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Persecution

Persecution

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
(Matthew 24:9-10)

Religious Persecution in the news


ABC News
In the Spotlight: Conflict highlights federal assault on religious freedom
Peoria Journal Star
It is ironic that the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis first moved here from Germany in the 1880s due to religious persecution and now, over a century later, risk persecution by the American government. More than religion, this concerns ...
The bishops are wrong and have no one but themselves to blame for Obama's ...RenewAmerica
MD Harmon: Birth-control rule reveals Obama's disdain for CatholicsPress Herald

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Catholic Free Press
Teaching empathy for persecuted; OLA sends card of encouragement
Catholic Free Press
By Tanya Connor WORCESTER – Fifth-graders at Our Lady of the Angels Elementary School this week used their own experiences to empathize with persecuted Christians abroad – and their creativity to encourage them. For Catholic Schools Week teacher John ...

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When will the West act against persecution of Christians in the Middle East?
Fox News
Our colleague, the former New York Times reporter Clifford D. May, writes that "persecution of Christians in numerous Muslim-majority countries is the most important international story not being told by the mainstream media.” Take the example of Habib ...

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The Daily Star
Syria's Alawites, a secretive and persecuted sect
Reuters
THE ALAWITE SECT -- Sunnis Muslims make up 74 percent of Syria's 22 million population, Alawites 12 percent, Christians 10 percent and Druze 3 percent. Ismailis, Yezidis and a few Jews make up the rest. -- The clannishness, secrecy and tenacity of ...
Syria's Alawites – a secretive and persecuted sectCyprus Mail
Syria's Minorities & Split Loyalties: Through the Sectarian LensAl-Bawaba
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Secretary General Al-Shaqfa: "We Don't Trust ...Journal of Turkish Weekly
The Daily Star
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ChinaAid Releases Annual Report of Chinese Government Persecution of ...
Christian News Wire (press release)
Those statistics included a 131.8% increase in the number of Christians detained for their religious beliefs. "This trend of worsening persecution has persisted for the past six years," the group said, adding that Christians were not the only target.

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MCCT provides breather to Meitei Christian converts
E-Pao.net
Imphal, February 04, 2012: With the full activation of a charitable trust, Meitei Christian converts of the state, who have been facing persecution and atrocities from non-Christian locals in the valley areas, have got a breather and a platform to ...

IBNLive.com
Kashmir Christians persecuted over alleged conversions
GlobalPost (blog)
A Kashmiri Christian lights candles at a church during a Christmas in Srinagar on December 25, 2010. Christians in Srinagar have lately been targeted for persecution, following allegations of some pastors using inappropriate inducements to convert ...
Meanwhile, in J&K...... Christians get a taste of what Hindus facedDaily Pioneer

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Opposing Views
Vanderbilt May Deny Christians from Forming Official Groups
Opposing Views
Denying an organization the right to worship freely or being able to stand up for what their faith teaches them is wrong, and it is persecution. According to Professor Carol Swain, who advises the Christian Legal Society: “There are people on campus ...

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Bikya Masr
US Copts Decry Egyptian Persecution of Christians
Algemeiner
The service of prayer for Christian unity took place at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Mary and St. Mena, in Hope, Rhode Island. Coptic Christians in Rhode Island told their Christian neighbors about the suffering their friends and relatives have ...
Middle East Christians keep wary eye on Arab SpringWashington Post (blog)

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WND.com
Christian women report being assaulted after arrests
WND.com
WND reported in January that Open Doors' America's “World Watch” puts Saudi Arabia as the third worst country for religious persecution. Muslim nations lead the pack. Nine of the 10 worst nations for persecution of Christians are run essentially under ...

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