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...French army behaving like an occupying force." Hundreds of British, American, Belgian, Dutch and Lebanese nationals, as well as more than 3,000 French residents were evacuated. "We are ready to fight for our freedom, to fight for our rights and liberty of Ivorians," vowed local evangelical preacher Cissé Abdou at an anti-French demo last week. French President Jacques Chirac - with the U.N.'s blessing - sent 4,600 troops to Ivory Coast in late 2002; they are trying to enforce a fragile 2003 peace agreement between government forces in the south and insurgents controlling the north. Combatants will...
...This Princeton University Professor of Religion is a preacher, and his congregation today realizes that. They chime in to his words with the occasional “that’s right!” or “tell ‘em!” that you would expect more of a Sunday afternoon homily than a Saturday night book discussion sponsored by the Harvard Book Store...
...anti - gay contingent can claim its martyrs, too. In the picturesque town of Borgholm on the Swedish island of Oland, only a small crowd was present in July, 2003 to hear Pentecostal preacher Ake Green deliver a sermon titled: "Is Homosexuality Genetic or an Evil Force Playing Mind Games With People?" Green denounced "sexual abnormalities" such as homosexuality and warned that Sweden was "facing a disaster of great proportions" because of its registered partnerships for gay couples. When he passed the text on to the local paper, Green got perhaps a little more attention than he wanted. Citing...
...listeners. The subject matter is familiar: verses of the Koran spliced with denunciations of the war the U.S. and its allies are waging against Islam; the suffering of Muslims worldwide; the sacred duty to struggle against those who would deny Muslims the chance to worship in peace. The preacher's voice?he requested anonymity?rises as he issues a final, passionate appeal, a call for jihad against a cruel government that, he says, is oppressing the faithful. "Will you join hands with me to fight? Fight the army that tortures and kills our people? The army that has caused...
...hospital, recovering from bullet wounds received when shooting dead a soldier in July. He says that as a boy he was told tales of atrocities committed by security forces against Muslims and so needed little convincing that the south should secede. Abdullah says he was recruited by a traveling preacher called Ustaz Soh. "The organization is always looking for people and has members all over, seeing who has the potential to be an insurgent," he told TIME. Abdullah spent four years preparing for a mission. Sometimes his training consisted of paramilitary drills in remote jungle locations, always with other young...