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Lebanon festival drops popular band after Christian pressure
- Associated Press, Church in the Middle East
- Jul 30, 2019
An international music festival in Lebanon said Tuesday that it has cancelled a planned concert by a popular Mideast rock band whose lead singer is openly gay, apparently caving to pressure after weeklong calls by some Christian groups to pull the plug on the show, as well as online threats to stop it by force.
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Lebanese rock band takes center stage in freedoms debate
- Associated Press, Church in the Middle East
- Jul 25, 2019
A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing music and lyrics challenging norms in the conservative Arab world is once again at the center of a heated debate about freedom of expression — this time over a planned concert in its hometown in Lebanon.
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Jewish rock-n-roll journo describes her path into the Church
- Interviews
- Apr 18, 2019
A former rock-and-roll writer and convert to Catholicism pens a memoir about the path that led her to her spiritual home.
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