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A Conspiracy of Mutants, Disease, Germs and Greed

Jesse Ventura exposes the government's island of horror

 Situated only a stone's throw from the major urban centers of New York City and Boston, Jesse Ventura and his Conspiracy Theory team make the hazardous journey to Plum Island, location of the US government's super-secret bio-warfare lab. In the process, they acquire evidence of an even more lethal conspiracy – there are hundreds of germ labs in a ring of fire engulfing the entire nation. Ventura learns that these creations of the military-academic-industrial complex are timebombs that could kill us all. (44:17) 

 

Source - http://lewrockwell.com/rep3/jesse-ventura-govt-island-of-horror.html

 

Youcef Nadarkhani: A Face of the Persecuted

 

Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has become a face of the persecuted around the world. Since 2009, the Iranian regime has imprisoned Pastor Nadarkhani under the threat of death for his faith in Jesus Christ. His story has illuminated the plight of so many others who also face persecution for their faith.
A year ago today, Salmaan Taseer the Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province was brutally murdered by his bodyguard because he publicly supported overturning Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Taseer had advocated for reform of Pakistan’s repressive blasphemy laws and championed the case of Aasia Bibi, a powerless Christian woman whom he believed had been wrongfully accused of blasphemy and sentenced to death. A year later, while many have forgotten Tasser’s death, his murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, is heralded by others as a hero.
As we cross into a new year, after a year of increasing persecution against Christians around the world, one can only ask what the future will bring. Will more martyrs be forgotten while their murderers are elevated to heroic warriors? Tragically, the outcome does not look promising.
According to one report, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population lives in countries with high restrictions on religion. Roughly 2.2 billion people, nearly a third of the world’s population, live in countries where religious persecution increased between 2006 and 2009. The trend of increasing persecution has continued in 2011 and is likely to continue into 2012.
Just this week, the 2012 World Watch List, which ranks the 50 worst countries where Christians are persecuted for their faith, ranked 9 of the top 10 countries as Muslim-majority countries. Of the entire list, 38 out of 50 worst offending countries are Muslim dominant.
As Christian persecution increases around the globe and the Iranian regime continues to hold Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani against all international standards of human rights, it is imperative that the international community remain engaged. We are confident that prayer is working. Prayer is powerful, but many in the Christian world lack awareness about those persecuted for their faith. Without awareness, how can one know how to pray? As you pray, we also encourage you to do your part in making others aware.

Source - http://aclj.org/iran/youcef-nadarkhani-face-persecuted 


Islamic Majority Countries Top Open Doors 2012 World Watch List

Jan 02 2012

 
North Korea No. 1 Persecutor Of Christians for 10th Straight Year

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Jan. 4, 2012) – The Open Doors 2012 World Watch List has a familiar look to it. North Korea tops the list for the 10th straight time as the country where Christians face the most severe persecution, while Islamic-majority countries represent nine of the top 10 and 38 of the 50 countries on the annual ranking.

Afghanistan (2), Saudi Arabia (3), Somalia (4), Iran (5) and the Maldives (6) form a bloc where indigenous Christians have almost no freedom to openly worship. For the first time Pakistan (10) entered the top 10, after a tumultuous year during which the nation’s highest-ranking Christian politician, Cabinet Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, was assassinated  for his attempts to change the blasphemy law.
The rest of the top 10 is composed of Uzbekistan (7), Yemen (8) and Iraq (9). Laos was the lone country to drop from the top 10 list, falling to No. 12 from No. 10.

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While persecution has worsened due to persecution by Muslim extremists, without question North Korea once again deserves its No. 1 ranking.

Defiantly Communist, North Korea built a bizarre quasi-religion around the founder of the country, Kim Il-Sung. Anyone with “another god” is automatically persecuted. The estimated 200,000 to 400,000 Christians in this country must remain deeply underground. An estimated 50,000 to 70,000 Christians are held in ghastly prison camps.

“How the death of Kim Jong-Il last month and the coming to power of his son Kim Jong-Un will affect the status of Christians in North Korea is hard to determine at this early stage,” Open Doors USA President/CEO Dr. Carl Moeller said. “Certainly the situation for believers remains perilous. Please pray with me that the Lord will open up North Korea and there will be religious freedom to worship the One, true God, not the gods of Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung.”

There are significant moves on the World Watch List, including Sudan moving up 19 spots to No. 16 – the biggest leap of any country from 2011. Nigeria jumped 10 spots to No. 13. Egypt, racked by violent protests and upheaval during the Arab Spring, rose four positions to No. 15. Increased Islamic extremism triggered the upward movement of Sudan, Nigeria and Egypt.

“Being a Muslim Background Believer or ‘Secret Believer’ Christian in a Muslim-dominated country is a huge challenge. Christians often face persecution from extremists, the government, their community and even their own families,” said Moeller. “As the 2012 World Watch List reflects, the persecution of Christians in these Muslim countries continues to increase. While many thought the Arab Spring would bring increased freedom, including religious freedom for minorities, that certainly has not been the case so far.”

In July 2011 southern Sudan, which is mostly Christian, seceded to become an independent country, called South Sudan, leaving the Christians of North Sudan much more isolated under President Omar al-Bashir. In response to the loss of the south, al-Bashir vowed to make constitutional changes to make his country even more Islamic. On the ground the military has attacked Christian communities in battles over resources with many being killed.

Nigeria remains the country with the worst atrocities in terms of lives lost. More than 300 Christians were martyred last year in Nigeria, though the actual number is believed to be double or triple that number. The total is probably greater in North Korea, but impossible to confirm due to its isolation. Since 2009 the extreme Islamic group Boko Haram has destroyed more than 50 churches and killed 10 pastors in Nigeria.

Egyptian Christians experienced a disastrous start to 2011 when a bombing at the Coptic Orthodox Church of Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria killed 21 Christians on New Year’s Day. After the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in February, hopes soared for new freedoms for all Egyptians. But on Oct. 9 the military turned on its own citizens in the Maspero massacre in Cairo, killing 27 Coptic Christian demonstrators. At the close of 2011, Islamist parties flourished in the November elections, prompting some to speak of an Arab Winter instead of an Arab Spring for Christians. 
China still has the world’s largest persecuted church of 80 million, but it dropped out of the top 20 this year to No. 21. Last year China ranked No. 16. This is due in large part to the house church pastors learning how to play “cat and mouse” with the government.

The good news behind the bad news of rising persecution is an increase in church growth, which often results from the persecution itself. A pastor in Iran states: “We wouldn’t be growing if we didn’t have a price to pay for our witness.”

The WWL is based on a questionnaire devised by Open Doors to measure the degree of persecution in over 60 countries. The questionnaires are filled out by Open Doors field personnel working in the countries, and cross-checked with independent experts, to arrive at a quantitative score per country. Countries are then ranked according to points received. 

An estimated 100 million Christians worldwide suffer interrogation, arrest and even death for their faith in Christ, with millions more facing discrimination and alienation. Open Doors supports and strengthens believers in the world's most difficult areas through Bible and Christian literature distribution, leadership training and assistance, Christian community development, prayer and presence ministry and advocacy on behalf of suffering believers. To partner with Open Doors USA, call toll free at 888-5-BIBLE-5 (888-524-2535) or go to our Website at www.OpenDoorsUSA.org. 

(For more information or to set up an interview on the World Watch List, contact Jerry Dykstra at 616-915-4117 or email jerryd@odusa.org. For the list of all 50 countries on the WWL and more articles, go to www.OpenDoorsUSA.org).

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Source - http://www.opendoorsusa.org/press/press-release/2012/January/Islamic-Majority-Countries-Top-Open-Doors-2012-World-Watch-List