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• Threat that Middle East war poses to world, lamented by world churches' groups, Pope Leo

  

  The World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Methodist Council, Mennonite World Conference, Christian Conference of Asia, and ACT Alliance have joined in expressing their deep concern that the war in the Middle East poses worldwide.

• Christian leader in Indonesia arrested for commenting on Muhammad's marital status

  

  The precarious sensitivities in Indonesian Christian-Muslim relations were highlighted recently in West Kalimantan Province when a Christian leader was arrested on Feb. 18 for comments he made about Muhammad, Islam's prophet and his marital status.

• Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed church leaders 'dismayed' at global communities' failure to halt current wars

  

  Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist and Reformed church leaders say they are "profoundly dismayed" at the international community's failure to prevent wars, including the current escalation of conflict in Iran and the Middle East.

• World churches body, UN gravely concerned over military attacks against Iran

  

  The World Council of Churches has called the attacks carried out against Iran, which are said to have killed its leader, a "dangerous spiral of violence," placing millions of civilians at immediate risk.