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References
- ↑ The ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08
- ↑ Progress Law website, article dated May 16, 2023
- ↑ Voice of the Martyrs Canada website, retrieved 2023-08-08
- 1 2 US State Dept 2022 report
- ↑ World Watch Monitor website
- ↑ Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands velkd.de
- ↑ The World Christian Encyclopedia, Second edition, Volume 1, p. 758
