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In Indonesia, Ahok’s blasphemy charges reduced after failed re-election bid

World Watch Monitor On Thursday, after failing in his bid for re-election as Jakarta’s governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as “Ahok”, heard that he should at least avoid prison over alleged blasphemy charges. Prosecutors have downgraded the blasphemy charges against him and recommend that, if he is found guilty, Ahok will serve no prison time. This will […]

ESSAY: AMERICA IS ABANDONING INDEPENDENT CHRISTIANS IN CHINA

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In an article first published on Religion News Service, CHLOË STARR, associate professor of Asian Christianity and theology at Yale Divinity School in the US, argues that America’s decision to cede its role as “global moral enforcement officer” has consequences for China’s Christians…