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India: VHP launches drive against Christian missionaries and conversions in Chhattisgarh

By Indo-Asian News Service, 17 December 2003

Encouraged by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the assembly poll, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has launched a fresh drive against Christian missionaries and conversions in Chhattisgarh.

© Copyright 2001-2003 IANS India Private Limited, New Delhi. Posted on Religioscope with permission.

Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), formerly India Abroad News Service, was conceived in 1986 to enhance the flow of news and information between India and North America. IANS today is India’s first multinational and multilingual wire service.

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Kyrgyzstan: foreign missionaries offer faith and food

By Natalia Domagalskaya and Gulnura Toralieva - IWPR, 10 September 2003

Mormons are only the latest foreign missionaries with plans for Kyrgyzstan – to the dismay of local religious leaders.

Natalia Domagalskaya is an independent journalist in Bishkek. Gulnura Toralieva is a student at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University.

This article was originally published by the IWPR (Institute for War Peace Reporting), London, in its service Reporting Central Asia (RCA, No. 233, 9 September 2003). The Institute for War & Peace Reporting strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict. Religioscope has been allowed by the IWPR to repost its articles.
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Colombia: new rebel threats against Americans renew concerns for missionaries

By Kenneth D. MacHarg, 22 August 2002

New reported threats against Americans in Colombia are once again causing U.S. missionaries to be careful about their movements. LAM News Service – 22 August 2002 – In addition, spillover of the over 40-year-old rebel conflict into neighboring countries is also affecting missionary work there. U.S. embassy officials said they were investigating a reported order from […]

Latin America Mission works in partnership with churches and Christian agencies throughout Latin America and supports missionaries and projects in many Latin countries as well as in Spain. The U.S. headquarters can be reached at Latin America Mission, Box 52-7900, Miami, FL 33152, by e-mail at info@lam.org, or by calling 1-800-275-8410.

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Uzbekistan: Christian missionaries lure youngsters

By Ulugbek Khaidarov, 30 July 2002

The authorities’ crackdown on Islamic radicalism appears to have prompted many young Uzbeks to join the growing number of Christian groups in the country. IWPR – 26 July 2002 – Government intolerance of Islamic fundamentalism is driving scores of Uzbek youth into the arms of new Christian groups practising in the Jizak region – some of […]

Ulugbek Khaidarov is an independent journalist based in Uzbekistan.

This article was first published on 26 July 2002 (RCA No. 132) by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR), London. Posted on Religioscope with permission.

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