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03/12/2011PAKISTAN Police try to downplay murder of Shahbaz Batthi. Fears for Asia Bibi by Jibran Khan Puzzling statements by the Inspector General of Police who claims, assassination motivated by "personal enmity". Bishop of Islamabad highly critical: " Islamabad police are trying to find a scapegoat to save themselves, and coveru p their failure." Asia Bibi upset, fears for her life. Islamabad (AsiaNews) – Recenet statements by the inspector General of Police, Wajid Ali Durrani, reveal a worrying attempt to cover up the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistani minister for minorities. The inspector said in a press conference that the Catholic minister, threatened several times by radical Muslims for his position on the blasphemy law may have been killed because of a "personal enmity"....
03/12/2011MALAYSIA Christians protest: government blocks 30 thousand Bibles in Malay The Christian Federation of Malaysia express the disappointment, anger and despair of Christians in a statement: "It would seem that the authorities are conducting an ongoing program, surreptitiously and systematically against Christians in Malaysia, denying them access to the Bible in the Malay language. " The block tied to the controversy on the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God
03/12/2011ETHIOPIA Ethiopia: Muslim radicals burn twelve Protestant churches. One dead, dozens injured The riots erupted after the charge, probably false, of desecration of the Koran. The police fail to prevent the destruction of places of worship. The government obliged to send the army. Kwarej radical group responsible, which wants to create an Islamic state in the area, of Muslim majority.
03/11/2011EGYPT Cairo, Christians and Muslims together against violence and inter-religious divisions Hundreds gather in Tahrir Square to reaffirm the inter-religious unity of the Egyptian people after clashes in recent days that killed 13 people. Young people want a million people to take to the streets.
03/11/2011SAUDI ARABIA Bracing for ‘day of rage’, police patrol Riyadh, stifle protests Massive security forces stop demonstration organised on Facebook. People are closely monitored leaving mosques. Hundreds of agents are in the streets, security forces patrol squares a day after they opened fire on Shia protesters, wounding three, in Qatif.
03/10/2011EGYPT Cairo, Al-Azhar condemns violence against Christians The death toll rises to 13 from clashes between Copts and Muslims in recent days in Cairo, after the burning of a church. The violence has mainly involved the landfill district of Mansheya.
03/10/2011UAE – SINGAPORE Dubai World before the courts for failing to pay Singapore suppliers A couple of subsidiaries have no money to pay US$ 4.7 million for supplies. Owned by the ship repair unit of the emir of Dubai’s investment conglomerate, the companies failed several times to meet their financial obligations. In January, talks with lenders began to restructure a US$ 2 billion loan.
03/10/2011INDONESIA Yogyakarta: Muslim leader gets Protestant church to close by Mathias Hariyadi A Muslim guru accuses Christian clergyman of proselytising, describing his church as illegal and without a building permit. In reality, the pastor is in favour of interfaith dialogue, funding the education of five Muslim children without trying to convert them. Sources tell AsiaNews that the whole thing was a setup by the self-styled Muslim leader, even though no one knows who is or where he comes from.
03/09/2011INDONESIA Yasmin church in Bogor could be shut down and moved by Mathias Hariyadi Bogor municipal authorities justify their decision by saying it would end Christian-Muslim confrontation. To do so, they are prepared to violate a Supreme Court ruling that, after ten years of legal battle, authorised Christians to use their building as a place of worship.
03/09/2011ISLAM – ALGERIA Muslim lawyer defends women’s rights Based on Islamic law and tribal traditions, Algerian law discriminates against women in terms of marriage, children’s custody and education, divorce and more. Here is an in-depth analysis by an expert.
03/09/2011EGYPT Clashes between Copts and Muslims continue, six dead and 42 injured Violence breaks out during a demonstration organised by Copts to demand the rebuilding of a Church demolished by Muslims in Soul last Saturday. The army intervenes to stop the violence. In Upper Egypt, a Christian hospital for the disable is at risk of demolition. A number of Christian-owned homes are torn down.
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Augusto Colombo. Apostolo dei paria di Piero Gheddo
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Matteo Ricci: missione e ragione. Una biografia intellettuale di Gianni Criveller
pp. 132
Bioetica religioni missioni di Buono Giuseppe, Pelosi Patrizia pp. 432
Matteo Ricci e Giulio Aleni, due vite incrociate diGiulio Aleni / (a cura di) Gianni Criveller
pp. 176
Missione Bengala 155 anni del Pime in India e Bangladesh EMI
di Piero Gheddo
pp. 480
La Cina di Mao processa la Chiesa di Angelo S.Lazzarotto pp. 528
Il rovescio delle medaglie di Bernardo Cervellera pp. 240
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