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Barnabas weekly newsletter 01 July 2011

Country: United Kingdom, South and East Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, Africa, Egypt, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Ethiopia, Australia, United States, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands

Latest international news
Barnabas director wins debate arguing Islam greater threat to Christianity than secularism

Barnabas Aid's International Director Dr Patrick Sookhdeo was on the winning side in a prestigious debate, organised by The Spectator, arguing that Islam is a greater threat to Christianity than is secularism.

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Read The Spectator reviews: here & here

Christians assaulted and threatened by police in Uzbekistan

A senior police officer threatened to assault a convert to Christianity with an axe after the latter challenged a hefty fine for his Christian activities in one of the latest incidents of state persecution in Uzbekistan.

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The city of Tashkent, where a number of Christians have been targeted
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Counter-terrorism expert calls for “United States of Islam”

A leading Muslim Brotherhood figure and counter-terrorism expert in London has called upon the world’s Arabs to launch a multi-national movement with the goal of establishing a single Islamic state.

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Uprisings in Egypt and other Arab lands prompt call for single Islamic state
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Draft law threatens freedom of religion and expression in Nepal

Christian leaders fear the witness of the Church in Nepal will be seriously threatened by proposed new legislation that would further restrict evangelism and undermine freedom of religion and expression in the country.

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The Singha Durbar in Kathmandu is the official seat of government in Nepal
Disappearance of Christian girls prompts protests in Egypt

Egyptian Christians are reeling over the suspected abduction of two Christian teenage girls, arson attacks on Christian homes and threats to kill a church leader in three separate incidents.

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Map showing the location of Egypt
Muslims jailed for attacks on Christians in Ethiopia

Ethiopian courts have sentenced 579 Muslims to jail terms of up to 18 years for their part in the widespread anti-Christian violence in which scores of churches and homes were burnt down, and thousands of Christians were displaced earlier this year.

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Scores of churches and homes were burnt down in the anti-Christian violence

Latest Operation Nehemiah news
Export crisis prompts calls for halal training centre in Australia

Australia's leading Muslim body has called upon the government to fund a halal training centre after the country suspended live exports to Indonesia owing to concerns over the halal method of slaughter.

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Australian beef cattle at the centre Australia’s halal controversy
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Delta Air Lines accused of discriminatory business deal

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has demanded that Delta Air Lines ends its partnership with Saudi Arabian Airlines after claiming that the latter has discriminatory policies targeting Jews, Christians and women.

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Delta Air Lines, which has formed a new partnership with Saudi Arabian Airlines
One in four UK state schools failing to teach RE to over-14s

Religious Education is at risk of disappearing from many schools, with one in four failing to teach it to children aged between 14 and 16.

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A school in England
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US high school censors Christian testimony in graduation speech

A high-school graduate was forbidden by his school from delivering nearly half his graduation speech, in which he explained how Jesus had changed his life.

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Fair Haven, Vermont, whose high school censored a Christian graduate’s speech
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Dutch MP cleared of “hate speech” charges for comments on Islam says is “victory for freedom of expression”

Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician, has been acquitted of charges of hate speech and discrimination for statements he made about Islam.

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Dutch MP Geert Wilders, who has been cleared of hate speech charges
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