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Thousands of Jews participate in annual pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the site of a terror attack in 2002.]]> 2010-05-02 06:52:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Thousands-of-Jews-make-annual-pilgrimage-to-ancient-synagogue-on-Djerba_718.html <![CDATA[Saudi cleric says he plans to visit Jerusalem ]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Saudi-cleric-says-he-plans-to-visit-Jerusalem_580.html  
A prominent Saudi cleric announced intentions to visit Jerusalem in the coming week to bolster Muslim claims to the city.
]]> 2010-04-05 16:46:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Saudi-cleric-says-he-plans-to-visit-Jerusalem_580.html <![CDATA[Pope says Easter is a time of pardon and goodness to the suffering]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Pope-says-Easter-is-a-time-of-pardon-and-goodness-to-the-suffering_578.html
Marking Easter Sunday Pope Benedict XVI said in a message to thousands gathered at St. Peter’s Square Easter brings pardon, goodness and truth to the suffering. In Jerusalem thousands of pilgrims thronged to holy sites in the Old City, including the Church of the Sepulcher.]]> 2010-04-04 10:56:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Pope-says-Easter-is-a-time-of-pardon-and-goodness-to-the-suffering_578.html <![CDATA[Dedication of restored Hurva synagogue goes without a hitch]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Dedication-of-restored-Hurva-synagogue-goes-without-a-hitch_482.html
In a pre recorded message to those attending the dedication of the restored Hurva synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sought to quell the tensions and declared that Israel allows freedom of worship to all.]]> 2010-03-15 19:59:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Dedication-of-restored-Hurva-synagogue-goes-without-a-hitch_482.html <![CDATA[Cairo cancels official synagogue ceremony citing Israel's actions on Temple Mount as the reason]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Cairo-cancels-official-synagogue-ceremony-citing-Israel-s-actions-on-Temple-Moun_475.html
An official inauguration ceremony of a restored synagogue in Cairo was canceled at the last moment by Egyptian officials who cited Israel’s actions on the Temple Mount as the main reason and claimed at a private rededication ceremony at the synagogue last week, participants’ behavior was insulting to millions of Muslims in the world, officials said.]]> 2010-03-14 16:03:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Cairo-cancels-official-synagogue-ceremony-citing-Israel-s-actions-on-Temple-Moun_475.html <![CDATA[Archbishop of Canterbury concerned over dwindling Christian population in the Middle East ]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Archbishop-of-Canterbury-concerned-over-dwindling-Christian-population-in-the-Mi_339.html
During a visit to Jordan, the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed concern for the dwindling Christian presence in the Middle East, and said it was up to the church to support them. From Jordan, he will travel to Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.]]> 2010-02-20 17:55:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Archbishop-of-Canterbury-concerned-over-dwindling-Christian-population-in-the-Mi_339.html <![CDATA[A ''Marrano'' Rabbi returns to Spain to serve the Bnei Anousim]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_A-Marrano-Rabbi-returns-to-Spain-to-serve-the-Bnei-Anousim_262.html
For the first time since the expulsion of Spain's Jews in 1492, , Rabbi Nissan Ben-Avraham, a descendant of forcibly-converted Spanish Jews, who immigrated to Israel, and received rabbinical ordination, will return to his homeland and serve there as a rabbi.]]> 2010-02-08 19:34:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_A-Marrano-Rabbi-returns-to-Spain-to-serve-the-Bnei-Anousim_262.html <![CDATA[Egypt restores ancient monastery]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Egypt-restores-ancient-monastery_243.html
Egypt announced restoration work on a 1,600 year old church was complete. Renovations took eight years to complete at a cost of $14.5 million.]]> 2010-02-05 07:29:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Egypt-restores-ancient-monastery_243.html <![CDATA[Biblical verses on gun sights anger Muslim group]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Biblical-verses-on-gun-sights-anger-Muslim-group_160.html
Rifle sights inscribed with biblical references used by U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have outraged the Muslim Public Affairs Council who called on the U.S. Administration to withdraw the equipment from combat use.]]> 2010-01-22 10:50:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Biblical-verses-on-gun-sights-anger-Muslim-group_160.html <![CDATA[Syrian Mufti says Islam calls to protect Judaism]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Syrian-Mufti-says-Islam-calls-to-protect-Judaism_140.html
Syria’s mufti said Islam demands it protect Judaism and declared Islam a religion of peace. Sheikh Ahmed Hassoun met with an American delegation of academics in Damascus Tuesday.]]> 2010-01-19 15:33:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Syrian-Mufti-says-Islam-calls-to-protect-Judaism_140.html <![CDATA[Bnei Menashe tribe to immigrate to Israel]]> http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Bnei-Menashe-tribe-to-immigrate-to-Israel_79.html
Over 7,000 members of the Bnei Menashe from north east India will be permitted to immigrate to Israel.]]> 2010-01-10 08:17:00 http://www.guysen.com/en/article_Bnei-Menashe-tribe-to-immigrate-to-Israel_79.html