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Pure Worship Under Attack in Russia [24:37]

Pure Worship Under Attack in Russia [24:37]

 

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Choral Music for “Sing Out Joyfully” Songs 9, 88, 97 Now Available

Choral Music for “Sing Out Joyfully” Songs 9, 88, 97 Now Available

JANUARY 25, 2018WHAT’S NEW Choral Recordings of Songs 9, 88, and 97 Now Available Choral Recordings of Songs 9, 88, and 97 Now Available Audio recordings of Songs 9, 88, and 97 from “Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah​—Chorus are now available. Listen to “Sing Out Joyfully” to Jehovah​—…

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Cyclone Ava Devastates Madagascar | JW.ORG News

Cyclone Ava Devastates Madagascar | JW.ORG News

JANUARY 25, 2018MADAGASCAR Cyclone Ava Devastates Madagascar PLAY Download Cyclone Ava Devastates Madagascar Audio recordings download options MP3 Madagascar is recovering from the destructive Cyclone Ava, which struck the country on January 5, 2018. Officials have reported that at least 51 people d…

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BREAKING NEWS | Kenneth Cook Appointed to the Governing Body

BREAKING NEWS | Kenneth Cook Appointed to the Governing Body

On Wednesday morning, January 24, 2018, it was announced to the United States and Canada Bethel families that Kenneth Cook had been appointed to the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Prior to being appointed to the Governing Body, Brother Cook was a helper to the Writing Committee.

Brother Cook started pioneering on September 1, 1982, and began serving at the United States branch on October 12, 1984. The Governing Body is now composed of eight anointed brothers.

It is our united prayer that Jehovah continue to bless the Governing Body as it oversees the activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide.—1 Thessalonians 5:12, 13

Why are Jehovah’s Witnesses tossing forbidden literature?

Why are Jehovah’s Witnesses tossing forbidden literature?

Accumulated evidence that law enforcement and cooperating with them have been systematically throw to publications services included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials (FSEM). Why do they do this?
Because individual officials purposefully restrict the freedom of Jehovah’s Witnesses. More often than not such officials became victims of unreliable information about Jehovah’s Witnesses. Pursuing their goal, they do not disdain any means.
Because there are no real violations of the law on the part of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses in their religious usage do not use publications from the FSEM and scrupulously check the liturgical buildings for their absence. Unfair representatives of the authorities, in order to find an excuse to accuse Jehovah’s Witnesses, have to go to falsify evidence.
In some cases, courts, having understood, make decisions that restore justice .

Why is it wrong to consider Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremists?

Why is it wrong to consider Jehovah’s Witnesses to be extremists?

The incitement of hatred towards people is alien to Jehovah’s Witnesses, because they follow the love-loving covenants of Jesus Christ. To attribute extremism to them is erroneous for several reasons.
1. The more than 100-year history of this religion proves the non-extremist nature of their views. Jehovah’s Witnesses never take up arms. In Germany, they at the cost of freedom and even their lives refused to serve in the units of the Wehrmacht. In the USSR, subjected to cruel oppression, the Witnesses did not harbor hatred of their persecutors. Now Jehovah’s Witnesses are a multinational brotherhood that has proved capable of overcoming prejudices that divide people.
2. Nowhere else in the world, except Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are accused of extremism. Communities of this religion operate freely in more than 200 countries around the world. All of them are united by one, Bible-based dogma. Millions of Jehovah’s Witnesses are concerned about unfounded accusations against their Russian co-religionists.
3. Russian experts in the field of human rights condemn the application of the law on extremism to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation in his report for 2013 noted: “The problem of imperfection of the so-called” anti-extremist “legislation remains acute. The vague formulation of the basic concept of “extremism” itself becomes even more blurred when adding the definition of “religious” to it. What exactly is “religious extremism” can not be solved even by scholars of religion. But this “rubber” concept is easily operated by other law enforcement and judicial bodies in the field, investing in it own subjective attitude to a particular confession. “
4. The international community condemns the application of the law on extremism to Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia. “The Assembly calls on the Russian authorities … to refrain from applying the law on extremist activity against all religious communities, especially Jehovah’s Witnesses” ( Resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe No. 1896 [2012], paragraph 25.31 ). The UN Human Rights Committee has repeatedly expressed concern that in Russia the law on extremism “is directed, in particular, against Jehovah’s Witnesses” ( CCPR / C / SR.3157., Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the Russian Federation ).
The Jehovah’s Witnesses themselves see an explanation of what is happening in the prophetic words of Jesus Christ, who was executed on false charges of inciting sedition. He warned his disciples: “If they persecuted me, they will persecute you” (John 15:20).

Lenoblsud motivated the decision to ban "Holy Scripture" by the absence of the word "Bible" in the title

Lenoblsud motivated the decision to ban “Holy Scripture” by the absence of the word “Bible” in the title

The court suddenly referred to the GOST, regulating the work of librarians, who are instructed to use the word “Bible” when cataloging the texts of this book, published under different titles.

The Court of Appeal left unchanged the illegal decision to ban the translation of the Bible

The Court of Appeal left unchanged the illegal decision to ban the translation of the Bible

December 20, 2017 at 21:55 Leningrad Regional Court upheld the decision of the lower court on the recognition of “extremist material” one of the Russian Bible translations. Representatives of the rightholder intend to appeal this decision.

Bible Highlights – Links to the 66 Bible Books

22. Song of Solomon (Canticles)
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