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(October 2002)Indonesia: Seventeen Churches Closed Down in Aceh
Indonesia
October 2002
The authorities gave no reason for these closures that have deprived over 10,000 Christians of places to meet for worship.
463 posted on 12/31/2004 11:08:54 PM PST by miltonim (Fight those who do not believe in Allah. - Koran, Surah IX: 29)
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Arrests and curfew after fatal clashes over Egyptian church
Egypt
December 2004
They argued that Christians did not need a church in the town, as there were only 500 of them compared to 20,000 Muslims... the two sides went at each other with rocks and sticks. Gunfire was also heard. The house of a young Copt was burnt down on Thursday after the Muslim man was killed a day earlier.
465 posted on 12/31/2004 11:19:07 PM PST by miltonim (Fight those who do not believe in Allah. - Koran, Surah IX: 29)
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