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Posts Tagged ‘philip rizk’
A year ago I became haunted by the notion that Christians, Muslims, and Jews are going to blow up the world unless we learn to get along. I wished — well, actually, I prayed — that I might become part…
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Tags: Arab, Arab Christians, Christian, Egypt, engagement, Gaza, Holy Land, Israel, Israeli, Jesus, Jew, Jews, Middle East, Muslim, nonviolent resistance, Palestine, Palestinians, philip rizk, President Obama, Violence
Tags: abducted, arrest, detention, Egypt, government, Hamas, Israel, New York Times, philip rizk, police, prison, secret police
No more details as of yet, just this update on the Facebook page:
Wednesday February 11th, 4:00 a.m.
Philip is out, he is safe and home with his family.
He requests that all upcoming planned protests and marches still take place to end…
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 We at Sojourners continue to be deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of Philip Rizk, who was arrested and detained by Egyptian secret police Friday evening following a rally north of Cairo in support of the people of Gaza. Philip has…
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Tags: activist, advocacy, american university in cairo, amnesty international, Cairo, detainee, disappearance, Egypt, facebook, Gaza, government, Media, nonviolent action, Palestine, philip rizk, police, Prayer, prison, prisoner of conscience, secret police, Torture, wheaton college
My dear friend Philip Rizk was kidnapped on Friday night by Egyptian secret police. The events of that day, and updates since, are available in other places (such as here and the Facebook group) but I just wanted to note the…
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Tags: activist, Egypt, facebook, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Human Rights, Israel, Kidnapped, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinians, philip rizk, police, secret police, Torture
 Friday evening I was in Washington D.C. and received an urgent message from Egypt. The major player in helping us get medical equipment into Egypt duirng the early days of the recent 22 day war in Gaza was Philip Rizk. Friday…
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