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Testimony from Java, Indonesia

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Day 19 for 1st October, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
An Indonesian couple from a Muslim background invited some Christians to help them with their business. The Christians eventually began to share their beliefs with the Muslim couple. The [...]

Singapore – the Lion City

Day 18 for 30th September, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
The city has a fascinating mix of cultures. Singapore is known as the largest Chinese city outside of China.
In Singapore, there are two major groups of Muslim peoples - those of Malay origin and those of Indian origin. According to the year 2000 census, there [...]

Guyana - Land of Many Waters

Day 17 for 29th September, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
In 1978 the mass suicide and murder in Jonestown of 900 American cult members attracted world attention to Guyana. Until then, relatively few people had heard of Guyana. Music in Guyana follows the lead of other Caribbean countries and India. Radio stations play the latest [...]

Muslim Kurds in Canada

Day 16 for 28th September, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
Kurds have been coming to the United States and Canada from Turkey, Iraq and Iran for decades. Thousands of Kurds fled Iraq during and subsequent to Saddam Hussein’s mass killings of Kurds through chemical and conventional warfare. Those who have gone to Canada as [...]

The Mirpuris in Britain

Day 15 for 27th September, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
Mirpuris (people originating from the Mirpur district in Pakistani Kashmir), form about 70% of the British Pakistani population of about 747,000. The percentage is even higher in northern cities and towns. For example, in Bradford, an industrial town in Northwest England, it is estimated that [...]