Kazakhstan: religious literature to be destroyed - Bibles likely to be burnt

Forum 18, March 14, 2013 Persecution. Sacrilege:

"religious literature to be destroyed. A total of 121 books confiscated... The books comprise Bibles, Children's Bibles, and other books and leaflets on the Christian faith, mainly in the Kazakh language".




Human rights defender Yevgeni Zhovtis (Евгений Жовтис) of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law sounded distressed, telling Forum 18 that "this is terrible, terrible". A Justice Ministry official in the capital Astana told Forum 18 that the books – which include Bibles - are likely to be burnt."

http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1813
"Local Council of Churches Baptists who attended Cherkasov's hearing told Forum 18 on 14 March that "we were shocked - this is sacrilege and illegality". One stated that "we are worried and are praying about this". They stated the confiscated books were Bibles, Children's Bibles, and other books and leaflets on the Christian faith, mostly in Kazakh." 


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