Here is the case of Varsha Sabhnani, a millionaire, Who just was sentenced to 11 years in jail for enslaving and torturing two Indonesian female maids in her Long Island mansion. Her husband, Mahender, will also receive a jail sentence. The Sabhnani’s held and confiscated the passports and virtually enslaved two domestic servants for 3 [...]

Dr. Ahmad al-Mu’bi, a Saudi Arabian marriage official, said last week on Lebanese television that it is permissible for baby girls as young as 1 to marry.   When asked about the appropriate age for sex for the first time? he said that: "This varies according to environment and tradition.”
In the interview, He also said that [...]

The Pew Forum released on Monday (6/23/08) the results of an extensive poll of 35,000 Americans concerning their religious views and practices.
First the ‘good news’: 92% of Americans profess to believe in God or some kind of ‘higher power’. 80% believe in miracles, and 66% in angels and demons. The vast majority show a [...]

In December, we reported that China would soon be opening a new Bible printing plant that would be the largest in the World.
  Now here are more details about the plant in a LA Times story about Nanjing Amity Printing Co., soon to be if not already the largest producers of Bibles in the world. [...]

Gay marriages started to be performed legally in California this week due to a recent ruling by the California Supreme Court. The Justices disregarded the wishes of the vast majority of California citizens who had passed an earlier measure that defined marriage as a covenant between a man and a woman.
However, there is a [...]

According to a federal investigation, textbooks at a private Islamic school in Northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam,and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed to be ‘polytheists.’ Other passages in the school’s textbooks claim that ‘the Jews’ [...]

Cases of Islamic polygamy are beginning to surface all across the Western world where there are Muslim immigrants. Even though polygamy is against the law in most Western countries, authorities are either in denial or ignore it entirely since the marriages were not performed in their country, or were not ‘officially’ registered, and there is [...]

Attorney Generals from Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and Texas met together to address concerns over the FLDS Church and other polygamous sects. The participants declined to be specific over what was discussed. However, all 4 states have major FLDS communities which have been known to be involved in polygamy and child bride marriage.

Response: It is [...]

Here is an article on the Baptist Press which lists a number of ways that the National Geographic distorted the truth in their portrayal of Judas as a ‘hero’ in the supposed "Gospel of Judas". Apparently, the translation which was done by their ‘dream team’ of experts was not entirely accurate.
  Also, the TV show [...]

Persecution of Christianity continues in Algeria in a major way. In February we wrote about a Priest being arrested for holding a prayer and worship service in a home.
Now here are two stories of continuing persecution of Christians in Algeria. The first one from Compass Direct, tells how converts to Christianity are being arrested [...]