Tag: Christianity
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LU for REAL: Hmong & Christianity
For this semester, we have Sheboygan resident Mr. Vue X. Yang, who will be going into the origins of Hmong traditions. This is an animist based religion that focuses on the belief of two worlds, the … Read Full Article
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Lao Police Allegedly Arrest Citizen for Practicing Christianity
The U.S. State Department said in a 2017 report that Lao local authorities often arrested or detained members of minority religions during the year, with a district-level official in Houaphan province … Read Full Article
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Ly Tong, the Vietnamese folk hero who hijacked planes to fight communism, approaches his final descent
In a coma since March 21, Tong turns his head slightly. “He’s trying his best,” Nguyen says. Why are Vietnamese authorities so wary of Hmong Christianity? For many Vietnamese immigrants to the US from … Read Full Article
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New religion-control law changes little in Vietnam after 1 year
Outside the major cities, heavy measures are used to try to contain the steady growth of Evangelical Christianity among Hmong and other ethnic minorities. Brutal social opposition by family and clan i… Read Full Article
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Christianity Has Transformed Many Communities of the Hmong Minority in Vietnam and Now They Are Sharing the Gospel
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In a residential neighborhood in Hanoi, Vietnam, church leaders of the Dao ethnic group gather in a newly built classroom to learn about Christian leadership. Afterward they stream downstairs to a com… Read Full Article
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Every tribe and tongue
They’ve watched as Christianity transformed not only individual lives but entire communities, especially within the Hmong people group: Of the more than 1 million Hmong in Vietnam, an estimated 400,00… Read Full Article
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Khmer-Krom: Viet Namese Restrictions on Freedom of Religion
Members of the Duong Van Minh religion, which combines elements of Christianity and traditional Hmong practices, regularly have their religious funeral sheds destroyed by the government and are arrest… Read Full Article
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Vietnamese Religious Minorities Continue to Face Persecution
Members of the Duong Van Minh religion, which combines elements of Christianity and traditional Hmong practices, regularly have their religious funeral sheds destroyed by the government and are arrest… Read Full Article
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Vietnamese Religious Minorities Continue to Face Persecution
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HMOOB.TV
Members of the Duong Van Minh religion, which combines elements of Christianity and traditional Hmong practices, regularly have their religious funeral sheds destroyed by the government and are arrest… Read Full Article
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Mob Attacks Hmong Christians in Vietnam Who Refuse to Renounce Their Faith
ICC Note: On March 1, a mob attacked four Hmong families that recently converted to Christianity after they refused to renounce their faith. 24 people were targeted, and four were hospitalized after the attack. Provincial authorities had threatened them to … Read Full Article
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After the fall
The ethnic group with the largest growth of Christianity is the Hmong people who live near Vietnam’s northern border: Today an estimated 400,000 Hmong have professed Christ. The gospel first reached the Hmong in the late ’80s through a Hmong-language … Read Full Article
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Southeast Asia
The Taunggyi Tazaungdaing or Festival of Lights sees fireworks mixed with hot air balloons, all handled by amateurs. Why hundreds of thousands of ethnic Hmong have converted to Christianity in Vietnam over the past 30 years. Read Full Article
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Vietnam Wrestles With Christianity
Since the 1980s, where Protestant Christianity was virtually unheard of in Vietnam’s northern highlands, an estimated 300,000 out of the 1 million ethnic Hmong in Vietnam are now Christians. Over time, the social, economic, and political impacts of … Read Full Article