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Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:09
Bahrain: Catholic Church plans challenged by Muslim clerics
Plans in the kingdom of Bahrain to build the nation's largest Roman Catholic Church have been challenged by complaints from Sunni Muslim clerics who have signed a petition against any motions to build churches in the…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:06
Jordan: Missionary stabbed to death
A missionary living in Jordan was stabbed to death by a teenager on Tuesday after she caught him stealing in her apartment, police said. The 17-year-old confessed to killing Cheryll Harvey, 55, in her apartment in…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:03
Russia: Shock at Moscow church demolition
Human rights defenders and church members have expressed shock and outrage at the sudden destruction of a Pentecostal Church in Moscow's eastern suburbs. Unknown workers - backed by police and civil volunteers - began tearing down…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:03
Russia: Shock at Moscow church demolition
Human rights defenders and church members have expressed shock and outrage at the sudden destruction of a Pentecostal Church in Moscow's eastern suburbs. Unknown workers - backed by police and civil volunteers - began tearing down…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 20:59
Burma: Christians face systemic persecution
Burma doesn't seem to have made as many advances as it first appeared in a year of change. This was the conclusion of The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) which released a new report last week.…
Thursday, 13 September 2012 20:56
Hawaii: Federal court rules on traditional marriage
A federal court has upheld Hawaii’s definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The court rejected a lawsuit that sought to tear down the state’s law defining marriage as the union…