Archive for the '-Islam and Christianity' Category
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Here’s an article by Daniel Pipes: "Barack Obama through Muslim Eyes". Daniel Pipes documents here how the Muslim press has responded to the religious background and Christian affiliation of Presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the pope on Friday, at the pontiff’s summer residence, and invited the Pope Benedict to visit Iraq. Maliki said that he believed that a visit by the pontiff could help in the process of bringing peace and reconciliation to the Iraqi people. He also asked the Pope to [...]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Here’s another shocking case of supposed justice perpetrated by a court in Pakistan against Christians. Two Daughters, age 13 and 10 were kidnapped by some men from their Christian parents. The court later gives full custody to the kidnappers who were Muslims.
The men testified that the children no longer were Christians but had converted [...]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
This is an incredible untold story. According to Release International, a group who monitors the persecution of Christians around the world, British Muslims who convert to Christianity are increasingly subjected to serious persecution even in the UK.
Release International’s CEO Andy Dipper is quoted as saying:
"Release has seen many such cases around [...]
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
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 [...]
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
Pope Benedict baptized a 55-year-old, Egyptian-born -Magdi Allam at an Easter eve service that was broadcast around the world.
Now the new Christian convert is in danger of being under a death sentence? Also, Muslims are said to be upset with the Pope over the event.
Response: Christians are free to become Muslims, however if Muslims [...]
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
An historic meeting is in the works for the spring time between representatives of Pope Benedict and the 138 Muslim leaders who sent him and the Christian world an open letter in October. Benedict proposed the meeting in response to the letter which urged Christians to work together for a better world.
On the agenda for [...]
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
Citing damage to a mosque under construction, Muslim youths attacked Christians, set three Churches on fire and killed 10 in Bauchi, Nigeria. A number of Christian homes were also set on fire by the rioting Muslims including a pastors home which was burned to the ground.
The Muslim Governor claimed that the trouble was caused [...]
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
By Robert Spencer (Washington DC: Regnery Pub., Inc., 2007, 264 pages)
It is fashionable in the Western world to treat all religions the same except Christianity. Post- modern writers, educators, and historians have reserved their greatest fears and concerns for Christianity –past and present. Even in the midst of overwhelming evidence that a large portion of [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Two Christian youth were killed by Muslim extremists in Northern Nigeria after a Muslim cleric repeatedly called for a violent Jihad against Christians on TV.
Christian leaders in Nigeria told reporters that Islamic leader Sheik Gumi had urged Muslims to wage jihad against Christians in televised broadcasts during the month of Ramadan. According to Elder Saidu [...]
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