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Uzbekistan: Were They Bbc & Cnn Journalists Or Really Secret Police?

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE Police? KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE, 11.00, 3 October 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ UZBEKISTAN: WERE PASTOR’S MYSTERIOUS VISITORS FROM FORMER KGB? Recent visitors to a Pentecostal pastor who claimed to be journalists from the BBC and CNN […]

Russia – Enemies Of The State

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Subj: Russia: “Enemies of the State”. The deepening tensions between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in Russia signals a trend in religious oppression that will inevitably spill over to smaller evangelical Protestant groups. The troubles arise from the relationship between the leadership of the Orthodox Church and the government — the Orthodox Church’s claim on […]

Iran: Desperately Needs The Gospel

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Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 184 – Tue 03 Sep 2002 ———————————- IRAN: DESPERATELY NEEDS THE GOSPEL ———————————- The Islamic Revolution of 1979 established a theocratic dictatorship that has left many Iranians despairing, rebelling, and seeking an escape or alternatives. Iran is a land with two faces. The public face is one of Islamic […]

Azerbaijan: Stalled Book Import & Religious Censorship

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KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE, 20.00, 26 September 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ I. AZERBAIJAN: THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR STALLED BOOK IMPORT? The Baptist church in the capital Baku is hoping its third application to import 3,000 copies of the Book […]

Bombing Of South Sudan Continues

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JUBILEE ACTION For immediate release 3rd October, 2002 BOMBING OF SOUTH SUDAN CONTINUES DESPITE PEACE TALKS The independent cross-bench peer, Lord Alton of Liverpool has produced a first-hand report following a humanitarian trip to Southern Sudan with the human rights charity Jubilee Action. The report reveals that even during the much publicised Machakos peace negotiations […]

Muslims In Germany

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Saturday, September 28, 2002 1:41 AM The Number of Muslims is Rising Steadily in Germany More Practicing Muslims than Evangelicals in “Luther’s Country” Soest, September 27 (idea) – The number of Muslims in Germany is rising steadily due to immigration and a higher birth rate. There are 3.45 million Muslims in “Luther’s country” today, compared […]

Uniting Church And Iraq

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3 October 2002 UNITING CHURCH VOTES TO REJECT WAR WITH IRAQ, CONSIDERS BOYCOTTING ANY WAR LEVY The Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmanian today expressed its strong opposition to a war with Iraq, and will consider the implications of advising it members of boycotting any war tax should one be imposed. In a vote […]

North Korea

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ARM Prison Outreach International A Prayer Request from Brother Joe Garman PAGAN PERSECUTION The next time you find yourself on the verge of complaining that the Church music is too loud or that the minister preached too long, think about your brothers and sisters in North Korea. As you are reading these words, North Korean […]

An Example Of An Unreached People Group

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October 2002 UNREACHED MEGA PEOPLE GROUP — KAHAR: Their population is approximately 7,400,000. The Kahars are a large agricultural caste of North India. Traditionally, they were palanquin bearers and have historically been employed as house servants by the colonial Europeans. The Kahar have 15 important sub-castes based on occupation. They are found mainly in Bihar […]

Belarus – Advocating For Religious Freedom

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The government of Belarus is presently considering introducing a highly restrictive religion law that would drive Belarus back into Soviet era oppression, crippling the numerous small Protestant evangelical and non-traditional groups that have revived, or come into Belarus, since Perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Prayer and advocacy is requested. BELARUS RELIGION BILL […]

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