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The government of Indonesia has agreed to endorse a controversial new education bill, despite protests from both Muslim and Christian communities. Almost 3,000 Muslims joined about 15,000 Protestants and Catholics in a protest march through the streets of Jakarta on June 5.
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Since the U.S.-led war on Iraq started two weeks ago, much attention has been devoted to the demands and expectations of the country’s Shia Muslims, Kurds, and Turkomans. But little has been said about Iraq’s Christians, the majority of them known as Assyrians and Chaldeans. RFE/RL takes a closer look at the hopes and fears of this group, whose history is intrinsically linked with that of ancient Mesopotamia.
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Hours before a U.S.-led war to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appears poised to begin,
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Two masked assailants attacked a small Pakistani Protestant chapel service in northern Punjab on Christmas night, killing three young girls and leaving 13 other children and their parents wounded. Some 40 Christians were gathered for a special children’s Christmas program on December 25 in the one-room Presbyterian chapel in Chianwali, a remote village about 40 […]
The Protestant church in Inner Mongolia is still quite small but growing rapidly. Inner Mongolia is also a stronghold of Catholicism. Catholics number at least 200,000. There are four bishops appointed by the CPA, but there are also three “underground” bishops loyal to the Vatican. Compass Direct – August 2002 – Inner Mongolia is a huge […]
Compass Direct (Santa Ana, California) is a Christian news service dedicated to providing news on situations and events facing Christians persecuted for their faith. Compass Direct maintains an extensive network of news bureaus and correspondents around the world.
[Compass Direct has now been replaced by www.worldwatchmonitor.org – 20.08.2016]
The villages of Sepe and Silanca, some 10 miles from the city of Poso, have been burned to the ground. Reports from several sources confirm that attacks on the Christian villages started on the evening of Monday, August 12, after units of the armed forces which had been guarding the villages were unexpectedly withdrawn. Compass […]
Compass Direct (Santa Ana, California) is a Christian news service dedicated to providing news on situations and events facing Christians persecuted for their faith. Compass Direct maintains an extensive network of news bureaus and correspondents around the world.
[Compass Direct has now been replaced by www.worldwatchmonitor.org – 20.08.2016]
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