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Kyrgyzstan

SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE http://www.keston.org KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE: 20.00, 26 March 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ KYRGYZSTAN: NEW RELIGION LAW TO INCREASE STATE CONTROL? A new draft religion law could be approved by the Kyrgyz parliament as early as May, […]

Sudan: ‘Religious Freedom’? Not Really!

Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 158 – Wed 06 Mar 2002 ————————————— SUDAN: ‘RELIGIOUS FREEDOM’? NOT REALLY! ————————————— Article 24 of the Constitution Of The Republic Of Sudan (enacted in July 1998) states, ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience and religion and the right to manifest and disseminate his religion or belief […]

Middle East Websites

On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 09:20:42 GMT, “peter terry” wrote: >The Brown family eh?…what a bunch of retards. > Well, I might be, but it’s not fair to condemn the rest of my family. My preferred sites are: http://www.theage.com.au – The Age Newspaper http://www.jpost.co.il – The Jerusalem Post nytimes.com – The New York Times http://www.memri.org […]

Indonesia

Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 159 – Wed 13 Mar 2002 ———————————————————– INDONESIA: PRECARIOUS PEACE IN MALUKU; ACEH AROUSES CONCERN ———————————————————– On 12 February, a peace accord was signed in Malino, South Sulawesi, by 80-strong delegations from each of the Muslim and Christian communities of Maluku. The 11 points in this ‘Moluccas Agreement of […]

Billy Graham And The Jews

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, P.O. Box 779, Minneapolis, MN 55440, U.S.A. A Statement by Evangelist Billy Graham on Intolerance and Prejudice Following Release of Nixon White House Tapes MINNEAPOLIS, March 16, 2002 — The National Archives recently released several hundred hours of tapes from Oval Office conversations during the Nixon Administration. One of those recordings […]

Israel And The Palestinians

Senate Floor Statement by U.S. Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) March 4, 2002 I was interested the other day when I heard that the de facto ruler, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah, made a statement which was received by many in this country as if it were a statement of fact, as if it were […]

Azerbaijan: The Rise Of The State Religion Committee

SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE http://www.keston.org KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE: 11.00, 20 March 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL REPORT AZERBAIJAN: THE RISE AND RISE OF THE STATE RELIGION COMMITTEE. Since the establishment of the State Committee for Relations […]

A Letter From Indonesia

BARNABAS FUND LETTER FROM INDONESIA 22 February 2002 Today is Id-ul-Adha, the feast of sacrifice. One of the most important Islamic festivals of the year, this is the day when Muslims remember how Abraham almost sacrificed his son, but God intervened at the last moment to save him. Interestingly, while the original record of this […]

Missionaries In Colombia Face Uncertainty As Peace Talks Collapse

Feb. 26, 2002 NEWS STORY-Free for use by any media Latin America Mission Show caution and walk prayerfully; By Kenneth D. MacHarg LAM News Service Miami, FL (LAMNS)-Uncertainty and caution are the hallmarks of life for evangelical missionaries in Colombia following the breakdown of peace talks between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of […]

Urban Mission Book

ASH BARKER LAUNCHES NEW BOOK ON URBAN MISSION Ash Barker, director of Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH), Melbourne, will launch his new book, “Submerge: Living Deep in a Shallow World” at the UNOH Mission Centre, based in Springvale, on Sunday, March 24. The book’s completion coincides with Barker’s preparation to move to live in the […]