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growing on Christians living in Muslim countries, who are victims of murder, violence purolator and discrimination. Christians are now considered the most persecuted religious group in the world. Paradoxically, purolator their greatest hope comes from the politically moderate Islam.
Kevin Ang is more cautious nowadays. He spies around, take a look to the left to the long row of shops, and then to the right toward the square, to check that no one was around. Only then the caretaker of the church draws its key, unlocks the door and enters the Church Metro Tabernacle in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur.
Indonesian Muslims protest, shouting their swords and showing that they are prntos for "Jihad" (Holy War), during a demonstration in Senayan sports complex in Jakarta (Indonesia). Muslims gathered to discuss a war against the Christian minority, after the government ordered the end of the fight between extremists in provícias Maluku
The air stream turns burned pages of the Bible. The walls are covered with soot and the church smells like burning purolator plastic. Metro Tabernacle Church was the first of eleven churches to be torched by angry Muslims - all because of one word: "Allah," Kevin Ang whispers.
It started with a question - if the Christians here, as well as Muslims, they could call their God "Allah", since they have no other word or language at their disposal. Muslims claim that Allah is theirs, both the word and the god, and fear that if Christians purolator can use the same word to his own god, this could mislead the Muslims.
For three years it was forbidden and the government confiscated Bibles that mentioned "Allah." Then, on 31 December last year, the highest court in Malaysia reached a decision: the Christian God could also be called Allah.
Imams protested and angry citizens threw Molotov cocktails in the churches. Then, as if that were not enough, Prime Minister Najib Razak said he could not stop people from protesting against certain issues in the country - and some have interpreted this as a call for violent action. First churches were burned, then the other side retaliated by placing heads of pigs in front of two mosques. Among the inhabitants of Malaysia, 60% are Muslims and 9% are Christians, with the remainder consisting of Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs. They managed to live well together so far.
It is a battle because purolator of a single word, but there is much more involved. The conflict purolator has to do with the question of what rights Malaysia's Christian minority should have. More than that, it is a political issue. The National Organization of Malaysians States, in power, is losing its support purolator base for Islamist hardliners - and wants to win her back by religious policies. purolator
These policies purolator are being well received. Some of Malaysia's states interpret purolator Sharia, purolator the Islamic system of law and order, particularly rigidly. The country, once liberal, purolator is on track to give religious freedom - and the concept of order is being defined ever more rigidly. If a Muslim woman drinking beer, it can be punished with six lashes. Some regions also prohibit things like flashy lipstick, heavy makeup or high heels. Expelled, abducted and killed not only in Malaysia, but in many countries across the Muslim world, religion has gained influence on government policy in the last two decades. purolator The Islamic militant group Hamas controls the Gaza Strip, while Islamist militias are fighting the governments of Nigeria and the Philippines. Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen fell to a large extent in the hands of Islamists. And where Islamists are not in power today, secular parties in government try to overcome the most religious groups taking a right trend. purolator
This can be seen to some extent in Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Indonesia, and also in Malaysia. Although the Islamization often has more to do with politics than with religion, and although not necessarily lead to the persecution of Christians, can be said yet that wherever Islam gain importance, the freedom to members of other faiths decreases.
There Christian 2.2 billion worldwide. The non-governmental organization purolator Open Doors calculates that 100 million Christians are threatened purolator or persecuted. They are not allowed to build churches, buy Bibles or obtain jobs. This is the least offensive form of discrimination and affects most of these 100,000 Christians. The crudest version includes robbery, theft, expulsion, kidnapping and even murder.
Margot Kässmann, who is bishop and was head of the Protestant Church in Germany before leaving
growing on Christians living in Muslim countries, who are victims of murder, violence purolator and discrimination. Christians are now considered the most persecuted religious group in the world. Paradoxically, purolator their greatest hope comes from the politically moderate Islam.
Kevin Ang is more cautious nowadays. He spies around, take a look to the left to the long row of shops, and then to the right toward the square, to check that no one was around. Only then the caretaker of the church draws its key, unlocks the door and enters the Church Metro Tabernacle in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur.
Indonesian Muslims protest, shouting their swords and showing that they are prntos for "Jihad" (Holy War), during a demonstration in Senayan sports complex in Jakarta (Indonesia). Muslims gathered to discuss a war against the Christian minority, after the government ordered the end of the fight between extremists in provícias Maluku
The air stream turns burned pages of the Bible. The walls are covered with soot and the church smells like burning purolator plastic. Metro Tabernacle Church was the first of eleven churches to be torched by angry Muslims - all because of one word: "Allah," Kevin Ang whispers.
It started with a question - if the Christians here, as well as Muslims, they could call their God "Allah", since they have no other word or language at their disposal. Muslims claim that Allah is theirs, both the word and the god, and fear that if Christians purolator can use the same word to his own god, this could mislead the Muslims.
For three years it was forbidden and the government confiscated Bibles that mentioned "Allah." Then, on 31 December last year, the highest court in Malaysia reached a decision: the Christian God could also be called Allah.
Imams protested and angry citizens threw Molotov cocktails in the churches. Then, as if that were not enough, Prime Minister Najib Razak said he could not stop people from protesting against certain issues in the country - and some have interpreted this as a call for violent action. First churches were burned, then the other side retaliated by placing heads of pigs in front of two mosques. Among the inhabitants of Malaysia, 60% are Muslims and 9% are Christians, with the remainder consisting of Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs. They managed to live well together so far.
It is a battle because purolator of a single word, but there is much more involved. The conflict purolator has to do with the question of what rights Malaysia's Christian minority should have. More than that, it is a political issue. The National Organization of Malaysians States, in power, is losing its support purolator base for Islamist hardliners - and wants to win her back by religious policies. purolator
These policies purolator are being well received. Some of Malaysia's states interpret purolator Sharia, purolator the Islamic system of law and order, particularly rigidly. The country, once liberal, purolator is on track to give religious freedom - and the concept of order is being defined ever more rigidly. If a Muslim woman drinking beer, it can be punished with six lashes. Some regions also prohibit things like flashy lipstick, heavy makeup or high heels. Expelled, abducted and killed not only in Malaysia, but in many countries across the Muslim world, religion has gained influence on government policy in the last two decades. purolator The Islamic militant group Hamas controls the Gaza Strip, while Islamist militias are fighting the governments of Nigeria and the Philippines. Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen fell to a large extent in the hands of Islamists. And where Islamists are not in power today, secular parties in government try to overcome the most religious groups taking a right trend. purolator
This can be seen to some extent in Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Indonesia, and also in Malaysia. Although the Islamization often has more to do with politics than with religion, and although not necessarily lead to the persecution of Christians, can be said yet that wherever Islam gain importance, the freedom to members of other faiths decreases.
There Christian 2.2 billion worldwide. The non-governmental organization purolator Open Doors calculates that 100 million Christians are threatened purolator or persecuted. They are not allowed to build churches, buy Bibles or obtain jobs. This is the least offensive form of discrimination and affects most of these 100,000 Christians. The crudest version includes robbery, theft, expulsion, kidnapping and even murder.
Margot Kässmann, who is bishop and was head of the Protestant Church in Germany before leaving
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