Faith in the former Soviet Union
William Hollander speaks to Christian Today about why religious freedom remains a challenge in Russia and the surrounding regions.
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Australia's 'Covid-zero' policies are 'foolish'
A Christian leader in Australia says "unthinkable" costs are being incurred by "foolish" 'Covid-zero' policies.
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The church in the Soviet Union: watched like a 'fish in an aquarium'
Thirty years ago in August started the irreversible process of the collapse of the Soviet Union. How did the church survive behind the Iron Curtain and what challenges did it meet following the dissolution of the USSR?
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UN member states urged to do more to protect victims of religiously motivated violence
CSW's Founder President, Mervyn Thomas, said there was a need to address the "severity and pervasiveness of religiously motivated violence, discrimination and intolerance in all its forms".
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Calls for women and religious minorities in Afghanistan to be protected
The call coincides with the UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.
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Christians in Afghanistan tell of death threats
"For quite a while I was inviting my relatives and close people around me to get to know Christ, but sadly in the past two to three days, my family and I have received death threats," said one Christian.
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Refugees fleeing Afghanistan are at 'acute risk' of exploitation by human traffickers
The crisis in Afghanistan is a "recipe for human trafficking", one Christian charity has warned.
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Getting vaccinated is an 'act of love' - Pope
Pope Francis is urging people to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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UK churches 'stand ready' to welcome Afghan refugees
UK churches are ready to welcome Afghan refugees and help them settle into life in a new country after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
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Calls for urgent release of Christian citizen journalist critically ill on hunger strike
Chinese Christian citizen journalist Zhang Zhan is in critical condition after going on hunger strike in protest at her imprisonment.
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Britain must be 'lavishly generous' to the Afghans who helped it
Britain owes "an absolute, lavishly generous moral covenant to all those who are at risk because they served with us in Afghanistan or took seriously our frequently professed commitment to its future, women and girls included," the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
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Afghanistan's Christians fear the Taliban will take their sons and daughters
Christians in Afghanistan are reportedly hiding indoors for fear of the Taliban days after they took control.
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We rescued children from the Taliban and fear there are many more to come
Please pray for our workers on the ground and that God will give us the wisdom about what to do. If not us, who? If not now, when?
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