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Laos

A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: LAOTIAN CHRISTIANS CONTINUE TO FACE PERSECUTION LAOTIAN CHRISTIANS CONTINUE TO FACE PERSECUTION Christians in Laos continue to suffer from strict oppression of religious activity while at least one believer’s ministry is being tolerated. For example, after two Christians recently conducted a funeral service for a believer […]

Israel: Whose Promised Land? [With Discussion Questions]

The violent Al-Aqsa Intifada began on September 29th. That’s the day after Ariel Sharon, now prime minister, went to the Haram Al-Sharif, the Temple Mount, with about a thousand soldiers. That passed more or less without incident, surprisingly. But the next day, which was Friday, there was a huge army presence as people left the […]

Arafat’s Lyrics Of War

By Michael Freund May 5, 2002 Originally published in the Jerusalem Post, May 3, 2002. With his fingers flashing ‘V’ for victory, and the crowd around him going wild with excitement, Yasser Arafat emerged from his compound in Ramallah yesterday looking like an over-the-hill rock star after a particularly memorable concert. Hundreds of his fans […]

News From Nigeria

SHARI’AH LAW SPREADING TO SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA 3 May 2002 Attempts are underway to implement Islamic Shari’ah law among the Muslim community in the state of Oyo in the South-West of Nigeria. This is the first occasion on which the adoption of full Shari’ah law has been proposed in the majority-Christian South of Nigeria. Following the […]

Killing For God

Posted: March 6, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern  © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com “… But an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.” – Jesus Christ AD33 (John 16:2) Jesus Christ predicted that in the last days leading to his return, there would be a great wave of […]

Moluccas Report No. 276

CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Ambon, May 4, 2002 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS – Report No. 276 1. AMBON AGAIN CLOSED TO FOREIGNERS – From May 2nd on, Ambon again is closed to foreigners that want to come in. No time limit has been fixed this time. A CNN team, on arriving at […]

Persecution May 2002

SUDAN AND NORTH KOREA TARGETED AS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY VIOLATORS A hundred Christian leaders this week called for U.S. human rights policy to crack down on Sudan and North Korea as the worst violators of religious liberty. In a “statement of conscience” drafted by the National Association of Evangelicals and Freedom House, the second Summit for […]

Jenin: The Truth

Jewish World Review May 3, 2002/ 21 Iyar, 5762 Charles Krauthammer http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | “Jenin Camp Is a Scene of Devastation But Yields No Evidence of a Massacre.” — Headline, front page, The Washington Post, April 16. “There is simply no evidence of a massacre.” — Peter Bouckaert, senior researcher, Human Rights Watch, Jenin. Jerusalem Post, […]

Sudan

Salva story (1158) Liberation leader appeals to churches By Nicholas Kerr Commander Salva Kiir Mayardit, deputy chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and commander of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), has appealed to Australian churches to be the advocates of the people of southern Sudan. He was speaking to members of a […]

Sudan: More

Sudan_mother’s story (617 + 200) *** Asunta’s seven month old daughter will probably live. Her mother recently brought her to Lokichoggio, in Kenya, near the Sudan border. They are being cared for by the New Sudan Council of Churches. The mother and child have been examined. They are not ill – just malnourished. A displaced […]