Archive for November, 2011
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) The city of Mission, Kansas is no longer going to subject churches and nonprofit organizations to the city’s ‘Driveway Tax.’ City officials settled a year-old lawsuit brought against it by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). The case revolved around a special “driveway tax” levied by the city against all property owners [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Freedom of Religion, American Church, Lawsuits
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) The Muslim attacks against Christians in Nigeria continues. At least 45 more Christians are dead. Plus an untold number of houses and churches destroyed, and crops and fields burned. This time around ethnic Fulanis crying ‘Allahu akbar!’ attacked churches, and Christian communities this past week in Plateau state of northern-central Nigeria. [...]
Filed under: -Jihad, -Religious Persecution, Attacks on Christianity, Islamist Radicals, Nigeria, Terrorism
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Monday, November 28th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) From Citizen Link: The dispute began in October, when the federally funded University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) informed the nurses they either had to participate in abortions or risk losing their jobs. The Alliance Defense Fund intervened on their behalf, and a court blocked the hospital from [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Morality, -Persecution, -Pro-Life, Discrimination, Lawsuits, Sanctity of Life
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011
(Image by quinn.anya via Flickr) The Muslim Brotherhood held an anti-Israel rally following Friday services at a prominent Cairo mosque. Over 5,000 ‘worshippers’ shouted the following over and over again: ”one day we shall kill all the Jews” … and “Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, judgment day has come“ The Muslim Brotherhood is planning on [...]
Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Egypt, Islam, Islamist Radicals, Israel, Muslim Brotherhood
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Friday, November 25th, 2011
President Obama in his Thanksgiving address to the nation emphasized family, community, and the military but left off any mention of thankfulness towards God. I guess God is no longer ‘politically correct’. After all you might offend someone? I guess it doesn’t matter if God or believers are offended. Things are going so well that [...]
Filed under: Barack Obama, Thanksgiving, USA
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Thanksgiving is a uniquely American celebration that began nearly four centuries ago with a deeply religious people, the Pilgrims, giving thanks to God for preserving them though a very hard year and bringing them their first bountiful harvest which they gratefully shared with their indigenous neighbors. It was our first President [...]
Filed under: Thanksgiving, USA
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) When you first hear about this story most people consider the Amish beard attacks to be a prank or a sick joke. It almost sounded laughable in the beginning. However when you take into consideration the traditions of the Amish this really is a serious ‘hate’ crime against an entire community [...]
Filed under: 'Hate Crimes', -Bible Issues, -Religious Persecution, Culture & Religion, Religious Conflict
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