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Azerbaijan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

By and others ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 6 August 2008 AZERBAIJAN: THE STATE COMMITTEE DOESN’T CENSOR – IT “MERELY CHECKS” AND BANS LITERATURE http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1168 Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Work […]

Maldives: Religious Liberty Absent From New Constitution

By and others ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Maldives: Religious Liberty Absent from New Constitution. On Thursday 7 August, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ratified Maldives’ new Constitution to much fanfare from the Western media which is applauding the government for its embrace of democratic reforms. (Link 1) Clearly the Western media still regard religious liberty as a dispensable human right, for the […]

Australian Prayer Network Newsletter

By and others ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

* HINDU NATIONALIST CONFIDENCE GROWS * MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP FACING CRISIS WITH SOARING FUEL COSTS * THAI-CAMBODIA DISPUTE – PRAY FOR RECONCILIATION * IRAN: TORTURED CHRISTIAN FLEES * SOUTH DAKOTA FIRST USA ABORTION FREE STATE AFTER ABORTIONISTS REFUSE TO WORK * SON OF EVANGELIST GREG LAURIE, KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ———————————————– HINDU NATIONALIST CONFIDENCE GROWS […]

Son of Hamas MP Converts to Christianity

By and others ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

By Avi Issacharoff Haaretz Magazine 31 July 2008 A moment before beginning his supper, Masab, son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, glances at the friend who has accompanied him to the restaurant where we met. They whisper a few words and then say grace, thanking God and Jesus for putting food on […]

Philippines

By and others ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Philippines: Government to sign deal with MILF. PHILIPPINES: GOVERNMENT TO SIGN DEAL WITH MILF The provincial government of North Cotabato, a predominantly Christian province of Mindanao, Southern Philippines, has petitioned the Supreme Court to issue a Temporary Restraining Order to stop the Philippine government signing a secret deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front […]

Azerbaijan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan

By and others ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 30 July 2008 AZERBAIJAN: BAPTIST PASTOR STILL IN JAIL, PROSECUTION GIVEN SECOND CHANCE http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1165 The judge in the criminal trial of Baptist […]

Barnabas Fund Prayer Focus

By and others ⋅ July 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Prayer Focus Update Prayer Focus Update August 2008 Issue PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It can be sent via […]

Australian Prayer Network Newsletter

By and others ⋅ July 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

* SWISS MOVE TO BAN MINARETS * EGYPT FACES RISING RISK OF MUSLIM/CHRISTIAN STRIFE * ZIMBABWE INTRODUCES Z$100BN NOTE * BRITISH TRIBUNAL RULES IN FAVOUR OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR * ATTEMPTS TO DECRIMINALISE ABORTION IN BRAZIL FAIL * MYANMAR RECOVERS SLOWLY AFTER CYCLONE NARGIS ———————————————– SWISS MOVE TO BAN MINARETS Members of the right-wing Swiss People’s […]

Russia; Uzbekistan

By and others ⋅ July 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 14 July 2008 RUSSIA: JEHOVAH’S WITNESS TRACTS FEARED HARMFUL IN ASBESTOS TOWN http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1159 The court in the Urals town of Asbest chose […]

Indonesia: Islamising Papua

By and others ⋅ July 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Subj: Indonesia: Islamising Papua – a history of violation, equivocation and the betrayal of Christian people. On Tuesday 1 July the Jakarta Post reported: “All factions in the House of Representatives have agreed to pass legislation giving a legal basis for the implementation of special autonomy in the new province of West Papua.” (Link 1) […]

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