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China “revokes probation” of Christian lawyer already jailed at secret location for 2 years
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In the first official word from Chinese authorities about Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who disappeared into police custody nearly two years ago, police say they have revoked his probation and are sending him back to prison. The puzzling announcement was made in a brief official Xinhua News Agency dispatch was a devastating blow to…
Iran official says illegal churches harm youth
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As the anniversary of Iran’s 2010 Christmas raids on Christian homes and house-based churches approaches, Iran’s minister of intelligence has announced that underground Evangelical churches pose a serious threat to the nation’s youth. Meanwhile a senior Iranian religious official said Christianity is worse than Satanism. Inelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said the Ministry of Intelligence “has already…
Lawmaker says prayer saved her life; fights for American students to have freedom to pray
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Florida State Senator Larcenia Bullard says she’s alive because of the power of prayer — and that’s why she’s fighting for the right of Florida students to pray. Recently, she was brought to tears during debate over proposed state legislation that would allow student-initiated prayer in all Florida schools. “Had it not been for prayer, even…
Catholics fined for ‘illegal worship’
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A Montreal judge has ruled that Paula Celani worshiped illegally — fining her $144 — charted with cult activity. “On a Sunday morning two years ago,” reports Graeme Hamilton in Canada’s National Post newspaper, she and “about 80 members of her Catholic lay group gathered in a hall they had rented from the city. They watched an…
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