Church blown up First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they [...]
The typical American church today is organized around the ideas and realities of blue model America. Denominational structures (weakened by years of cutbacks in many cases) are bureaucratic staff organizations. Most local congregations own a large building and land; most of their budgets are eaten up by professional salaries and building maintenance. The mainline Protestant [...]
02/15/2012 United States (The Christian Post) – A group of some 100-odd Christian Indonesian refugees who fled their country due to religious persecution 10 years ago and have been living in New Jersey and New Hampshire – among other places – illegally, have appealed to President Barack Obama for help in an open letter earlier [...]
By Pamela Rae Schuffert presenting investigative journalism from a Biblical Christian persepctive- First of all I want to thank ALL of you Slavic Christians, for the wonderful witness and examples to me throughout the decades of what true Christianity under persecution should truly be. Numerous accounts of Russian/Ukrainian and other Slavic Christians who have both [...]
Print PDF Stand Up America: The healthcare reform law, ObamaCare, is unconstitutional and a violation of our First Amendment rights. It is also, by design, a political gift for Muslims in America, while Christians in America are further marginalized. Barack Hussein Obama is an appeaser. He favors Islam an anti-American force with an openly [...]
Obama’s freshly unveiled 2013 budget includes a $770 million haul for “young democracies” in Islamic nations—places where it is known that Christians are being killed and persecuted due to the very Arab Spring that calls itself “democracy.” RT.com reports, The White House revealed its plans to help the Arab Spring states on Monday. The grim [...]
India West, News Report, Sunita Sohrabji, Posted: Feb 13, 2012 A school bus driver in Raleigh, N. C., who was due to be deported Feb. 14 has received an 11th hour temporary stay of deportation valid for one year. Mark Gomes has lived in the United States since 1991, after fleeing his native Bangladesh, allegedly [...]
During this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Korean Christians joined the event to call attention to people who are dying in North Korean political detention centers. “More than 200,000 prisoners are believed to be held in the camps. Some of them are Christians who were sent to the harsh jails simply for professing faith in Christ.” [...]
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It’s war. At least according to some, President Obama has declared a war on religion. This is the latest attack designed to make the President look like an infidel. In the last four years, the President’s opponents have branded him: 1) a liberal Christian; 2) a follower of liberation theology; 3) a secret Muslim; and [...]
The Obama administration is waging war on Christianity. Somehow, the networks haven’t seen this as newsworthy. On January 20, Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services announced its perverse attempt to force Catholic schools, hospitals, and other charitable agencies to finance sterilization, abortifacients and contraceptives in their insurance plans starting in 2013. Speaking for the [...]
New York, New York — Approximately five (5) years ago when I entered my daughter in a Catholic School in the Archdiocese of New York I embarked on a project to study the ‘American-Catholic Condition’ through my professional communications and political science experience, lenses. Assessment: Far from being the one, unified socio-political religious entity it [...]
Jihad Watch – There appears to be a state of official denial of how conditions for religious minorities in Indonesia have deteriorated, even just in the past 10 years. Officially, Indonesia is still modern, moderate, and tolerant, and that’s that. Everything is fine on paper, so everything must be fine in reality. “37 Indonesian Christians [...]
We’ve all heard about how Christians were thrown to the lions during the reign of the Caesars. But it is very doubtful that Christians were feeding one another to the lions. Alas, it appears that should this kind of Christian persecution become vogue in America, many Christians would doubtless join with these modern-day Caesars and [...]
This is a special note to anyone who chooses to read my prophecy documentary. My book was written in the hope that those reading it will be driven to the Bible where they should have been in the first place. This book, or for that matter any other book, should never come or be placed [...]
In 1971, a mighty revival took place in Indonesia. God’s Holy Spirit was poured out with great power and miracles began to happen, bearing witness to the reality of Jesus Christ as Savior of the world to the people there. Many turned from the emptiness of Islam or unbelief, to the reality of Jesus Christ [...]
Christianity began as a truly benevolent and heartfelt religion based on charity, love, and acceptance. Jesus himself, as portrayed in the Bible at least, was the epitome of all of these things. He was almost enamored by the outcasts of society and shunned those in power, the wealthy, and those in government. He spent [...]
At a State Department three-day, closed-door meeting in December 2011 with representatives of the Saudi Arabia-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on measures to fight religious “intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton protrayed the conference as a sign that Washington and the OIC are working together to protect religious freedom around the world. IPT (H/T [...]
At a State Department three-day, closed-door meeting in December 2011 with representatives of the Saudi Arabia-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on measures to fight religious “intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton protrayed the conference as a sign that Washington and the OIC are working together to protect religious freedom around the world. IPT (H/T [...]
Persecution of Christians News of Christian imprisonment in Saudi only now reaching U.S. Thirty-five Christians have been jailed in Saudi Arabia for worshiping in their own homes according to a recent report. The news only surfaced this week that the Christians have been imprisoned for over a month. Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern says [...]
A couple of things regarding persecution came across the wire in the past week or so. First, the Internet Monk explores the question, “Are American Christians ‘Persecuted?’” He looks at persecution in Biblical times and persecution today in third-world countries, and contrasts that with what American Christians tend to call “persecution.” I would suggest that the culture [...]
On January 24, during his State of the Union Address, the president of the United States has a chance to expose the plight of religious minorities living in Muslim majority nations. Doing so would not merely shed light on one of the most ignored humanitarian crises of the 21st century; it would help alleviate it. [...]
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (apologies to Keith Olbermann) Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) addressed a crowd gathered Monday at a South Carolina Tea Party conference and resolutely concluded that “the greatest minority under assault today are Christians. No doubt about it.”…. Though Scott has yet to announce his support for [...]
Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF version In his annual address to diplomats Monday, Pope Benedict XVI highlighted religious freedom with emphasis on persecuted Christians around the world. “In many countries, Christians are deprived of fundamental rights and sidelined from public life,” he said. “In other countries, they endure violent attacks against their churches and their homes.” [...]
“Our long history of religious tolerance and pluralism has strengthened our country, helped create a vibrant civil society, and remained true to the principles enshrined in our founding documents.” President Obama 01-13-2012 In September of 2001, I was a freshman at an all-girls college in Pittsburgh, PA. After the attacks on September 11th, I remember [...]
Do you remember when Christians were persecuted in America for their faith? Neither do I. That’s because it’s never happened. But according to Tea Party Congressman Tim Scott of South Carolina, Christians are a relentlessly and mercilessly persecuted minority today, even though Christians dominate the American landscape. While speaking to a Tea Party crowd in [...]
Sabeel is coming to town March 16-17. Sabeel is a Christian liberation theology organization based in Jerusalem. It was founded by Palestinian Anglican priest, Rev. Naim Ateek, and has been widely denounced for itsone-sided anti-Israel rhetoric. from the ADL:Friends of Sabeel-North America (FOSNA): As part of the anti-Israel movement’s effort to attract support from the [...]
I think I could honestly say that I knew very little about Christian persecution that was taking place around the world before I started working at NZ Catholic back in 2005. Part of that was to do with my relative lack of interest in matters of religion outside my own little world. Another part of [...]
43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the [...]
You don’t belong to this world – you are Heaven’s citizens. And we know that unbelievers are not persecuting you: they are persecuting Him. Pray, and have patience. ICC Note: A Nepali Christian writes to encourage the persecuted church in Iran and Afghanistan. 1/12/2012 Iran (Mohabat News) – Below you read an encouraging interview with [...]
EGYPT – A BLOOD SMEARED IMAGE OF CHRIST IN THE CHURCH OF ALEXANDRIA AFTER LAST YEAR’S BOMBINGS According to the latest report by the Pew Forum, concern for religious freedom is growing throughout the world. The Economist says we should not call it a crusade but liberal values must be defended GIACOMO GALEAZZI VATICAN CITY [...]
See full-text article(s):New York Times Companies have pulled their ads from a TV show that portrays Muslims as benign. Religious groups may be required to offer insurance that covers drugs that can induce abortions. A federal judge rejected a ballot initiative on same-sex marriage partly because of its religious arguments. Are these just bubbles in [...]
Warning from a former Muslim: I was born and raised as Muslim. My whole family is still Muslim. I know every genetic code of Muslim. I know Islamic brain. I live and breathe with them. I am an insider. I left Islam when I understood that Islam is a sick and evil religion. The following [...]
Print PDF By Soeren Kern at Stonegate Institute:The European Union has offered to host the next meeting of the so-called Istanbul Process, an aggressive effort by Muslim countries to make it an international crime to criticize Islam. The announcement comes less than one month after the United States hosted its own Istanbul Process conference in Washington, [...]
ICC Note: “Egypt’s Christians continue to be targeted by Islamists, this time in the village of Baheeg in Upper Egypt where three buildings belonging to Copts were burned to the ground over an alleged religious slight,” PipeLineNews.org reports. 1/2/2012 Egypt (PipeLineNews.org) – Egypt’s Christians continue to be targeted by Islamists, this time in the village [...]
This essay is cross-posted at Rev. Dave’s Bible Study, a side project where I’ve recently been expressing some frustrations on the subject of religion and politics. The Globe Mail‘s plagiarism-happy columnist Margaret Wente has called us, this weekend, to reflect on the importance of religious freedom as the most important front in the battle for [...]
Have you noticed that attacks on Christianity don’t seem to let up? Even in America, the home of the free, every group other than Christians either get a free pass or get openly promoted. And the Christian church’s response? Usually, it’s a call to make the world change. Funny, the Bible doesn’t tell us to do (or even [...]
Note-Admittedly, this article is not for everyone. It is only for those to whom it is directed, and they know perfectly well who they are. For those readers who would like to understand what the following article is about, go to the following link containing the interview of Harold Rosenthal. This article is in response to his [...]
I keep thinking about all the American Christians who canceled church on Christmas Day. Terry wrote about the Iraqi Christians who’ve done the same. Except in their case, it’s under threat of death. I’m elated that Christmas is finally here after a lengthy Advent but I am so sad that Christians in Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan [...]
by Raymond Ibrahim via Muslim Persecution of Christians: November 2011: “Everyone is Born a Muslim” :: Stonegate Institute. The so-called “Arab Spring” continues to transition into a “Christian Winter,” including in those nations undergoing democratic change, such as Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis dominated the elections—unsurprisingly so, considering the Obama administration has [...]