(SRN NEWS)- ( ) Experts are pointing out the ironic history of China’s brutal one-child policy as the country’s birth rate falls to record lows, alarming the Communist government. The one-child policy was one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has ever seen, forcing abortions on women and sterilizing millions. It led […]
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( ) Experts are pointing out the ironic history of China’s brutal one-child policy as the country’s birth rate falls to record lows, alarming the Communist government. The one-child policy was one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has ever seen, forcing abortions on women and sterilizing millions. It led to baby daughters being sold or even killed, because parents wanted their only child to be a male. The Communist government scrapped the policy in 2015 but it might be too late. China is now an aging society that probably won’t have enough young workers to support a growing population of retirees.
( ) Faith leaders of several stripes are urgently calling for protecting the rights of worshippers after a group of anti-immigration enforcement protesters disrupted a Sunday service. It happened at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota last weekend. About three dozen protesters entered the Southern Baptist church during services, some walking right up to the pulpit, others loudly chanting “ICE out”. The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention called what happened “an unacceptable trauma.” The Department of Justice says it has opened a civil rights investigation. Minnesota has been convulsed by anti-government protests.
( ) Gunmen have abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria. The attack occurred on Sunday in a community in Kaduna (kuh-DOO-nuh) state while services were underway. Worshippers were abducted at the Evangelical Church Winning All, another church belonging to the denomination Cherubim and Seraphim, and a Catholic church. Muslim radicals have been killing and kidnapping Nigerian Christians in ever-increasing numbers over the past two decades. The situation is especially dire in the North where two Islamic terrorist groups have virtually taken control.
( ) It’s been just over a year since Syrian dictator Bashar Assad was driven from power by a coalition of Muslim radicals. Assad provided a measure of protection for Christians in the country and it’s unclear what the future will hold. International Christian Concern says “The situation and safety of believers in Syria continue to be precarious. Although the new government has vowed to foster an inclusive nation that protects all people of various faiths, thus far, the actions of the security forces prove otherwise, leading to growing fear and distrust amongst Syrian minorities.” About 10 percent of the population is Christian.