[miltonim]

Concern Mounts for Jailed Iranian Christian
October 2004

Excerpt:
a pastor arrested four weeks ago by the Iranian security police. Iranian authorities have refused to give any reason for the arrest and prolonged detention of Hamid Pourmand, 47, a lay pastor in the Assemblies of God Church. No one has been allowed contact with Pourmand since September 9, when he was arrested along with 85 other evangelical church leaders.

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Ciledug (catholic) school remains sealed off (by muslims)
Indonesia
October 2004

Excerpt:
At least 2,417 students of private Sang Timur Catholic school in Ciledug, Tangerang, were still unable to attend classes on Wednesday, as a zealot group had yet to tear down a wall it erected on Sunday to block the school's main entrance in protest of religious services being held there.