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News From Iraq

By and others ⋅ June 2, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

COALITION FORCES FAIL TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS IRAQ 30 May 2003 Because of lawlessness and hostility from some Muslim extremists the Iraqi Christian community is increasingly vulnerable, but coalition forces are failing to provide adequate protection. Christian women who go out in public without a head covering have been threatened and spat upon. Christian owned shops […]

New Hope For Jordanian Christian Widow

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FLASH NEWS from COMPASS DIRECT Global News from the Frontlines ********** NEW HOPE IN SIGHT FOR JORDANIAN CHRISTIAN WIDOW Court Case Challenges Muslim Guardian’s Custody by Barbara G. Baker Summary: HUSN, Jordan, May 30 (Compass) — One of Jordan’s top law firms filed a request this week for a change in the legal guardianship of […]

Sudanese Priest Released

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FLASH NEWS from COMPASS DIRECT Global News from the Frontlines ********** SUDANESE PRIEST RELEASED IN KHARTOUM Delegation Visits Jail, Completes Land Purchase Payment by Barbara G. Baker Summary: ISTANBUL, May 30 (Compass) — Six weeks after a Sudanese court jailed an Episcopal priest for refusing to tear down his church, Rev. Samuel Dobai Amum has […]

Iraqi Religions Discuss Future

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IRAQ’S RELIGIOUS GROUPS, MEETING IN AMMAN, REJECT VIOLENCE AND CALL FOR COMMON ACTION TO ASSURE A JUST SOCIETY. First Meeting of Iraq’s Religious Groups Calls for Direct, Free and Democratic Elections; a Constitution, and the Rule of Law; Seek Continued Support from Religious Communities Worldwide AMMAN, Jordan, (May 28) – Representatives of each of Iraq’s […]

Iraq And Freedom Of Religion

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“There’s not just one legal approach to protecting religious freedom. You have to find an approach to both the individual’s right to religious liberty and the corporate right that organizations have—that means the right to participate fully in the society. How you do that has to take into account the historical cultural realities of Iraq. […]

Pray For The World

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Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/index.htm (9900+ articles) eni-summary list Ecumenical News International News Highlights 30 May 2003 Catholic priest shares Eucharist with Protestants, gets cardinal’s rebuke By Stephen Brown Berlin, 30 May (ENI)–Hundreds of people packed into a Berlin church for an ecumenical service that challenged official Vatican dogma preventing Protestants and Roman Catholics from sharing […]

Mission Network News – May 29, 2003

By and others ⋅ May 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

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Rising Inter-Religious Violence And Persecution

By and others ⋅ May 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

annual country reports CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE For immediate release May 29 2003 RISING INTER-RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE AND PERSECUTION DOCUMENTED IN CSW ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS Rising inter-religious violence and persecution are documented in CSW’s Annual Country Reports for 2002. Reports covering the year’s developments in Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and Saudi Arabia were launched […]

May 2003 Update Persecution

By and others ⋅ May 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 221 – Wed 28 May 2003 WELCOME to the 16 intercessors who have joined the list this month. ————————————– ‘Carry each others’ burdens, and in this way you fulfil the law of Christ.’ Galatians 6:2 NIV ‘By sharing our difficulties they become smaller; by sharing our joy, it grows.’ […]

World Prayer Needs

By and others ⋅ May 30, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

eni-summary list Ecumenical News International News Highlights 29 May 2003 Christians urge Palestinian Authority not to make Islam official religion Jerusalem (ENI). Christian leaders in the Holy Land have called on the Palestinian Authority not to make Islam the official religion of a future independent Palestinian state. The leaders oppose an article of a draft […]

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