Archive for the '-Persecution' Category
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
(Image by Oxfam International via Flickr) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, August 27 (CDN) — “Authorities on Wednesday (Aug. 25) recovered the bodies of three Christian relief workers who had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Pakistani Taliban in the flood-ravaged country.” Response: Pakistan is in the midst of one of the greatest floods in recent [...]
Filed under: -Persecution, -Politics & Religion, -Taliban, Islam, Natural Disasters, Pakistan, Terrorism
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Saturday, July 24th, 2010
AUGUSTA, Ga. (News release from ADF): “Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit against Augusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling student told that her Christian beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The student, Jennifer Keeton, has been told to stop sharing her beliefs with [...]
Filed under: -Free Exercise of Religion, -Freedom of Religion, -Homosexual Lifestyle, -Persecution, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, Discrimination
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Here’s a Muslim leader speaking out in defense of Christians who seem to be under assault by creeping secularism everywhere in the UK. Muslim Imam Taj Hargey wrote in a national newspaper about the virulent secularism which is targeting Christian believers: “We do have an undercurrent of hostility towards religion and particularly to Christianity because [...]
Filed under: -Church and State, -Free Exercise of Religion, -Islam and Christianity, -Persecution, -Politically Correct, -UK, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Culture Wars, Islam, Prejudice, Secularism
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
(Image by future15pic via Flickr) It is illegal for a Muslim to convert to Christianity in Egypt. Here’s a Compass Direct interview with Maher Ahmad El-Mo’otahssem Bellah El-Gohary who along with his daughter lives a life under constant threat, in hiding, and on the run in Egypt since he converted from Islam to Christianity. As [...]
Filed under: -Islam and Christianity, -Persecution, Egypt, Islam
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
(Image via Wikipedia) Pakistan is currently blocking the popular Facebook page: “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” The page is encouraging Facebook users to post their own images of the prophet on May 20. The site was put up as a protest against radical Muslims who threatened the creators of “South Park” for depicting Muhammad in an [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Freedom of Speech, -Persecution, Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Internet, Islam, Pakistan
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Saturday, April 10th, 2010
(Compass Photo) Literally we could post a story nearly every day exposing Christian persecution in Pakistan. Here are two recent stories from Compass Direct News: 47 Christian Falsely Accused by Police This one happened on Palm Sunday: 47 Christians including women and children were falsely accused by police of violating Pakistani alcohol laws and one [...]
Filed under: -Islam and Christianity, -Persecution, Pakistan
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
(Image by Getty Images via Daylife) Is the state government supporting the persecution of Christians in Karnataka, India? According to one researcher, a former member of the Karnataka high court, it is. There have been an incredible number of incidents of persecution against Christians in the state in the last 500 days–over 1,000 ranging from [...]
Filed under: -Persecution, India
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