Burma military junta to eradicate Christianity

[Petronius]

I read yesterday in a Romanian newspaper that the Burma military junta is backing a program aimed to eradicate Christendom from their country. Many churches set to fire, Christian children not admitted to school...
Do you have details ?

 

[Ioan cel Nou]

I read yesterday in a Romanian newspaper that the Burma military junta is backing a program aimed to eradicate Christendom from their country. Many churches set to fire, Christian children not admitted to school...
Do you have details ?

It was in the Telegraph here, too. I'll add the link to their article, although it isn't too detailed:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/21/wburma21.xml

 

[Matrona]

I guess the international press missed the memo from 1989, when that country changed its name to Myanmar. Lord have mercy on the persecuted Christians and save them from their enemies.

 

[Ioan cel Nou]

I guess the international press missed the memo from 1989, when that country changed its name to Myanmar.

With the Telegraph being rather right wing and Burma having been it's name back when it was a British colony, it wouldn't surprise me if the decision to not use the name Myanmar was a deliberate one.

James

 

[Petronius]

With the Telegraph being rather right wing and Burma having been it's name back when it was a British colony, it wouldn't surprise me if the decision to not use the name Myanmar was a deliberate one.

James

Burma, Myanmar is not important. In each language there are proper names for countries, places. Consider only Germany, how the Germans call their country, how in English, French, Slavic languages. We are already debating about something else here.... and not about an attack to a whole community of our breathen

 

[Matrona]

With the Telegraph being rather right wing and Burma having been it's name back when it was a British colony, it wouldn't surprise me if the decision to not use the name Myanmar was a deliberate one.

According to Wikipedia (a bastion of journalistic integrity, I know ) it has to do with countries not recognizing the military junta ruling the country.

 

[Orthocat]

No one remembers or knows history.

You cannot eradicate Christianity. You can only make martyrs.



Prayers for the blessed ones there.

 

[Petronius]

No one remembers or knows history.

You cannot eradicate Christianity. You can only make martyrs.

Prayers for the blessed ones there.

How many Christians were left in Lybia, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco flourishing Christian provinces till the arrival of Arabs?
It was actually reintroduced with the colonization by Christian powers during the 19 and 20 th Century.

 

[KATHXOYMENOC]

I guess the international press missed the memo from 1989, when that country changed its name to Myanmar. Lord have mercy on the persecuted Christians and save them from their enemies.

With the Telegraph being rather right wing and Burma having been it's name back when it was a British colony, it wouldn't surprise me if the decision to not use the name Myanmar was a deliberate one.

James

Burma, Myanmar is not important. In each language there are proper names for countries, places. Consider only Germany, how the Germans call their country, how in English, French, Slavic languages. We are already debating about something else here.... and not about an attack to a whole community of our breathen

Yeah, I haven't seen too many "Myanmar Shave" signs on the highway.

 

[RobNJ]

I guess the international press missed the memo from 1989, when that country changed its name to Myanmar.

Well, I won't refer to Constantinople by that other name, either!!

 

[Orthocat]

How many Christians were left in Lybia, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco flourishing Christian provinces till the arrival of Arabs?
It was actually reintroduced with the colonization by Christian powers during the 19 and 20 th Century.

Martyrs, but Christianity survived.

 

[E.C.]

Well, I won't refer to Constantinople by that other name, either!!

You mean Byzantium, right? [/chuckle]