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Iran’s Parliament has dropped the mandatory death penalty for those who leave Islam and convert to other religions. Iran has been under considerable international pressure to drop the ultimate punishment by stoning for ‘apostates’.
This comes at a time when the Iranian government has already been under international scrutiny for the recent [...]

Is WWJD, which stands for ‘What Would Jesus Do’, really offensive? One couple thinks so and is suing! Wait tell you read why.
Mark and Sara Neill received letters in 2008 from Bullseye Collection Agency in order to recover a $88 debt. The letters included "WWJD" in the right-hand corner. The couple believes that the [...]

The Iranian church has been in the midst of a revival in the last 5 years. However, the Ahmadinejad administration has been persecuting Christians lately and the entire community was hoping that the recent vote would bring a new President in Iran and greater freedom. Now that doesn’t seem to be the case regardless [...]

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No, the Westboro nutsos did not intend to help out this Manhattan Synagogue, but they ended up being instrumental in raising $10,000 for the Congregation Beth Simchat Torah:
A Manhattan synagogue turned a visit from hate-spewing demonstrators into a lucrative fund-raiser Sunday.
Leaders of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a West Village synagogue that caters [...]

There is an Arab Festival in Dearborn Michigan this weekend, but Christian ministries who usually hand out tracks at the event will not be allowed to do so this time. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmonds ruled in favor of the festival organizers who decided to ban Christian ministries from participating as they usually do.  [...]

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In an article on Monday in USA Today by Andrew Newberg, the author makes the following evaluation of religion:
“Faith can bring out the best in people (love, generosity, compassion) — and the worst (fear, hatred, violence). Whether people are the former or the latter depends on how they view the God they [...]