#CHINA: New Laws Restrict Religions To Five Approved Groups

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Human rights watchdogs are worried that the Chinese communist regime is ramping up its crackdown on Christians throughout the communist country. 

The new laws, titled the Measures on the Management of Religious Clergy, 

The laws are an attempt to tighten control of China’s five sanctioned religious groups which include the Buddhist Association of China, the Chinese Taoist Association, the Islamic Association of China, the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

All other religious activity outside of those bodies will now be banned and is punishable by the state.

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#INDONESIA: President Seeks Islamist Votes; Meanwhile, Attacks On Christian Burial Sites Rise

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Police are investigating the desecration of 11 Christian tombs that were desecrated at a public cemetery in Giriloyo, in a perceived attack against Christians. The graveyard had wooden crosses removed from burial stones, and burial stones were smashed with a hammer, destroying parts of the burial site.

This is one of several incidents signaling deeper divisions between Indonesian Christians and the country's President, Joko Widodo, who is running for re-election next April against Islamist political parties who have accused him of not being a “good Muslim.” Fears of a worldwide crackdown against Christianity are rising.

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#ISRAEL: Church of the Holy Sepulchre Reopens After 3-Day Closure; Proposed Tax Legislation Suspended

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reopened this week after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes on church properties in the holy city. The iconic church, revered by Christians as the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, had been closed for three days to protest the Israeli tax plan.

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#ISRAEL: Angry Church Leaders Close Shrine Of The Holy Sepulchre In Jerusalem

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Stepping up protest against Israel, angry church leaders closed the Church of The Holy Sepulchre, a
Christian holy site in Jerusalem. They were upset about a Knesset bill restricting sales of church land and Jerusalem's move to charge millions of shekels in disputed back taxes.

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#TURKEY: Gov't Seizure Of Churches Alarms Kurdish Christians

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The Turkish government has seized the historic Armenian Surp Giragos Church, a number of other churches and large swaths of property in the heavily damaged Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, saying it wants to restore the area but alarming residents who fear the government is secretly aiming to drive them out.

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#EGYPT: Law Governing Rebuilding Churches Finally Passed By Parliament

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Egypt's parliament has approved a long-awaited law that governs building and renovating churches, an issue that has led in the past to attacks on members the country's Christian minority by Muslim militants.

#COLOMBIA: Christian Activist Fighting Installation Of Condom Dispensers Across Bogota

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Colombia’s capital city of Bogota is set to install condom dispensers in public areas in spit of long resistance from local Christian activists who had called for “more values, less condoms.”

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