Archive for September, 2009
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
(Pope Benedict -by miqul via Flickr) In an address to church leaders in the Czech Republic Pope Benedict encouraged European Christians to remind those who want to marginalize Christianity that the culture and freedoms that they presently enjoy are due to their Christian heritage and roots: “Attempts to marginalise the influence of Christianity upon public […]
Filed under: Christianity, Culture Wars, Europe, Islam
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
(Image by azrainman via Flickr) Iran reported today that they have test-fired their most advance missile and it was successful. This comes on the heals of all the UN criticism that they received last week concerning their Nuclear weapons development program. The missile test is in addition to a full-out mobilization of troops engaged in […]
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
(Image by talkradionews via Flickr) An estimated crowd of 3,500 Muslims gathered at the U.S. Capitol building on Friday (Sept. 25) in Washington DC to pray for "the soul of America". The rally was the first-ever Muslim Friday prayer event on the Capitol grounds. It was organized by the Dar-Ul-Islam mosque from Elizabeth, N.J., as […]
Filed under: Islam, Prayer
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
According to the UN nearly 90% of the women in Afghanistan suffer from some kind of domestic abuse and so do many of their children. Apparently one the greatest sins that an Afghan woman can be guilty of is being barren. Also, this is a country that seems to excuse rapists and punish the […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Families, Islam, Sharia Law, Woman's Rights
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Millions of public school students are committed to gather at their flagpoles on campuses all across the country today and pray. According to Doug Clark, a spokesman for the national SYATP 2009 organization the theme for this year’s observance-= "Engage: Go and pray"- is taken from II Kings 22: “…it’s a great story to look […]
Filed under: Education, Prayer
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
(Image by MCSimon via Flickr) 60,000 folks showed up in Times square New York City last Sunday afternoon (Sept 20) to pray for the future of the city and the nation. This was sponsored by 200 Christian churches and the response was far greater than the 15,000 or so they had planned on. New York […]
Filed under: Prayer
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
(LA Times Building by Getty Images via Daylife) Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced S. 673, a bill called "Newspaper Revitalization Act," that would encourage newspapers to restructure their businesses as non-profit 501(c)(3) corporations and receive tax benefits and possible credits from the government. The newspapers in the United States have been particularly hurt by […]
Filed under: Freedom of Press
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Saturday, September 19th, 2009
(Picture- LifeNews.com) This is old news and happened a week ago but just in case you didn’t hear about it from the MSM, a pro-life activist was gunned down in a drive by. Search for it in the main stream media if you want to but it is being treated as a local incident. Pro-life […]
Filed under: Abortion, Freedom of Speech, Pro-Life, Sanctity of Life
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
(Ahmadinejad via Wikipedia) Today of all days, Iran’s President Ahmadinejad took the opportunity to dismiss the holocaust as myth – saying it was merely "a false pretext to create Israel." During his address the Iranian President confirmed his opposition to Israel and the call for its demise: "confronting the Zionist regime is a national and […]
Filed under: Ahmadinejad, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Iran, Israel
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
(Picture by Getty Images via Daylife) Is the opposition to President Obama really all about race? In an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, Former President Jimmy Carter said he thinks so: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black […]
Filed under: President Barack Obama, Racism
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