Christianity

Freedom of Religion in the Schools

July 8, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Hankyoreh

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/297616.html

Ten civic organizations, including the Lawyers for Democratic Society and Citizens’ Solidarity for Human Rights, held a press conference to announce that they support a lawsuit filed by Kang Ui-seok against his high school in front of the Seoul Appellate Court on July 7. In the foreground, an activist with...

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Egypt's Christian-Muslim Gap Growing Bigger

July 8, 2008

Author: Ethan Cole

Source: The Christian Post

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080708/egypt-s-christian-muslim-gap-growing-bigger.htm

The divide between Egypt’s Coptic Christian community and the Muslim majority is growing bigger as an increasing number of Christians are cutting ties with Muslim neighbors and turning to the Church for all their social needs.

Many Christians in Egypt are...

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Buddhist Groups Plan to Fight Christian Bias in Lee Gov’t

July 4, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Hankyoreh

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/297004.html

Buddhist groups, which have complained that the government of President Lee Myung-bak is more partial to his Christian religion, have decided to take action.

In a meeting with some 20 groups held at Jogyesa, the main temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, in Seoul’s Gyeonji-dong on July 3, they...

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Religion Plays a Strong Role in Lives of Central American Immigrants

June 30, 2008

Author: Jack Spillane

Source: The Standard-Times

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080630/NEWS/806300304/-1/news

On a cold Friday night on Dec. 20, a small procession made its way down the ice-clogged sidewalks of New Bedford's North End.

The temperature was well below freezing and the wind-chill far below that. But it didn't seem to bother the Central American marchers, most...

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Pastor Assaulted by Hindu Radicals in India

June 28, 2008

Author: James Varghese

Source: Journal Chretien

http://journalchretien.net/breve13658.html

Hindu radicals assaulted an elderly pastor recently. The alleged perpetrators were members of Sangha Parivar (also called Vishwa Hindu Parishad). They attacked 65-year-old Pastor Murugan of the Gospel Church in Karnataka on the evening of June 24.

According to a report on www.persecution.in, Murugan and some other church members went to conduct a prayer...

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CHINA Catholic Priest Carries Olympic Torch In Taiyuan

June 27, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Union of Catholic Asian News

http://www.ucanews.com/2008/06/27/catholic-priest-carries-olympic-torch-in-taiyuan/

Catholics from the Shanxi provincial capital have mixed feelings about a priest carrying the Olympic torch along its relay route here on June 26.

Father Paul Meng Ningyou, vicar general of Taiyuan diocese and pastor of Immaculate Conception Cathedral, was the 122nd of...

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Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu and Catholic Schools to be Integrated into Nepal’s Education System

June 27, 2008

Author: Kalpit Parajuli

Source: Asia News

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=12627&size=A

Confessional schools will be recognised by the state and receive public funds but must in return adapt to a national curriculum. This change does not pose any problem to Catholic schools, which are among the best in the country, but not so for all confessional schools which must implement major changes.

“Small amounts of money have been...

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Fez Music Festival Builds Bridges

June 27, 2008

Author: Magdi Abdelhadi

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7477108.stm

The week that Saudi Arabia held its first ever conference on interfaith dialogue, Morocco was hosting its 14th festival of World Sacred Music.

Artists from all over the world converged on its ancient city of Fez, to the east of the capital Rabat. While the Saudi gathering was made up of only Muslim clerics discussing a framework for future dialogue...

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Iranian Christians Forced to Worship in Secret

June 27, 2008

Author: Anuj Chopra

Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/27/MNVI10DP2Q.DTL

Illyas, 20, precariously straddles two worlds.

At home, he's a devout Christian who wears a silver cross around his neck, reads the Bible and sings hymns praising Jesus Christ. In public, he is a pious Muslim who attends regular mosque prayers. Illyas and his parents - they asked a...

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Group Sues Pentagon Over Officers in Religious Show

June 26, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.kansas.com/news/nation_world/story/445796.html

A foundation that has sued the military alleging widespread violations of religious freedom is asking the Pentagon to block a Christian cable TV broadcast featuring officers in uniform.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has raised objections to 20 minutes of the two-hour broadcast of "Carman's Red, White and Blue...

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Dobson Hits Obama for "Distorting" Bible

June 24, 2008

Author: Krissah Williams

Source: The Washington Post

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/24/dobson_hits_obama_for_distorti.html

James Dobson, a long-time leader of conservative Christians, today accused Sen. Barack Obama of "deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to justify his own world view."

Dobson's comments, which aired today on his Focus on the Family radio...

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