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Fiji Orders Methodists To Cancel Annual Conference

By Howard M. Friedman

AFP reported earlier this week that the military government in Fiji has ordered the Methodist Church-- Fiji's largest religious group-- to cancel its annual conference scheduled for August. A joint statement by the military and police said the church is trying create instability in the country. Global Voices today has a longer background story on these developments, pointing out that the Methodist Church was critical of the 2006 coup by Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who himself is a Methodist.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).