Assignment #34

Click on "Restricted Nations"
3) Answer the following questions:
What does "restricted nations" refer to? nations that aren't allowed to have christianity.
Where are most restricted nations?the middle east
Give me the names of 6 restricted nations and tell me why they are restricted.
1.Nigeria- Radical Muslims attack Christians.
2.Comoros- social discrimination
3.Qatar-Christianity is forbidden.
4.Sri Lanka- discrimination through taxation, employment, education.
5.Burma-uses severe forms of persecution on Christians.
6.China-Church property and Bibles were confiscated and Christians were harassed, questioned, arrested and imprisoned.

5) In your own words, tell me what VOM is.
a Christian organization that doesn't get any money for it.

6) Navigate the website to find out where VOM offices are stationed around the world.
Nigeria, South Africa,Poland, Italy,Finland, etc.

7) How can you help?
pray.
8) Who founded VOM? Pastor Richard Wurmbrand.
9)abcnews.com-1.Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl Mark Berlin Wall's Fall
The reunion in Berlin of the three leaders at the center of the whirlwind of events kicked off a week of celebrations in the German capital marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9.
Bush, U.S. president from 1989-93, paid tribute in his speech to the countless thousands of courageous East Germans who risked persecution by attending mass protests to demand reform in the months leading up to the Wall's peaceful collapse.

bbcnews.com,2.Religious persecution in Eritrea If you are Catholic, Muslim, or a member of the Orthodox and Evangelical churches in Eritrea then it seems you can breathe easy.
However, those who believe and practise minority faiths are routinely persecuted, according to human rights groups.
Two years ago the Eritrean government introduced a registration system for religions which forced groups to submit information about themselves in order to be allowed to worship.
3.Eritrean Christians tell of torture An Eritrean refugee lies contorted on the ground. Balanced on his belly, his hands clutch his feet behind his back, bending his legs back almost double.
Paulus is demonstrating a torture technique known colloquially as "the helicopter". It is one he knows well. It was in this excruciating position, he claims, that soldiers left him tied up for 136 hours, in an attempt to force him to recant his faith. "They kept asking me to sign a document," he recalls, "and agree to not participate in church activities or express my faith in any form. I was told I would be untied and released the minute I agreed to their requests."
Paulus is an evangelical Christian from Eritrea, one of an increasing number fleeing the tiny Red Sea state because of religious persecution.



and foxnews.com- 4.On the Docket Nov. 5: Persecution, Torture & Wrongful Convictions For much of the second half of the 20th century, the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea produced brutalities that led to the condemnation of the U.S. State Department. Especially brutal were the Eritrean conscription efforts. Alleged draft dodgers were thrown in jail and tortured. It is widely believed their treatment had nothing to do with shirking military service but was a form of religious persecution, especially against Protestant Christians. In 1994, Daniel Girmai Negusie was at a movie theater when Eritrean authorities conducted a conscription raid. He was eventually forced to spend six months in the Eritrean Navy before he was discharged.

5.Polygamist leader: Arrest is religious persecution Winston Blackmore, who was arrested Wednesday, claimed there are tens of thousands of polygamists across Canada but said his religious sect is being singled out, disregarding his right to religious freedom.
"This is not about polygamy," Blackmore told reporters in the community of Bountiful. "To us this is about religious persecution."
Authorities arrested both Blackmore, 52, and James Oler, 44, who lead rival polygamous factions in Bountiful, a town in southeastern British Columbia. Blackmore is charged with marrying 20 women and Oler is accused of marrying two women.
British Columbia Attorney General Wally Oppal said the charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison. He said the case will be the first test of Canada's polygamy laws


0) Google "christian persecution". Post the first 5 links that come up to your blog.

I'm sorry Ms. Melancon but i don't know how to put links onto the blog.
11) How is the internet being used to help stop Christian persecution globally?
there is lots of sites that give a lot of information about christian persecution. there are even different blogs that you can join. this helps people become more aware about Christian persecution and makes them want to get more involved.