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Article: Persecution bill is contested.(legislation would place sanctions against countries that persecute on the basis of religion)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 13, 1998
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Efforts to derail a proposed bill in Congress that would trigger automatic sanctions against nations found to persecute religious minorities accelerated recently on Capitol Hill and at the White House. On April 28 the National Council of Churches, which opposes the proposed Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, brought a half-dozen foreign Christian and Muslim religious leaders to Capitol Hill to outline why they believe the bill would do more harm than good.
"It is very important for us to distinguish between the morality of rhetoric and the morality of results," said Amien Rais, who chairs a 28-million-member Indonesian Muslim group called Muhamadiyah. The ...