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The Lesson Of Al-Hudaybiyah

by Joseph Farrah Posted: May 23, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern  © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com President Bush was quick to praise Yasser Arafat’s pledges of reforms and elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council. My guess is that the administration didn’t actually read a translation of Arafat’s long-winded speech. Yes, Arafat took “full responsibility” for any mistakes he […]

The Bible And Persecution

The Bible has a great deal to say about persecution and the battle waged between the Kingdom of God and the forces of this world. In this section, you’ll find a compilation of scriptures as well as articles, presentations, and book excerpts that represent the thinking of key Christian leaders on the subject of the […]

Persecution – May 2002

The third annual report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom details religious persecution around the world and contains the Commission’s recommendations to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress. http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php3?scale=800 and International Christian Concern: http://www.persecution.org/ Rowland Croucher

News From Bethlehem (May 2002)

Dear Friends, Salaam from Bethlehem. Thanks to all of you, who wrote, called and visited us during the 40 days of curfew and occupation. We would like to inform you that we are back online and able to communicate after a long absence due to the Israeli military invasion and occupation of Bethlehem. We were […]

Sudan (May 2002)

International Christian Concern . Contact: (301) 989-1708 . Sudan Government Kills 11 in Air Raid Government Violates Agreement to Protect Citizens (Washington, DC – May 22, 2002) Sources in Southern Sudan report that at least 11 people were killed and more than 40 others seriously injured in an early morning air raid today that was […]

Cbs 60 Minutes Program On Slave Redemption By Bona Malwal

Statement on CBS 60 Minutes Program on Slave Redemption by Bona Malwal, Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford The American media was at it again this week – trying to damage the only humanitarian program that has been attempting over the years to raise international awareness on the internationally outlawed criminal act of slavery – […]

Turkmenistan

Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 169 – Wed 22 May 2002 —————————————————————— TURKMENISTAN: PERSECUTION AND PRESIDENT NIYAZOV; plus the Burnhams —————————————————————— Earlier this month, postal workers in the Turkmenistan village of Deinau (near Turkmenabad) opened a parcel from Kiev and found a Christian magazine. They reported this to the local police. The KNB (formerly […]

The Palestinian Connection

Monday, 15 May, 2000, 13:54 GMT 14:54 UK Most Palestinian groups have given up the armed struggle By BBC News Online’s Martin Asser The Lockerbie trial has resurrected the names of players in Palestinian radical politics that have long since ceased to be relevant in the armed struggle for an independent Palestinian state, a cause […]

Russia And Catholics

KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE: 11.00, 20 May 2002 Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL REPORT RUSSIA: ANTI-CATHOLIC FEELING ON THE WANE? Could the current wave of anti-Catholic feeling in Russia be on the wane? Keston Institute investigates the […]

Islam And Christians

A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: CHRISTIANS IN TURKMENISTAN VILLAGE FORCED TO RENOUNCE FAITH PERPETRATORS OF NEW YEAR’S MASSACRE IN EGYPT REMAIN FREE BIBLE MISSION FOCUSES ON EVANGELIZING KAZAKHSTAN’S YOUTH NEW EVANGELISM NETWORK TO HELP SPREAD GOSPEL ACROSS U.S. CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK DEDICATES TV FACILITIES IN KIEV STUDY FINDS SHIFT TO PROTESTANTISM […]