INDONESIA: MUSLIM RADICALS THREATEN HOUSE CHURCHES


	INDONESIA: MUSLIM RADICALS THREATEN HOUSE CHURCHES

joaaron2468

6-22-2007 9:36 AM

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6-24-2007 11:27 AM

tabsey

Laws making it impossible for competition to the home religion, show why people try to keep religion separate from the state.

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