a police assault on worshipers at one church are the latest examples of the repression of this tiny religious minority in #Algeria ; government should immediately reopen the churches - Human Rights Watch

Algeria: Crackdown on Protestant Faith

The recent closure of three Protestant churches and a police assault on worshipers at one church are the latest examples of the repression of this tiny religious minority in Algeria, Human Rights...

www.hrw.org

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6 years

Special Rapporteur on the situation of #humanrights defenders #HRDs mr. Michel Forst said that some states were putting prohibitative conditions for obtaining ECOSOC status, citing the example of @AlkaramaHR ; also warned against personal attacks against UN special rapporteurs

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11 months

The vice-president of the Algerian Protestant Church, a WEA member, has been convicted of holding an unauthorised religious worship and sentenced to one year in prison and fined. He will now appeal to a higher provincial court.

Evangelical Focus

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The vicepresident of the Algerian Protestant Church has been convicted of holding an unauthorised religious worship and fined with around 665€.

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1 year

Extreme violence in the Middle East is not new. Remember the question addressed to Jesus in Luke 13. Jesus did not dehumanize or denigrate Pilate or the Romans, or call for violence against them as was expected. The bottom line: Our answer to violence matters greatly.

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10 months

"Every Palestinian is God's creature and deserves our intercession and support." From a Dutch Christian publication.

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@walsaliby

2 years

@theUrbanArab I would say it’s because we lost fellowship with brothers & sisters experiencing the goodness of God amid the discomforts of life, marginalization, suffering, persecution. Listening with humility & partnering with them can help us learn how to be clay in the hands of the potter.

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@walsaliby

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Instead of Christians decreeing just war, our region needs Christians engaging in just peacemaking and praying and acting for an end to the cycles of violence and revenge. #CeasefireNOW .

Marwan Aboul-Zelof

@theUrbanArab

10 months

As atrocities unfold, the silence of the Christian leaders who declared "just war" on the Palestinians in the wake of Oct. 7 is deafening. @drmoore @LeatherwoodERLC @ERLC

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

Back in Room XX of the Palais des Nations for the Human Rights Council session #HRC52 . Will be reading a WEA statement on #Sudan #FreedomOfReligion during the current meeting on #HumanRights in Sudan.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

11 months

"The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is under possibly the greatest existential threat of its 16-century history. The existential-territorial threat fully extends to all the Christian communities of Jerusalem." Statement:

Daniel Seidemann

@DanielSeidemann

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

6 years

Thank you @EthicsDaily for writing on @WEA_UN & @WEAnews work in Geneva with the U.N. and for religious freedom

EthicsDaily.com

@EthicsDaily

6 years

. @walsaliby , a Baptist leader from Beirut, is promoting #ReligiousFreedom worldwide through his work at @WEAnews . @TheBWA @EBFNews

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

10 months

Why did the Israeli army blow up the school? What will the day-after-the-war look like for the hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza?

Loay Elbasyouni

@AstroLoay

10 months

My middle school @UNRWA in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip blown apart by demolition explosives.

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@walsaliby

1 year

It was great to visit this week the Association of Evangelicals in Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, and to discuss how WEA and AEA can support Africa's National Evangelical Alliances advocate for human rights and for religious freedom.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

Order to evacuate the north of #Gaza will deepen an already disastrous humanitarian catastrophe. Allow humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza. Call upon all parties to de-escalate this war. Latest statement from the Patriarchs and Head of Churches in Jerusalem. 👇

Graham Usher

@bishopnorwich

1 year

A statement from the Jerusalem Patriarchs and Heads of Churches about the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Please read and repost.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

I hope US and European sanctions on #Syria will be lifted, at least temporarily, to allow for much needed aid to go in including for reconstruction after the #earthquakes

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

"Hundreds of vibrant flags flutter overhead in a warm spring breeze as Wissam al-Saliby strides across the United Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva..."

Faithful among the nations

Jenny Lind Schmitt | One man’s fight for persecuted Christians around the world

wng.org

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

6 years

" #Israel is depriving millions of Palestinians of access to a regular supply of clean water while stripping their land of minerals 'in an apparent act of pillage,' a #UnitedNations #humanrights investigator said" #HRC40

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@walsaliby

11 months

"This land has been crying for peace and justice for 75 years. It is time justice is served. It is time everybody can live with dignity in this land. The Palestinians and Israeli children deserve to live, hope and dream." Palestinian Christian leaders' letter to Pres. Biden 👇

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

I argue in this article for well-resourced national leadership on advocacy, with Nigeria being the example. Your feedback is appreciated.

International Anti-Persecution Strategies Are Failing Nigerian Christians - Christianity Today

How the efforts of global advocacy groups depend on the capacity of local leaders.

www.christianitytoday.com

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

Christian forgiveness is so counter-(cancel)-culture today. I pray that I do not get swept in the culture of our times (and of the twitter-sphere). 1/2

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

So grateful to have visited Espace Lumen Church in Geneva this morning and shared a message on God's justice, and especially for their prayers in Ukrainian, Romanian, Algerian Berber and French over WEA Geneva Office's work with the United Nations human rights system.

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

3 years

It was good to be back in the #HumanRightsCouncil room XX today, at the Palais des Nations in #Geneva , to read a @WEA_UN statement calling on #Greece to amend or annul the legal provisions prohibiting proselytism. #HRC49 #UPRoutcome

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@walsaliby

1 year

Evangelicals Beware: Our Onesideism about Israel is Lethal - by Jer Swigart, Co-founder and Executive Director of Global Immersion, a peacemaking training organization

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

In the Mideast, evangelical leaders need to stand with people, not states; If there are truly ‘both sides’ to this conflict, it should be considered those who are for peace and those who are not, writes @MaeEliseCannon

In the Mideast, evangelical leaders need to stand with people, not states

(RNS) — If there are truly ‘both sides’ to this conflict, it should be considered those who are for peace and those who are not.

religionnews.com

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

2 years

Rights Violations Against Christians In #Iran In 2022 - Report and video of the report launch yesterday's event: #HRC52 #ReligiousFreedom #HumanRights

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Wissam al-Saliby

@walsaliby

1 year

#Syria "Seven months after the earthquake, aid has not arrived as in Turkey. 'One of the main means by which God has intervened is through the church', says a Protestant pastor."

Syrian evangelicals: “The earthquake was a phase in a series of unfortunate events”

Seven months after the earthquake, aid has not arrived as in Turkey. “One of the main means by which God has intervened is through the church”, says a Protestant pastor.

evangelicalfocus.com

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