MINELRES: Keston News Service Summary: 8-12 July 2002
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KESTON NEWS SERVICE � SUMMARY 8-12 July 2002
Summaries of recent reporting on violations of religious liberty and
on religion in communist and post-communist lands.
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GEORGIA: ORTHODOX PRIESTS LEAD "POGROM" AGAINST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH &
CATHOLIC PILGRIMS (8 July)
GEORGIA: RELIGIOUS MINORITY LEADERS CONDEMN RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE � AGAIN
(8 July)
GEORGIA: DRAFT RELIGION LAW CONSULTATION (9 July)
GEORGIA: SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER DRAFT RELIGION LAW (9 July)
GEORGIA: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES DEPLORE ATTACK ON LIBERTY INSTITUTE (12
July)
LATVIA: POLICE QUESTIONING IS "DANGEROUS PRECEDENT", SAY LUTHERANS (11
July)
RUSSIA: ISLAMIC EXTREMISM - TATARSTAN'S PHANTOM MENACE? (8 July)
RUSSIA: TATAR AUTHORITIES HARNESS ISLAM (8 July)
RUSSIA: MARI PAGANISM - HISTORICAL CONFESSION WITHOUT PRIVILEGES (12
July)
MARI PAGANISM: TRADITIONAL RELIGION OR DESTRUCTIVE CULT? (12 July;
first published in Russian on 11 July 2002 on the religious affairs
website of Russian Journal (http://religion.russ.ru) )
UZBEKISTAN (SPECIAL REPORT): ARE ALLEGED ISLAMIC MOVEMENT LECTURES
AUTHENTIC? (9 July)
Monday 8 July
GEORGIA: ORTHODOX PRIESTS LEAD "POGROM" AGAINST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH &
CATHOLIC PILGRIMS
by Felix Corley, Keston News Service
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