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Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:10
India: Asks US evangelists to leave
An international advocacy group urged the U.S. government to condemn Indian authorities for asking three American Christians to leave India because they allegedly participated in evangelism. ‘We urge the U.S. government to look into this matter…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:08
Afghanistan: Christians face uncertainty in India
Afghan Christian refugees who fled to India are in hiding over fears they will be deported back to Afghanistan, where possible arrest, imprisonment and execution await them. In 2010, a television network broadcast baptisms of Afghan…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:05
Syria: Christians' concerns
On Wednesday security forces entered Damascus university dormitories, detaining dozens of students and setting fire to some rooms. Source: An Open Doors report said, Christians in Syria have been living in peace with churches practicing their…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:02
Sudan: A call to prayer
June 21st the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kadugli called Sunday June 26th a day of prayer and fasting ‘To end the Nuba Genocide and for the Peace of all Sudan’ as Sudan faces the…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:38
New mayor bans Christian prayers
Christian prayers have been dropped from the beginning of council meetings by the new mayor of Bridport in Dorset. David Rickard has decided to replace the prayers at full meetings of Bridport Town Council with a…
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:37
Trevor Phillips wades into debate on religion
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has made a wide-ranging intervention into the growing debate on the place of religion in modern society. In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph before the…