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Image via Wikipedia Kirkuk Christians and Muslims unite in prayer to Our Lady for Peace in Iraq  by Joseph Mahmoud Punjab: armed gang attacks Protestant clergyman who is saved by Muslims  by Jibran Khan Muslim extremists ambush the pastor, fire at his car. The pastor and the people travelling with him were able to escape and find refuge in a Muslim village. Residents, who fired back at the attackers, force them to flee. The future of the “Arab Spring”, held back by poverty and fundamentalism   by Samir Khalil Samir In Egypt and elsewhere, the new attempts at democracy risk failure because of the enormous poverty, ignorance, fundamentalism. The West can not just sit back and watch or take on policing duties. It should intervene in the economy, education, joint projects between Christians and Muslims to show that coexistence is possible Christians in the Middle East  By George Weigel 90% of Christian Arabs live in conditions of dhimmitude today, including the Copts in Egypt,