“Soviet history shows us how many people of different faiths have been persecuted for spreading the Word of God. This law brings us back to a shameful past,” wrote Sergei Ryakhovsky, head of the Protestant Churches of Russia, to President Vladimir Putin, expressing his deep concern for the “anti-terrorism law” that was just this week approved by the Russian President.
So many people around the globe, from human rights advocates to religious leaders, protested this move by the Kremlin, which makes it against the law for Christians to share their faith online, in their homes and anywhere that is not a sanctioned and recognized church.
The new law was proposed by lawmaker, Irina Yarovaya, of the United Russia party. It targets all religious groups that are not of the Russian Orthodox church. Any evangelistic activities that are outside the confines of the Orthodox Church members is considered missionary work and therefore now will be a violation of Russian law. If that is how missionary work is interpreted by the Moscow Patriarchate then “The Orthodox Church can go after ethnic Russians but that no other church will be allowed to,” Frank Goble, an expert on religious and ethnic issues in the region believes.
Because the Russian Orthodox church is “part of the bulwark of the Russian nationalism” which has been stirred up by President Putin, anything that will “undermine” this bulwark, even if it is evangelical Protestant missionaries, will be seen as a threat.
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My guess is Islam.
He only wants to keep Sharia law out of his Country. Watch his videos. He also wants Donald Trump to be President. Never Hilary Clinton. He states she is not good for America. She’s dishonest. And he is correct!!!
hillary would be one to ban religion, not Mr. Trump.
Trump is the one who praises Putin and other dictators. He will be a modern day Caligula.
The only “religion that cannot be tolerated is the one that cannot tolerate others,,, even other sects of itself,,that “religion” is islam. islam is a cancer upon this earth and must be destroyed utterly.
Not surprised at all.tearest try in to invade
Good. All religions are of haSatan.
it is starting, folks, one nation under the new Anti-Christ. I hate that too. I thought that this world leader was proving to the world that there might be hope still left in this palnet to finally do away with the terrorist threat. I guess I was wrong.
He wants none of that Muslim$#%&!@* Go Putin!
Unless you are Russian Orthodox, gtfo. And even though this is a bit severe, you KNOW it is directed at keeping the Moo slimes out of Russia and therefore, not a bad thing. Sorry for the other religions loosing their churches, but frankly, I don’t blame him.