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In fact, Lai's books weren't the kind of Bibles the People's Republic condones. His New Testament Recovery version, unlike the text officially sanctioned in China, contains footnotes that try to explain particularly tricky parts of the scriptures. By using Lai's edition, underground evangelical worshippers can further...
The 500,000-strong Shouters, who yell out a condensed version of the Lord's Prayer during their services, are one of many underground Protestant groups that have flourished in China in recent years, circumventing the state-supported Catholic and Protestant churches. That makes their meetings (often in basements or...
In German politics, the role of Bavaria's Christian Social Union has always been hard to define. It is frequently called the junior sister of the opposition Christian Democratic Union, but it has been considered too conservative, too Catholic and, well, too Bavarian to take on a prominent national role...
NORTHERN IRELAND Sectarian Madness A row between two women outside a primary school in the divided Ardoyne area of north Belfast degenerated into two nights of rioting involving hundreds of opposed nationalists and loyalists. Police said 82 officers were injured and several vehicles set alight. A 20-year-old Catholic...
Abu Sayyaf itself is a tiny radical offshoot of a larger secessionist guerrilla movement. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) launched its insurgency in the 1970s, pressing for independence for the Muslim population of the southern regions of Mindanao and Palwan, who make up some 5 percent of the population...