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CommentsKuwait leaders try to halt church construction, strengthen blasphemy lawsPosted by News on the Net on Apr 19, 2012 at 05:00 PM
Persecution and Prayer Alert, Voice of the Martyrs (Sources: VOM-USA, Mission Network News) A Kuwaiti Member of Parliament (MP) is drafting a law banning the construction of churches and other non-Islamic places of worship, as lawmakers also attempt to bring in the death penalty for blasphemy laws. The MP, Osama Al-Munawer, at first said he planned to submit a draft law requiring the removal of all churches in the country, but later said existing churches could remain and that only new construction would be banned. A fellow MP who supports the law said, “Kuwait already has an excessive number of churches compared to the country’s Christian minority.” About 13 per cent of the population is Christian, although most are expatriates. More...Post a Comment on: Kuwait leaders try to halt church construction, strengthen blasphemy lawsCommenting is not available in this channel entry. Next entries comments: Obama, Self-Proclaimed Unifier, Morphing Into A Divider and Conqueror Previous entries comments: Action on an ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy Note from the Editor: This section is for comments from readers of canadafreepress.com. Please don't assume that Canada Free Press agrees with or endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege. |
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