INTENSE PERSECUTION IS DRIVING ENDANGERED CHRISTIANS OUT OF GAZA Terrorists in Gaza have rained down hundreds of rockets on Israeli civilians over the last several months. In response, Israel has pounded terror targets in the Gaza Strip with deadly airstrikes. Such bouts of violence are all too familiar realities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Caught in […]
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As I read in Exodus 21, about God’s directions to the Israelites regarding slaves, I realize that it wasn’t and isn’t God who instituted slavery but rather, it is a fruit of the kingdom of darkness. This fruit has plagued humanity for millenia and is particularly evil! As a matter of fact, despite the general
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The following link is lengthy (pardon the pun) but well worth watching. It is an excellent update on the above topic. https://www.vomcanada.com/index.php?option=com_youtubegallery&view=youtubegallery&listid=26&themeid=4&videoid=145294782&tmpl=component&TB_iframe=true&height=550&width=630 Below, I have used the text from the conclusion of a slightly dated but nevertheless still very relevant book by Justus Reid Weiner, ‘Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society’ (full reference listed at
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REFUGEE CRISIS EXACERBATED BY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION Religious persecution plays a “central role” in the global displacement crisis according to Open Doors 2017 World Watch List. The charity noted that more than half of the world’s 65.3m refugee population come from Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria, all countries in which it has become extremely dangerous to identify
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Today’s (3/2/2017) Sydney Morning Herald and other major newspapers inform us of the embarassing situation Australia is finding itself in, due to Trump’s unsurprising ?final response regarding the so-called resettlement deal with America, brokered by the Obama administration during his last days in office. Much has been and will be said about this: As Christian
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The A Just Australia campaign is managed by the Refugee Council of Australia. The core mission of the campaign is to campaign for positive changes to government policy on refugee and asylum seekers. By working together with prominent Australians and community groups and thousands of concerned individuals, A Just Australia aims to achieve just and
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An alternative to offshore detention by Julian Burnside | Nov 4, 2015 | Asylum Seekers, Human Rights The present system of dealing with asylum seekers who arrive by boat is cruel (intentionally) and hideously expensive. There is a rational alternative to the intentional cruelty of the present system. That system reflects the attempts of both
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Dear friends and fellow pray-ers! Like some of you; this morning I awoke to a Facebook security message asking me to reply whether I was safe, in view of an explosion which took place just recently. It turned out to be a world-wide error by Facebook, in response to an explosion which just took place
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Source: ACN PRESS – INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS 2013-15 This report gives sobering insight into what is happening to the Christian community in areas of worst persecution. I found it on the Voice of the Persecuted Website. It puts a much needed stop (I hope!) to the petty bickering that is happening word-wide as to
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2 Chronicles 7:14 “…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” Folks, in light of the article below, which is just another
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As we continue to pray for the latest prayer issue (refugees in and heading for Europe), we all have heard of many of those refugees abandoned in desert areas (the sea of course is another type of “desert area”), often due to people smugglers’ dodgy cars (or boats) braking down, or abandoned in “holding camps”
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Father God, we lift up the refugee situation in Europe. As wars and the threat of terror posed by many rogue terror groups increases all across the Middle East and the African Continent and as wars and rumours of wars become the norm (Matt. 24:6), we pray that the hearts of Europe’s leaders and its
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The scale of … tragedies is shocking but no novelty. It is estimated that since 1993 some 20,000 migrants have died trying to cross Europe’s southern borders. The true figure is undoubtedly higher: Thousands have perished, their deaths unrecorded. Who is to blame? European politicians point the finger at traffickers. On Monday (20.4.2015 my inclusion),
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Why Burma’s Rohingya Muslims are among the world’s most persecuted people. Denied citizenship, forced into manual labour and forbidden to marry without government permission. Newly arrived migrants sit inside a bus that will take them to a temporary shelter in Indonesia’s Ache province on May 20, 2015, after a major diplomatic breakthrough temporarily opened the
As we present ourselves with clean hands and pure hearts before the throne room of Grace, we lift up the following requests on behalf of the Rohingya people: That Jesus Christ would reveal Himself to many Rohingyas. Although mostly Muslims; Jesus Christ is their Saviour also (Gen. 12:3) [Abraham is called the father of faith
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A COMPLEX ISSUE Some Definitions: “The flow of migrants across borders is controlled increasingly by criminal networks. Due to more restrictive immigration policies in destination countries and improved technology to monitor border crossings, “willing illegal” (inverted commas my addition, in view of the known desperation motivating these individuals and in view of the repeated statements
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Prayer Points: (As listed on The World Factbook Website) •Pray for God to defeat the plans of Al Qaeda, al Shabab and other terrorist groups operating in Somalia. Pray that the demonic forces that are using these terrorist groups will be toppled, and that the people will be set free to worship the Lord. Pray
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History Comprised of a former British protectorate and an Italian colony, Somalia was created in 1960 when the two territories merged. Since then its development has been slow. Relations with neighbours have been soured by its territorial claims on Somali-inhabited areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. In 1970 Mr Barre proclaimed a socialist state, paving
by Elizabeth Kendal (Elizabeth Kendal is the author of Turn Back the Battle: Isaiah Speaks to Christians Today, (Deror Books, Dec 2012). http://www.turnbackthebattle.com/thebook.html Background: RLPB 286 (11 Nov 2014). The Islamic Government of Sudan (GoS) has expressed its intention to bring the conflict in the Nuba Mountains to an end, not through negotiations but through
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