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Two polls show Arabs, America are poles apart
___By Holly Lebowitz Rossi
___Religion News Service
___WASHINGTON (RNS)--Two new polls reveal stark differences and mutually negative feelings between Americans and people living in predominantly Islamic countries.
___Ten thousand people in nine Islamic countries--including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan and Jordan--participated in the Gallup Poll of the Islamic World.
___In all nine countries, a majority reported feeling that Western nations do not care about poor countries, treat minorities unfairly and have weak morality and meager family values.
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Chinese Christians appeal for prayer in retrial
___WUHAN, China (BP)--Attorneys for a Chinese Christian leader who barely escaped execution in January want his retrial to be conducted in public this time, according to sources close to the case.
___Gong Shengliang, 46, leader of the South China Church, was sentenced to death after a secret trial in December before a court in Wuhan, China. The charges were rape and operating an "evil cult to undermine law enforcement."
___The defendants reportedly had no legal representation during the trial.
___Gong's supporters contend the charges are false and based on forced testimony. They say the prosecution is part of a brutal crackdown on 16 "sects" the Chinese government has decided to suppress.
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