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Jeremy Halcrow  |  30 January 2007  
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‘Wipe out’ Christians plan

The military regime in Burma has a plan to wipe out Christianity in the country, according to the UK’s Telegraph newspaper. A secret memo leaked from a government ministry contains point by point instructions on how to persecute and drive out Christians.

Missionaries under attack

Less than two weeks after their activists reportedly threw a Hindu convert to Christianity from a train, about 30 militants of Vishwa Hindu Parishad attacked Christian missionaries in Uttar Pradesh, India, accusing them of “religious conversion”. According to news agency Asian News International they disrupted a Sunday evangelistic meeting.

TV first for Tunisia’s Christians

Christian broadcaster Arab Vision has recently completed its first television series for Tunisians. It is the first time Tunisian Christians still resident in their country have appeared on TV.
“To have produced the first ever TV programs, with Tunisian Christians who actually live in Tunisia, is thrilling,” said the director. “Never before were Tunisian believers prepared to so publicly confess their faith. I believe for [churches in] Tunisia, this is a new dawn.”

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