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Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Tajikistan

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

For Immediate Release
October 24, 2007
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Jehovah’s Witnesses banned in Tajikistan

TAJIKISTAN — On October 11, 2007, the Assembly of the Council Commission of the Ministry of Culture issued a decision to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Republic of Tajikistan. The 600 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country view this action as discriminatory in nature, since no other faiths have faced such a ban. Citing reasons for the ban, an official from the Ministry of Culture stated that the authorities’ main complaint was that Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse military service. He added that they also propagate their faith in public places, which, he said, directly violates the law. Saidbek Mahmudolloev, the head of the Information Department at the Culture Ministry’s Religious Affairs Department, stated that “there is no alternative service in Tajikistan yet, so everyone ought to obey Tajik laws.”

This decision comes quite unexpectedly, since Jehovah’s Witnesses have enjoyed legal recognition in the country since 1994. “For the past 14-year period, the Religious Affairs Committee and the authorities in Tajikistan have usually been cooperative in trying to arrive at mutually acceptable solutions,” notes V. Adyrchayev, Chairman of the Religious Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses of the City of Dushanbe. He added that “even under the Soviet Union, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Tajikistan were treated with tolerance and understanding.”

The Witnesses consider the ban as a violation of the constitutional rights of religious believers as well as of the State’s obligations to its international agreements. Another representative of Jehovah’s Witnesses stated: “Our people will be watching to see how aggressively the authorities try to impose this ban. We don’t know if the security police will begin to break up meetings. But the Constitution guarantees the freedom to meet with others and to share your views.” Plans for appealing the decision are already being pursued. In a letter to Mr. E. Rahmon, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Jehovah’s Witnesses expressed the hope that he “objectively and justly consider the question of the lawfulness of the decision to ban the association of Jehovah’s Witnesses” and requested that he reverse the decision of the Ministry of Culture.

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses was legally recognized by many post-Soviet republics. Since that time, however, this is the first Soviet republic to ban the activity of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Contacts: Gregory Olds, telephone: +1-646-269-3464
J. R. Brown, telephone: (718) 560-5600

http://www.jw-media.org/newsroom/index.htm?content=/region/asia_pacific/tajikistan/english/releases/religious_freedom/taj_e071024.htm

Ashbourne congregation of Jehovah’s Witness Quick Building

Rio de Janeiro : Salão do Reino das Testemunhas de Jeová

Manuteção de Salão do Reino, congr. Mariléia, Austin , Rio de Janeiro.

Congresso de Distrito das Testemunhas de Jeová 2007 Palmas

Congresso testemunhas de jeova 2007

Sudanese Moslem writes a paper about Jehovah’s Witnesses

Witnessing to the Moslem community takes a lot of T: trust, tact, and trying hard. We need to completely trust in Jehovah for guidance (some of them perceived Witnesses as just “another Christian trying to antagonize us” so we need to rely on the power beyond what is normal when oppose); tact so as not to offend them (but to find a common ground); and trying hard because we really need to try, and try, until their circumstances change, until they open their mind to Scriptural truths, until their heart is enlightened, until they understand us better, until Armageddon comes.

Without them knowing that it’s a Bible study, we’re now studying the brochure: “The Guidance of God — Our Way to Paradise.”

Please allow this Moslem girl to narrate how she met the Witnesses and how she appreciated their Scriptural teachings.

http://gobleth.multiply.com/journal/item/16/Sudanese_Moslem_writes_a_paper_about_Jehovahs_Witnesses

Reflection Paper on Jehovah’s Witnesses My family and Islamic beliefs trained me not to judge people and to love my neighbors. This salient teaching of Quoran is deeply engraved in my heart and mind especially when I decided to study in a foreign land called the

Philippines.  I had no idea that this most cherished value would be tested one weekend when I heard a knock at my door. To my surprise, two women – who turned out to be a retired English teacher and a Baguio-based journalist – were standing at my doorstep, smiling. They were decently dressed and holding a bag filled with magazines and books so I welcomed them into my apartment. They identified themselves as Christian Jehovah’s Witnesses who volunteer their time and resources that Sunday morning to be able to reach out to their foreign neighbors. I had no iota then who Jehovah’s Witnesses were. What I knew was that they were Christians and they had Bibles.  Raising my eyebrows and resisting an urge to be snooty, I asked myself: “Why are these people visiting me? What is their real motive? Did they know that I’m a Moslem and I read Quran which is entirely different from their Bible? Are these people trying me to introduce to their religion and later convert me?” A cloud of doubts and fears were hovering over my head. Yet I pushed aside those thoughts for two reasons: my mind was preoccupied with homeworks and exams. Second, I was taught to be respectful with other people.  The initial visit was short and sweet. I found myself answering their questions such as my country of origin, my purpose of staying in

Baguio
, my experiences with Filipinos, my course in college, my family, etc. To my surprise, they did not talk about their religion. Rather, they allayed my fears by explaining that they are genuinely interested with their neighbors because the Bible – Christianity’s Holy Book – told them to do so. They reassured me that the love they showed to people – regardless of their race and nationality – moved them to highly respect the people’s religious beliefs and cultural backgrounds. I found nothing about them or their purpose. In fact, it aroused my curiosity. Probably something good would come out from this.
 As they visit me from time to time, my knowledge on these international volunteers — as they identify themselves — grows. I learn that Jehovah’s Witnesses play a significant role in our society.  Poverty They educate people about Bible-based principles on coping with poverty. For example, the Bible condemns immorality, drunkenness, gambling, and drug abuse. (1 Corinthians 6:9, 10) Such things are very expensive. They can make a rich man poor, and a poor man even poorer. Abandoning these vices and others like them does much to improve the economic situation of a family.  Witnesses are working to help people to become educated, healthy members of a global society. Among other things, they teach illiterate adults to read and write. Through their publications, they offer instruction in hygiene, health care, and family relationships. At their meetings as well as on an individual basis, the Witnesses encourage one another to conform to Bible counsel to be honest, hardworking, and productive.  The result is a strong, vibrant society made up of nearly seven million people worldwide.  Moreover,  their intense love for their God Jehovah and their fellowmen moves them to be caring and generous to others. Jehovah’s Witnesses –numbering to more than 6 million people in 236 lands around the world are sharing their material blessings with people in poor countries. When a severe famine strikes in one African country, they send tons of relief goods and clothing not only to their fellow believers but also to others from various religious backgrounds. This is in accordance with Bible teaching that “God is not partial.”  World Peace Interestingly, Jehovah’s Witnesses play a pivotal role in promoting world peace. I’m amazed that they would rather go to prison and suffer than take up arms and kill their fellowmen.    During Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses were killed in gas chambers and were severely persecuted in concentration camps for their refusal to join the military. They strictly adhere to what the Bible says at Isaiah 2:4: “And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.”  The depth of the Witnesses’ respect for human rights was put to a grueling test during World War II, especially in Nazi Germany. Historian Brian Dunn stated: “Jehovah’s Witnesses were incompatible with Nazism. Most important of the Nazi objections to them was their political neutrality. This meant that no believer would bear arms.” ( The Churches’ Response to the Holocaust) In A History of Christianity, Paul Johnson said: “Many were sentenced to death for refusing military service . . . , or they ended in

Dachau
or lunatic asylums.” Even so, they stood firm. Sociologist Anna Pawe?czy?ska described those Witnesses as “a tiny island of unflagging resistance existing in the bosom of a terrorized nation.”

Just imagine what a direct and dramatic drop in human rights violations there would be around the world if all people took this stand today and ‘learned war no more’!

Individual Witnesses do not disdain the culture of others. Neither do those who become Witnesses reject the culture in which they were reared, unless it disagrees with the principles in the Bible. In such cases they make changes in their lives. They recognize that in every culture there are praiseworthy features.      If all people on earth would be able to show such intense love for one another, then there would be no wars, no ethnic strife, no theft, no killings, genocide or any conflict. Our world would have been a peaceful place to live in.  Fortunately, their worldwide Bible educational program clears racial and ethnic barriers and crumbles the walls of nationalism by teaching the Bible’s view of race: There is only one race—the human race. (Acts 17:26) As a result of this Bible-based education, millions of people today do not “learn war any more.” 

The intellectually stimulating conversations I have with them make me realize that there are many similarities between the Bible and Quran. Christians and Moslems are taught to love and respect their God and neighbors. If people would only seriously pay attention to the valuable lessons of these Holy Books, then the human race will be united as one happy, peaceful family.  So the next time Jehovah’s Witnesses knock on my door, I would be happy to let them in. Because I find an ally in my long quest for prosperity and world peace.

Video : Kingdom Hall Rebuild News Coverage

Our Kingdom Hall here in Boise was rebuilt this weekend. This is one of
the news coverage during the rebuild.
They also attended our first meeting and broadcasted it on the radio.
It’s been a wonderful privilege being part of this project.

http://legacy.idahostatesman.com/media/jehovah/

Peru : Penal de Lurigancho

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http://www.teocracia.info/Peru/

El derecho de la sangre

Puntos de vista
El derecho de la sangre
Pascal Peña – 10/25/2007

 
El derecho a la vida y la libertad religiosa se encuentran a veces en conflicto y son los jueces los encargados de evitar que esa fricción produzca un malestar en la sociedad. M. B. fue internado en el hospital por estar afectado de una hemorragia digestiva.

Se negó a recibir transfusiones de sangre por considerar que esa práctica es contraria a las creencias del culto “Testigos de Jehova” que él profesa.

Este caso, por ejemplo, se presentó a la Cámara Federal de Apelaciones de Comodoro Rivadavia, en Argentina.

Confirmó la sentencia anterior que había autorizado la práctica, de “realizarse las transfusiones de sangre”, en el paciente M. B., necesarias para su adecuado tratamiento médico, medida que se apoyaba en las conclusiones de los médicos que las indicaron. No obstante, el abogado defensor del paciente, interpuso recurso de apelación que fue aceptado.

La Cámara entiende que la decisión del enfermo constituía un “suicidio lentificado realizado por un medio no violento y no por propia mano, mediante un acto, sino por la omisión propia del suicida”, quien no admitía tratamiento y de ese modo se dejaba morir.

El Tribunal señala que al ser el “derecho a la vida” el bien supremo, no resulta posible aceptar que la libertad individual se ejerciera de un modo tal que extinguiera la vida misma.

En primera instancia se calificó la posición del paciente como “nihilista” (negación de todo; propugna por la violencia destructora sin cortapisas). Además recordó la historia antigua que relataban sacrificios humanos a favor de un Moloch insaciable, por tanto, agrega el largo camino que ha recorrido la raza humana para terminar con dichas creencias, y todo ha sido con la finalidad de preservar la raza humana.

El abogado apelante considera erróneo la afirmación del juez de primera instancia de equiparar la decisión del paciente como un “suicidio lentificado”.

Al contrario, afirma, el enfermo quiere vivir, pero no desea un tratamiento médico contrario a sus más íntimas convicciones religiosas. Agrega, “él es consciente del peligro potencial que su negativa acarrea a su salud -incluso poner en peligro su vida-, no obstante lo cual antepone su fe y el respeto a sus íntimas convicciones religiosas”.

Se funda en los artículos 14 y 10 de la Constitución, para considerar que la “transfusión de sangre”, ordenada en contra de la voluntad del enfermo, representa un “acto compulsivo que desconoce y avasalla las garantías constitucionales inherentes a la libertad de culto y al principio de reserva”. La doctrina del fallo se observa dividida entre los jueces de apelación.

Los doctores Barra y Fayt, con votos favorables, entienden que cualquiera que sea el carácter jurídico que se le asigna al derecho a la vida, al cuerpo, a la libertad, a la dignidad, al honor, al nombre, a la intimidad, a la identidad personal, a la preservación de la fe religiosa, debe reconocerse que en nuestro tiempo encierran cuestiones de magnitud relacionadas con la esencia de cada ser humano y su naturaleza individual y social.

Por otra parte, los mismos juristas argentinos, argumentan en otra parte de su fallo, que el respeto por la persona es un valor fundamental, jurídicamente protegido, con respecto al cual los restantes valores tienen siempre carácter instrumental.

Los derechos a la personalidad son esenciales para ese respeto de la condición humana. Los derechos que amparan la dignidad y la libertad se yerguen para prevalecer sobre los avances de ciertas formas de vida, impuestas por la tecnología y cosmovisiones dominadas por un sustancial materialismo práctico.

Los doctores Cavagna Martínez y Boggiano, disidentes en la Corte, afirman que la libertad religiosa es un derecho natural e inviolable de la persona, en virtud del cual en materia de religión nadie puede ser obligado a obrar contra su conciencia ni impedido de actuar conforme a ella, tanto en privado como en público, solo o asociado con otros, dentro de los límites debidos.

La libertad religiosa incluye la posibilidad de ejercer la llamada objeción de conciencia, entendida como el derecho a no cumplir una norma u orden de la autoridad que violente las convicciones íntimas de una persona, siempre que dicho cumplimiento no afecte significativamente los derechos de terceros ni otros aspectos del bien común.

Otra de las consideraciones, es que el Estado se halla investido de título suficiente para tutelar la integridad física y la vida de las personas en supuestos como el consumo individual de estupefacientes o la práctica de la eutanasia o de operaciones mutilantes carentes de una finalidad terapéutica.

En estos supuestos, dicen, no existe óbice constitucional para el castigo tanto del afectado como de los profesionales intervinientes, pues “constituyen manifestaciones de una cultura de la muerte que, al lesionar la naturaleza y la dignidad de la persona, no son susceptibles de tutela ni tolerancia jurídicas”.

Mientras Belluscio y Petracchi, entienden que no resultaría constitucionalmente justificada una resolución judicial que autorizara a someter a una persona adulta a un tratamiento sanitario en contra de su voluntad, cuando la decisión del individuo hubiera sido dada con pleno discernimiento y no afectara directamente derechos de terceros.

http://www.listindiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=33997

Octubre 24th, 2007 | Category: En los diarios, Sangre, Testigos de Jehová | Leave a comment

Culminaron asambleas de Testigos de Jehová en Oberá

Culminaron asambleas de Testigos de Jehová en Oberá


Con una asistencia combinada de mas de 5.000 personas culminaron la serie de asambleas de distrito “¡Sigamos a Cristo!” organizadas por los Testigos de Jehová, el domingo pasado.

Las mismas se celebraron en el predio que posee la entidad en Villa Svea, en cercanías de Oberá. Se bautizaron como nuevos testigos cristianos de Jehová un total de 71 personas.
A pesar de la lluvia, los testigos y los que no lo son, se dieron cita al lugar y escucharon con atención los discursos y entrevistas que enfatizaban, según los organizadores, una necesidad crucial de estos tiempos: imitar a Jesucristo en todo aspecto de la vida. Entre los muchos temas destacables del programa estaban los siguientes:
* “La Palabra de Dios es “es viva y ejerce poder”, el primer día por la tarde. Fue una presentación en audio de un asombroso relato. La producción recreó para la atenta audiencia algunos de los sucesos emocionantes de la vida y el ministerio de Jesús tal y como se relatan en los capítulos 4 y 5 del Evangelio de Marcos.
* ¿Quiénes son los verdaderos seguidores de Cristo? . Este fue el título del discurso público presentado el tercer día por la mañana y que hizo reflexionar a los presentes.
“Lo que hizo atractivo el programa fue el tema mismo de la asamblea-comentó Juan Carlos Edwin, uno de los organizadores- Poner a Jesucristo como figura central a lo largo del programa sin duda destacó lo importante y beneficioso que es su ejemplo para todos”, expresaron.

http://www.misionesonline.net/paginas/detalle.php?db=noticias2007&id=101858

Octubre 24th, 2007 | Category: Asambleas, En los diarios, Testigos de Jehová | Leave a comment

Construction Begins on New Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall

The early morning darkness could not hide the excitement of building day. “Well everybody just wants to help, young and old, everybody wants to do something,” says volunteer Ruth Hein.

It has taken weeks of planning, but after a hearty breakfast, some morning coffee and help from the sun, the work day started with a bang.

Two months ago, arson turned the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall into nothing but charred brick and rubble. Police believe two 15 year olds started the fire. However, even though their loss was devastating, church members say there are no hard feelings.

Now they are looking toward the future. About 200 volunteers showed up this morning and more are expected throughout the week.

The project should be finished by Sunday.

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/10489272.html

Octubre 24th, 2007 | Category: Construccion, Testigos de Jehová, Videos, congregación | One comment

Tayikistán prohíbe a Testigos de Jehová

Tayikistán prohíbe a Testigos de Jehová

Dusambé, 23 de octubre, RIA Novosti. Los Testigos de Jehová no podrán desarrollar sus actividades en el territorio de Tayikistán, anunció el martes el ministro tayiko de Cultura, Mirzoshohruh Asrori, alegando una resolución aprobada por el Gobierno la semana pasada.

Los adeptos de esta secta religiosa, según él, se dedicaban a la propaganda ilegal de su doctrina en viviendas y lugares públicos, y reclamaban el derecho al servicio social sustitutorio en lugar de la “mili”, posibilidad que no está prevista ahora en Tayikistán.

Este país centroasiático de 7,2 millones de habitantes, en su mayoría, musulmanes, tiene actualmente 85 asociaciones religiosas. Los Testigos de Jehová se instalaron aquí hace diez años pero no cuentan más que con un centenar de seguidores.

http://sp.rian.ru/onlinenews/20071023/85162025.html

Octubre 24th, 2007 | Category: Discriminación, En los diarios, Persecucion, Testigos de Jehová | One comment

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