";s:4:"text";s:2969:"Bhutan is a small, mountainous, land-locked, officially Buddhist kingdom located in the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas, squeezed between India and China. May 21, 2020: 05/21/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – As COVID-19 spread across the world, International Christian Concern launched an initiative to serve the Christians being persecuted and discriminated against for their faith. Environment. The religious persecution that drove settlers from Europe to the British North American colonies sprang from the conviction, held by Protestants and Catholics alike, that uniformity of religion … Buddhist Persecution of Christians on the Rise ... Buddhism has a reputation as a persecuted religion, and Tibet is the emblem of this."
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Member for Rugby and Kenilworth (Andy King) tabled a series of written questions on the persecution of Christians in Bhutan. 260 million Christians now live in countries where they face high to extreme levels of persecution for their faith according to research by religious freedom charity Open Doors.
In Matthew 5:10-12, Jesus says in the Beatitudes that persecution … Opinion. The review, led by the Bishop of Truro the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen, estimated that one in three people suffer from religious persecution. Pakistan has known for long that it has a serious image problem. But what does the Bible mean by the word “persecution”? The name ‘Bhutan’ is thought to have been derived from the Sanskrit phraseology ‘ Bhu-Uttan ’ meaning ‘High Land’; Bhutan’s environment and geography reveal the reasons for such a name. Christian persecution is on the rise in 2020: Q & A with CEO of religious freedom charity Open Doors Wed 15 Jan 2020 by Heather Preston.
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Christians in Bhutan Continue to Face Discrimination and Persecution April 15, 2016: ICC Note: Christians living in the remote Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan continue to face discrimination and persecution due to their […] Christian persecution is any hostility, experienced from the world, because of one’s identification with Jesus Christ. Rising nationalism is leading to similar persecution in other countries such as Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal where national identity is tied to religion and those from minority faiths are considered outcasts. Britain also trades with Bhutan, and is an aid donor to the country.