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The Teacher's Bookshop
The Teacher's Bookshop ( ar, مكتبة المعلمين) was a Christianity, Christian religious bookshop in the Gaza Strip that was in operation between 1998 and 2007. Located in the centre of Gaza City, it was the territory's sole Religious goods store, Christian goods store, and catered to the needs of the Palestinian Christians, Gazan Christian minority. In addition to selling books, the store also ran Catechesis, educational services and an internet café. The Gaza Strip, part of the de jure State of Palestine, was Israeli-occupied territories, militarily occupied by the Israel, State of Israel in 1967 during the Six-Day War. In 2005, Israel removed its Israeli settlement, civilian settlers and Israel Defense Forces, military forces from the territory in a Israeli disengagement from Gaza, unilateral disengagement, returning Gaza to Palestinian control. The following year saw the victory of Hamas—a Palestinian Islamism, Islamist militant organization—in the 2006 Palestin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus' apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Ancient Carthage, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite significant initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
