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2004-02-19

Religious Freedom: 11 Countries of Concern

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Posted by GK 2004-02-19 9:04:50 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He said these include Burma, China, Eritrea, India, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Vietnam. What kind of list of evil-doers is this. Where are the US and Israel? ... Oh, OK. I see why now.

It's not just the House of Saud, that should have made this list. I don't get how Eritrea makes the list and Egypt is left off. Egypt's treatment of the Coptic church should land them pretty high on the list. Also Mauritania still enslaves infidels - I would consider that persecution.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-19 1:29:49 PM|| 2004-2-19 1:29:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not really sure how India makes the list. Yeah they have areas where the Christians, or the Moslems or Sikhs are abused but its not government policy and its not a national problem.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-2-19 3:23:22 PM|| 2004-2-19 3:23:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 SH I checked out the Eritrea situation a while back, They make the list becuase they discourage prosletyzing missionaries. Understandable in a country that is trying to maintain harmony in a mixed christian/moslem population. This is entirely different to the state sponsored religous persecution/discrimination that occurs in many muslim countries, including Egypt as you point out.

Posted by phil_b 2004-2-19 5:32:09 PM|| 2004-2-19 5:32:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 phil_b, so our State Department is biased against countries that are not religiously homogeous. The logical result of their preference is for the US to encourage ethnic cleansing as a way to resolve sectarian religious disputes.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-19 7:01:01 PM|| 2004-2-19 7:01:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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