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Islamic Sermon

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**************************************************************************** ****** Special Dispatch – Palestinian Authority/Jihad and Terrorism Studies, 4/17/02 , No. 370 Friday Sermon on Palestinian Authority TV The following are excerpts from a Friday sermon delivered by Palestinian Authority Imam Sheikh Ibrahim Madhi[1] at the Sheikh ‘Ijlin Mosque in Gaza City, broadcast live on April 12, 2002 by Palestinian Authority television: “…Oh, […]

North Korea

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Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 164 – Wed 17 Apr 2002 —————————————- NORTH KOREA: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM IL-SUNG —————————————- On 16 February 2002, North Korea’s present leader, Kim Jong-il, celebrated his 60th birthday with his ruling party, army, parliament and cabinet pledging ‘ardent worship’ of this ‘great guardian of human justice’. Whilst that celebration […]

Statement Of Anglican Primates On The Middle East

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PRIMATES’ MEETING – 14 April 2002 We, the Primates of the Anglican Communion representing 75,000,000 Anglican Christians in 164 countries of the world, gathered in Canterbury, have taken counsel following a message concerning the escalating conflict in Israel/Palestine which we received from the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem the Right Reverend Riah H Abu El-Assal. This […]

Arafat Letter Incites Israeli Arabs Against State

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Following is the English translation of a letter written by Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat in which he incites Israeli Arabs against the state. “Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestinian National Authority The President’s Office “In the name of merciful Allah, position statement by the Liaison Committee to mark the first year of the Aksa Intifada. […]

Gypsy Revival

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Spain now has 500 Gypsy churches with some 2,000 pastors and 90,000 baptized believers. In the UK about 25,000 of the 300,000 Gypsy population are believers. France has 130,000 Gypsies in 210 churches planted by the Light & Light branch of the Assemblies of God; they have also trained over 1,300 pastors and sent out […]

The Least Of These

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Tony Campolo tells of a time he was on on a landing strip just outside the border of the Dominican Republic in northern Haiti. Haiti is one of the poorest nations in the world. As Tony waited for his plane to arrive a woman came toward him holding a child in her arms. The baby’s […]

Two Hundred Million Christians Persecuted Worldwide

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WEA Report to United Nations World Evangelical Alliance (formerly World Evangelical Fellowship) NEWS RELEASE E-Mail: http://www.worldevangelical.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Evangelical Alliance Reports Two Hundred Million Christians Persecuted Worldwide The Geneva Report 2002 revealed that an unprecedented number of Christians now face disinformation, discrimination, and outright persecution worldwide. It detailed specific cases of persecution in […]

Sudan

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>From American Anti-Slavery Group On the Frontlines of Terrorism in Sudan: Minister and College Students Help Liberate 11,000 Black Slaves Rescue missions secure freedom for women and children held in chattel slavery, reveal war crimes fueled by Canadian oil giant Talisman BOSTON (April 16) “Part of me wants to die,” 21-year-old Brent Salsgiver hastily scribbled […]

Pakistan

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“Richard Chilvers” CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE For immediate release April 11 2002 CALL FOR TIGHTER SECURITY FOR CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN AFTER ATTACK ON PAKISTAN CHURCH BY YOUTHS WITH MACHINEGUNS A Presbyterian church close to the Kashmir border was attacked by a group of Islamic extremists on Sunday April 7. Seven youths, aged between 14 and 25, […]

The Road To War In The Middle East

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By Jeff Jacoby April 9, 2001 Originally published in the Boston Globe. You cannot make sense of the Israeli-Palestinian war without first making sense of 1993. That year found Israel in reasonably good shape. Its economy was the most powerful in the Middle East. Its military power was respected and feared throughout the region. Its […]

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