101. Beside internal struggles over politics, the Church also faces increased competition from Protestant fundamentalist groups. 102. Besides Sinn Fein, representatives of two pro-British Protestant paramilitary groups are at the table too. 103. Both INLA and the Loyalist Volunteer Force are trying to wreck cease-fires by the Irish Republican Army and the two main pro-British Protestant paramilitary groups. 104. Britain faced mounting pressure to take punitive action against the Ulster Defense Association, the outlawed Protestant group blamed for most of the recent attacks against Catholics. 105. Britain says outlawed Protestant group has promised to stop riots, 106. But her priority meeting was with commanders of the UDA, the largest Protestant paramilitary group, because they had threatened to pull out of negotiations. 107. But politicians linked to outlawed Protestant groups blamed the police for stirring up the violence. 108. Catholics also compete with Protestant groups in Latin America and Africa. 109. Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan said many members of the biggest outlawed Protestant group, the Ulster Defense Association, were involved in the fighting. 110. Catholicism has long coexisted or competed with African spirit religions, witchcraft and European spiritualism, and now with fast-growing fundamentalist Protestant groups. |
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