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	Religious Persecution: Shades of Grey - Copyright © 2000 by Team C005706, ThinkQuest
		Sometimes religious persecution is clearly an abuse of power as in the case of the Holocaust, where one specific group was targeted for annihilation.
		Other times, religious persecution is more of a struggle between different groups to maintain their religious or cultural identities which can create religious conflicts.
		Religious persecution is the persecution of individuals within a group in the struggle to maintain their religious identity, or the abuse of power by an individual or organization that causes members of a religious group to suffer.
	library.thinkquest.org /C005706 (361 words)

	Religious exclusivity in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament)
		Much of the public believes that the numerically most common religiously motivated homicides are probably by underground Satanic cults who kidnap infants and children for abuse and ritual murder.
		Attacks on religious minorities by (or with the assistance of) governments which are allied with religious groups within their own countries: This type of oppression seems to appear to some degree in almost all of those countries which lack a wall of separation between church and state; i.e.
		Religiously motivated genocide and crimes against humanity in the former Yugoslavia are being effectively controlled by peace keepers.
	www.religioustolerance.org /rt_overv.htm (1254 words)

	ReligiousTolerance.org by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
		It promotes religious freedom, and diversity as positive cultural values.
		We cover everything from whether women should have access to abortion to whether homosexuals and bisexuals should be given equal rights, including same-sex marriage, and dozens of other "hot" topics.
		To extend religious freedom to people of all religious traditions, even though you may well disagree with their beliefs and/or practices.
	www.religioustolerance.org (837 words)

	The Development of Religious Persecution
		This was a national loyalty, not built upon unified religious practices, but rather, built upon the right of citizens to elect the leaders to whom they would be loyal, and who, it was expected, would establish just laws.
		This persecution was not directed against their beliefs, nor against their practices, but rather against their opposition to the joining together of church and state, with the church usurping the prerogative to determine each individual’s spiritual status, and the state collaborating with the church as the executor of its edicts.
		It is not surprising then that many Christians today, forgetting the tragic lessons of the past, are anxious to devalue the concept of the separation of church and state, and look for the state to enforce the edicts of the majority in matters of faith and religion.
	www.present-truth.org /Liberty/standish/liberty/litb11.htm (3220 words)

	Eritrea: Religious Persecution - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Religious prisoners of conscience who have no connection with political opposition groups are subjected to the same torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment, and the same arbitrary and incommunicado detention, as prisoners of conscience detained on account of their political opinions.
		Religious organizations were required to register with the authorities and provide details of their membership and assets, including foreign contacts and foreign funding.
		Religious practice by members of the four main faiths is permitted in the army, although with minimal provision for worship or for pastoral care in local churches and mosques.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAFR640132005 (12545 words)

	Symposium: The Muslim Persecution of Christians
		One is religious persecution of Christians per se, which would be the most severe, the other is political oppression of Christian communities.
		It is particularly crucial that religious persecution be acknowledged and faced head on wherever it occurs.
		Allowing such religious persecutions to happen, or remaining silent about them when they do occur, are clearly not in the national interests of the United States or the freedom-loving civilized world.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=10242 (6528 words)

	Christians in the Middle East are not all Arabs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Religious persecution of Christians in the Middle East has reached extreme forms of human degradation: In Sudan, abundant reports by international human rights organizations have documented the enslavement by the northern fundamentalist forces of southern African Christians.
		The religious persecution and oppression is normally conducted by one religious group against other religious group: for Christians, this case has been the case in Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan.
		Of course, persecution can also conducted by members of one particular group against other members of the same religious group on the basis of religious fundamentalism (Algeria, Afghanistan, Iran), or racism (Mauritania), but this is not the topic of today's discussion.
	www.sullivan-county.com /z/christians.htm (1582 words)

	Religious persecution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jewish exemption from the requirement to participate in public cults was lifted and the anti-monotheistic religious persecution of the Christians began under Nero.
		Religious persecution and discrimination have been an official part of U.S. governmental policies and law regarding Native Americans.
		The eagle feather law, which governs the possession and religious use of eagle feathers, was officially written to protect then dwindling eagle populations while still protecting traditional Native American spiritual and religious customs, of which the use of eagles are central.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Religious_persecution (1442 words)

	Introduction: Halt Religious Persecution
		The tentacles of religious persecution in today's world reach out from disputes of past eras and present political agendas, prejudice and misunderstanding, to strangle communities of faith.
		Christians are among the targets of persecution in China, while in Moscow antisemitic groups commit violent assaults and spread propaganda with impunity.
		Recognizing both a cause of persecution and a route to reconciliation, the French Catholic bishops publicly declared in 1997 that their church had "acquiesc[ed] by its silence" in the deadly persecution of French Jews during World War II.
	www.udhr.org /Religiousfreedom/intro.htm (826 words)

	Scientology, Free Speech and "Religious Persecution"
		Because the secrecy of the OT levels is a central tenet of Church doctrine, the Scientologists argued that publishing the secrets constituted "irreversible alteration of religious beliefs, including compelled annihilation of a core belief." The Church likened this to forcing a Christian to deny the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
		Although this might wash in a religious court, it is outside the scope of secular law to judge the truth of religious claims.
		Because the kinds of religious belief in the world are so many and varied, it is very difficult to pin down those characteristics that define religious belief systems and separate them from other sorts of belief systems.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~cj871/persecution.html (2301 words)

	America as a Religious Refuge: the 17th Century (Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of ...
		The religious persecution that drove settlers from Europe to the British North American colonies sprang from the conviction, held by Protestants and Catholics alike, that uniformity of religion must exist in any given society.
		Religious persecution, as observers in every century have commented, is often bloody and implacable and is remembered and resented for generations.
		Although an accommodation between the two sides was sealed in 1598 by the Edict of Nantes, religious privileges of Huguenots eroded during the seventeenth century and were extinguished in 1685 by the revocation of the Edict.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/religion/rel01.html (2291 words)

	Defending the Faiths - religious persecution National Interest, The - Find Articles
		In response to such persecution, the cause of religious freedom, which until recently was the passion of a small cadre of Christian activists, has today become the subject of talk shows, op-ed pieces, government reports and even official legislation.
		A movement on behalf of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities blossomed in the 1990s, sparking congressional hearings, which, in turn, prompted the Clinton administration to act more forcefully against violations of religious freedom abroad.
		THE pervasiveness of religious persecution around the globe today does not in itself account for the new momentum of the movement to counter it.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2751/is_2000_Fall/ai_65576877 (715 words)

	Refugees and religious persecution
		After 50 years of assessing refugee status on the grounds of religious persecution, officials charged with this responsibility are asking how the changing meanings of “religion” and “persecution” apply to the millions whose destinies they decide.
		People who say they’ve fled for fear of religious persecution are on the rise, as issues of gender, culture and identity increasingly impact religion.
		He attributed the rise in religious persecution to religious fundamentalism, reaction against symbols of power like the US, and tighter control over religious groups as a byproduct of economic modernization.
	www.churchworldservice.org /Immigration/archives/2002/11/13.html (661 words)

	Using the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act
		It is the purpose of this Act to reduce and eliminate the widespread and ongoing religious persecution taking place throughout the world today.
		In the light of the difficulties Taslima Nasrin has experienced in her native country of Bangladesh and the FFRPA, it would be timely for the United States to initiate action in the United Nations to bring an end to the fatwas that originate from the Muslim countries that are U.N. members.
		The United States should also initiate action in the United Nations that will make it possible for international criminal charges to be laid against individuals and organizations issuing warrants of death or injury against any person for exercising her or his freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
	www.americanhumanist.org /humanism/defend-humanists.html (548 words)

	Religious Persecution
		The Uniting Church in Victoria is set to launch a campaign to combat religious persecution, especially against Christians, around the globe.
		Members of the church, and the general public, are being asked to join a network that will challenge governments, embassies and public officials when incidents of religious persecution come to light.
		Persecution of religious groups is not a thing of the past but rather a tool of oppression in the present.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/189.htm (452 words)

	Christian Persecution Blog - a weblog about persecuted Christians and the persecuted church
		IRAN – On June 19, 2007, The Voice of the Martyrs confirmed reports that believers in Iran are being detained, interrogated and in one case, imprisoned because of their faith in Jesus Christ.
		According to VOM sources, this new wave of persecution is coming against Christians that meet to worship God in the privacy of their homes.
		In the midst of danger and persecution, faithful pastors are choosing to remain in dangerous areas so they can share the gospel.
	www.persecutionblog.com (1682 words)

	NCC Resources on Religious Freedom and Religious Persecution Abroad
		Global religious freedom and religious persecution abroad are urgent public policy issues and will continue to reach into the life of our churches.
		We hope that both ecumenically and together and in the life of our individual churches, we can bring attention to religious persecution in ways that reflect the best sensitivities, understandings and commitments of our shared Christian faith.
		NCC May 5, 1998, Letter to Congress on Religious Persecution Legislation
	www.ncccusa.org /assembly/persecution.htm (293 words)

	Uzbekistan: Muslim Dissidents Jailed and Tortured (Human Rights Watch, 30-3-2004)
		The 319-page report, "Creating Enemies of the State: Religious Persecution in Uzbekistan," details the arrest and torture of detainees in an ongoing campaign that has resulted in the incarceration of an estimated 7,000 Muslim dissidents.
		Her son, imprisoned for "religious extremism," died in prison in August 2002 after he was apparently submerged in boiling water.
		Prosecutors charged that he and 16 other men were part of an "extremist group" and argued that their private religious study indicated they were part of an organized group that was spreading literature containing "fundamentalist" and "extremist" ideas.
	www.hrw.org /english/docs/2004/03/29/uzbeki8309.htm (1499 words)

	Religious Persecution Growing Worldwide, Group Says » Netscape.com
		Religion – - At a time when religious persecution prompts growing international concern, Christian advocates in the U.S. marked Religious Freedom Day Tuesday by drawing attention to those who do not have the freedoms enjoyed by Americans.
		Far from persecution that is freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
		As for complaining about the way xtans are treated by atheists on this board, 1st that's nothing considering the way xtans treat atheists and 2nd, your complaint exemplifies the maxim; anytime xtans aren't allowed to force their superstitious beliefs on the rest of us they complain their rights of "freedom of religion" are being violated.
	religion.netscape.com /story/2007/01/27/religious-persecution-growing-worldwide-group-says (384 words)

	GOP Lawmaker Decries Religious Persecution - May 9, 1998
		WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans used their weekly radio address Saturday to call for legislation monitoring religious persecution around the world.
		Wolf drew from his own experiences abroad to underscore the need to protect religious freedom for all people, not just Americans.
		Wolf has sponsored The Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, which would create a White House office for reporting religious persecution worldwide, impose sanctions on governments that carry out religious persecution and improve asylum procedures.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/09/gop.radio (282 words)

	The Religious Persecution in the CHT
		The destruction of Jumma peoples' religious and cultural life in the CHT have been a marked feature of the CHT conflict since the early 1970s.
		One way of understanding this tolerance is to see it in terms of an underlying element common throughout the CHT which consists of different manifestations of an underlying stratum of animistic traits which coexists with Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity.
		The most disturbing aspects of religious persecution in the CHT are the destruction of temples, prevention of worship, violence motivated by religious hatred and forcible conversion to Islam.
	www.angelfire.com /ab/jumma/religion.html (1870 words)

	Religious Persecution Alert
		Imagine the leaders of the Catholic Church viewing Martin Luther as an apostate reformer challenging their religious authority and monopoly over their members, and deciding that every power on earth or in heaven that could be used to stop and punish him should be used.
		Now Martin Luther is so restricted by the courts application of religiously twisted secular law, it is impossible for him to exercise his spiritual and religious freedoms without going into contempt of the courts interpretations and enforcement of these secular laws.
		Although this parallel is not exact, it is parallel in regards to the issues of using secular copyright, trade secret and trademark laws for religious agendas that crush the religious freedom of religious reformers and religious critics.
	www.factnet.org /Scientology/pers_alert.htm (1068 words)

	FREEDOM FROM RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ACT
		Religious groups are cautioned about a controversial proposal to meld foreign affairs and their own desire to proselytize...
		The Freedom From Religious Persecution Act has been introduced in the House by Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) as H.R. Last week, the House International Relations Committee approved FFRPA in a 31-5 vote, tracking it for floor action.
		Most of the "offending" countries have a shabby record on general human rights, not just religious expression; in many cases, there is a predominant, "established" religious institution protected by the government.
	www.atheists.org /flash.line/ffrpa2.htm (625 words)

	Religious Persecution
		In my view, it was not envisioned by the legislature that all such groups, organizations or sects should have their children made the subject of protection applications as a form of class action.
		By adopting intolerant attitudes based exclusively on ethical perfectionism, we allow penal punishment to enter the realm of individual privacy and open the door to a subtle form of authoritarianism; especially when freedom of belief and the liberty to express that belief are restricted.
		This will plunge the world into the darkest and most horrendous nightmare of religious persecution it has ever known, a time that Jesus described as "Great Tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be!" (Matthew 24:21).
	www.thefamily.org /dossier/statements/persecution.htm (2878 words)

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