Egyptian Christians prepared to persevere whatever the outcome of the election (SCWU #116)
Date: June 13, 2013
By: Daniel Whyte III
Description: Egyptian Christians prepared to persevere whatever the outcome of the election. According to Mission News Network, votes have been cast, and polls have closed in Egypt's first-ever truly democratic presidential elections. Currently, Egypt is ranked as the fifteenth worst nation in the world in which to be a Christian, according to the Open Doors World Watch List. Harassment, imprisonment, and even death are not uncommon fates for believers who are vocal about their faith. Now, many believers speculate that the outcome of this week's presidential elections will cause more trouble for Christ-followers. Open Doors president Carl Moeller said, "With the parliamentary elections of last year, 75% of those elected were from the extremist or ultra-extremist views of Islam. And that is a very strong concern for the Christian community: if the president is elected along the same lines, that could spell a lot of additional pressure on the Egyptian Christian church."
Experts say Iran has enough uranium for 5 nuclear bombs. According to Reuters, Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a think-tank which tracks Iran's nuclear program closely, based the analysis on data in the latest report by the U.N....
By: Daniel Whyte III
Description: Egyptian Christians prepared to persevere whatever the outcome of the election. According to Mission News Network, votes have been cast, and polls have closed in Egypt's first-ever truly democratic presidential elections. Currently, Egypt is ranked as the fifteenth worst nation in the world in which to be a Christian, according to the Open Doors World Watch List. Harassment, imprisonment, and even death are not uncommon fates for believers who are vocal about their faith. Now, many believers speculate that the outcome of this week's presidential elections will cause more trouble for Christ-followers. Open Doors president Carl Moeller said, "With the parliamentary elections of last year, 75% of those elected were from the extremist or ultra-extremist views of Islam. And that is a very strong concern for the Christian community: if the president is elected along the same lines, that could spell a lot of additional pressure on the Egyptian Christian church."
Experts say Iran has enough uranium for 5 nuclear bombs. According to Reuters, Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), a think-tank which tracks Iran's nuclear program closely, based the analysis on data in the latest report by the U.N....
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