ADRA Team In Iraq Maintains Low Profile Baghdad/Iraq | 29.10.2003 | ADRA The bomb blast at the International Committee for Red Cross, on October 27 (Monday), and other bombings throughout Baghdad highlighted once again the urgent need for Adventist Development and Relief Agency - ADRA's team to maintain a low profile while seeking to assist those most venerable in Iraq. None of the ADRA staff were hurt or directly involved in the blasts. ADRA works with health care institutions in providing medicine and distributes emergency supplies such as food, stoves, kitchen
Iraq: Baghdad Red Cross Bombing Shatters Adventist Church Windows Baghdad, Iraq | 29.10.2003 | International A powerful explosion outside the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross Oct. 27 blew out most of the windows of the Baghdad Seventh-day Adventist Church, situated just 200 meters (660 feet) away. "Our office staff were already at work in the building when the bomb went off at around 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning," reported Basim Fargo, secretary-treasurer of the Adventist Church in Iraq. Speaking by mobile phone just a few hours after the explosion, Fargo said the blinds
Noncombatancy: Adventist Theologian Reaffirms Church Silver Spring, Maryland, USA | 08.10.2003 | International The noncombatancy position held by Seventh-day Adventists has been given attention by the church's Biblical Research Institute. In the October issue of its newsletter, Reflections, Dr. Ekkehardt Mueller, associate director of BRI, addresses the issue of noncombatancy in the wake of the recent war in Iraq. The article restates the church's long-held view on the issue--it advocates noncombatancy. "In different parts of the world church the Iraqi war and other events have triggered a lively dis
United Nations Religious Committee Hears Adventist Religious Freedom Concerns New York, USA | 08.10.2003 | Religious Liberty Attorney Mitch Tyner, representing the Adventist Church, spoke to the UN Religious Committee and highlighted concerns addressing religious freedom and international law. "Religious liberty is an individual right which needs greater protection," said Tyner, adding, "courts and judges should not be allowed to mandate what religion is and to define religious activities." Tyner also commented that international documents that appear to protect religious liberty are weak and rarely protect
