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Archive for September, 2007

What, You Can’t Take a Joke? Not When it Comes to Jesus!

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Comedian Kathy Griffin thought that she was telling a joke when she told Jesus to “suck it” after winning an Emmy. She makes a living being outrageous and making fun of others but Christians didn’t find her comments funny at all and many even in Hollywood found her comments to be distasteful. She was playing [...]

Cartoonist Arrested in Bangladesh for ‘Cat’ Cartoon?

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

No one in the West could ever imagine being arrested for a simple innocent cartoon such as this, but take a look and see how far the divide actually is between Western and Islamic culture.             *Top

Muslim Converts to Christianity Face Persecution in the UK

Monday, September 17th, 2007

According to Bishop Nazir-Ali of Rochester, Muslims who become Christians are increasingly targeted for persecution by their former Muslim community. According to The Barnabas Fund, a charity highlighting Christian persecution across the world, persecution in the UK presently takes place in a variety of forms including verbal abuse, being spat upon, and more seriously, assaults [...]

Reigious Freedom is Under Assault in Iraq: Christians Targeted by Islamists

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

We have posted on this issue before and the situation isn’t getting any better in Iraq for religious minorities, particularly Christians. The police cannot protect or are unwilling to protect religious freedom, according to a report released Friday by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: “[F]requent sectarian violence, including attacks on religious places of worship, [...]

al Qaeda Offers Reward for the Death of Swedish Cartoonist

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

An al Qaeda group in Irag has offered a $100,000 for the death of the Swedish cartoonist who recently depicted the head of Muhammad on the body of a dog. The al Qaeda leader also called for attacks on Swedish companies. Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist, did not take the threat too seriously and defended [...]

Study Shows: Homosexuals Can Change Orientation

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

A groundbreaking study has shown that it is possible for homosexuals to change their orientation if they want to, but it is difficult. The study shows that 38% were able to become heterosexual through the help of Christian ministries. Another 29% had modest success in the process. All of the research and studies up to [...]

U. S. Prisons Regulate and Throw Out Religious Books

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

In an effort to decrease the possibility of radical religious books flooding and affecting the US federal prison population, the Bush administration has instituted a policy that allows only 150 ‘approved’ books for each religion in the prison libraries. In the mean time, prison officials are culling through their books and throwing out any of [...]