സ്ത്രീകള്‍ പരസ്യങ്ങളില്‍ അഭിനയിക്കുന്നത് വിലക്കി ഇറാന്‍. ഈയടുത്ത് ഐസ്‌ക്രീമിന്റെ പരസ്യത്തില്‍ അഭിനയിച്ച ഒരു സ്ത്രീയുടെ ശിരോവസ്ത്രം അല്‍പം മാറിയത് രാജ്യത്ത് വിവാദങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് ഇടയാക്കിയിരുന്നു.

ഇതിന് പിന്നാലെയാണ് ഇനി മുതല്‍ പരസ്യങ്ങളില്‍ സ്ത്രീകള്‍ അഭിനയിക്കേണ്ടെന്ന തീരുമാനമുണ്ടായത്.

മാഗ്‌നം എന്ന ഐസ്‌ക്രീം ബ്രാന്‍ഡിന്റെ പരസ്യത്തില്‍ ഒരു യുവതിയാണ് അഭിനയിച്ചത്. എന്നാല്‍ ഇവരുടെ ശിരോവസ്ത്രം അയഞ്ഞ നിലയിലായിരുന്നു. ഇതാണ് വിവാദങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് കാരണമായത്. ഇത്തരം പരസ്യങ്ങള്‍ സ്ത്രീയുടെ പവിത്രതയെ പരിഹസിക്കുന്നതാണെന്നാണ് ഇറാന്‍ ഭരണകൂടത്തിന്റെ വാദം.

‘പൊതു മര്യാദയ്ക്ക് വിരുദ്ധവും’ ‘സ്ത്രീകളുടെ മൂല്യങ്ങളെ അവഹേളിക്കുന്നതുമായ’ പരസ്യങ്ങളുടെ പേരില്‍ഐസ്‌ക്രീം നിര്‍മ്മാതാക്കള്‍ക്കെതിരെ പരാതി വന്നത്.
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China – On August 2, a preacher from the heavily persecuted Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) was taken away by the police from home for allegedly violating COVID protocols.

Two police officers from Longquanyi District’s Da-Mian Police Station came to Preacher Wu Wuqing’s home around 10:30 am on Tuesday. They took him away stating that he refused to take a PCR test. However, his wife said that she did not see any official summon notice.

Around 6 pm on the same day, Preacher Wu sent out a message saying, “Thank you for your prayers. I have just returned home. They summoned me under the guise of violating pandemic [protocols], yet we all know the real reason behind it –

That is due to our faith. May God keep our hearts, so we can persist in what we believe. He is greater than everything!”

Preacher Wu has been facing repeated harassment from the authorities for serving at the Chengdu-based house church. He has been detained, his tires punctured, and the fire door outside of his home chained in the last year alone. The authorities threatened that as long as he serves at ERCC, they will continue to intensify their control and crackdown against him.
Sources:persecution

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China – The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tight regulations on religious content have led to a shortage of Bibles in Hong Kong.

The Franciscans who run the biblical research institute Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF) in Hong Kong report that printing companies in China are disinterested in printing its Catholic Bible due to the small quantity of copies sold. In addition, printing houses fear that printing Bibles without government approval could lead to trouble with authorities.

Available copies of SBF’s Bible have already been sold to bookstores, thereby adding pressure to quickly find a publishing company. According to a member of SBF, Friar Yeung, Hong Kong printing houses lack the staple binding technology used to make Bibles in mainland China, thereby rendering it more difficult to find a printing company.

This incident comes during the CCP‘s massive crackdown on religions including Christianity. Recently, the government declared that Christians must first register and gain approval by the state to post religious content online. The goal of these kinds of regulations is to control and align religion with the party’s political ideology and goals (a process often referred to as Sinicization).

Despite the troubles between SBF and its printing house, other Christian groups remain unaffected. Revered Liao Jinyuan, the Hong Kong director general of the Protestant group, Worldwide Bible Society, reported that printing houses are still operating in Hong Kong and South Korea.

Please pray that SBF is able to find a printing company willing to publish and distribute Bibles in Hong Kong soon.
Sources:persecution

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