http://washingtontimes.com/weblogs/belief-blog/2008/Dec/03/russian-church-saudi-mosque/ Belief Blog (View Blog) POSTED December 03 2008 12:11 PM BY Julia Duin This delightful story just came in thanks to getreligion.org: The Saudis have recently asked permission to build a mosque in Moscow, a city where there are only four mosques and 2 million Muslims. The Russians, however, are saying they want, in […]
Muslims and Christians do not fully understand each other says Rowan Williamswww.telegraph.uk The Archbishop of Canterbury says theological differences separate Islam from Christianity Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, admitted yesterday that the Christian and Muslim faiths are so fundamentally different that both sides are still unable to understand […]
Spencer: How To Make Halal-Meat Out Of An Islamic Agit-Prop The American Muslim, terrorism, and Islamic supremacism At the reliably truth–free publication known as The American Muslim today, Sheila Musaji has published an article, “What exactly is required to be considered a ‘moderate’ Muslim?” In it, she takes me to task for this statement: “And I wonder why Sheila Musaji has never […]
Iran’s parliament has approved a law that would mandate the death penalty for anybody convicted of apostasy. www.timescolumn.typepad.com Under current Iranian law, apostasy is punishable by death, but the final decision rests with a judge. The new law is being debated in the Majlis of Iran (that nation’s parliament) and would mandate the death […]
Christian Couple Granted Asylum in UK CBNNews.comMuslim Converts to Islam. Photo courtesy of KarenMarkwell.com September 29, 2008 CBNNews.com – In a landmark victory, ex-Muslims who converted to Christianity and fled to the United Kingdom in fear for their lives were told Monday they did not have to return home. A UK immigration court of […]
Iranian parliament approves law on apostasy calling for death penalty [ 25 Sep 2008 11:48 ] Tehran – APA. Iranian parliament approved the law calling for a mandatory death sentence for apostates, or those who leave Islam. APA reports that members of the parliament citing to sharia (Islamic law) made decision on death sentence for men […]
photo courtesy of muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com 09/23/08 Iranians charged with apostasy Public Statement by Amnesty International Mahmoud Matin and Arash Basirat have been formally charged with apostasy, which on conviction can carry the death sentence. Their lawyer was initially informed of their charge in early August. They are prisoners of conscience, held solely for their religious beliefs. […]
Store owner in West Bank city says ‘We are harassed, but you wouldn’t know the truth. No one says anything publicly about the Muslims’ * This has been going on for a long time… Hat tip. www.WindsofJihad.com IsraelNN.com) The Muslim Fatah-controlled authority in Judea and Samaria is encouraging a “sharp demographic shift” in Bethlehem, where […]
http://tinyurl.com/6jeas9 Muslim protestors disrupt public forum on dual legal system’s jurisdictional disputes. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 15 (Compass Direct News) – A civil court on Aug. 5 denied a woman’s appeal to renounce Islam in favor of Christianity, highlighting the jurisdictional disputes in Malaysia’s dual legal system. Lim Yoke Khoon had filed a suit in […]
FAITH UNDER FIRE Saudis to Christians: Get out! Those accused of worshipping in homes ordered deported Posted: August 04, 2008 10:13 pm Eastern © 2008 WorldNetDaily King Abdullah More than a dozen Christians in Saudi Arabia who were accused by government officials of worshipping in their homes have been ordered deported. According to a report from […]
July 26th, 2008 – http://tinyurl.com/5p9aur http://tinyurl.com/6avnpb London, July 26 (ANI): With the picture of a sari-clad Virgin Mary and a loincloth and turban-clad Joseph in the first Indianised Bible, the Vatican is hoping to attract more people into turning to the Catholic church in India – as congregations decline in Europe and North […]
Compiled by Daily Star staff Saturday, July 26, 2008 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=94525 Pope Benedict told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday that minority Christians in Iraq needed more protection but the Iraqi leader assured the pontiff that Christians were not being persecuted. Maliki, who met the pope for 20 minutes at the […]
http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=2858s › Christian teenager beaten to death for relationship with Muslim girl http://tinyurl.com/6ezdad LAHORE, Pakistan (ROD) July 18th: The corpse of a Christian youngster Peter 19 has been hauled out of a canal after he was brutally beaten to death in an ‘honour killing’ for courting a Muslim girl of 19, whose name is kept […]
* Merkel in Germany: Only Christians from Iraq, please Hat tip…… http://sheikyermami.com/2008/07/19/australian-immigration-scandal-pro-muslim-bias-created-by-corrupt-local-case-officers/ Department told ‘bring more Christians’ * The clear subtext here is that Christians will assimilate better than Muslims. Australia should extend its welcoming hand to people who have suffered religious persecution in Islamic countries. In particular, that means the Christians. The Australian FORMER immigration […]
THE EXTREMISTS: Followers of Moro National Liberation Front, which has been waging war in southern parts of the Philippines. (Photo courtesy: THERENCE KOH/ AFP) THE VICTIMS: Muslim families housed in an evacuation centre near Midsayap town in southern Philippine island of Mindanao after days of fighting between government troops and Muslim rebels. (Photo courtesy: MARK […]
Christians are ‘swine’, Jews ‘condemnable’, say Saudi textbooks Posted: July 17, 2008, 8:38 PM by Ronald Nurwisah Photobuckett. com The Post’s Charles Lewis has written on a report from a U.S. think tank that condemns the textbooks used in Saudi Arabian schools and those funded by the Saudi government abroad. From the story: Despite a […]
By Dr. Laurie Roth Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Since 1999, the OIC has been pushing with the U.N the ‘Defamation of Islam’ campaign. The OIC isn’t a small fry committee trying to be heard in the U.N., but is being pushed by the 57, Muslim nation members in it and reflects the Declaration of Human Rights […]
Girls Kidnapped, and forced to convert Condition and whereabouts of two sisters, 12 an http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.phpd 10, unknown. ISTANBUL, July 11 (Compass Direct News) – A Christian father in Pakistan is in a legal battle with kidnappers for the custody of his pre-teen daughters, who allegedly have been forced to convert […]
Shariah Creep FROM TODAY’S WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA July 10, 2008 A court drama that is playing out in Malaysia this week says a lot about growing tensions between conservative Islam and the rule of law in this Muslim-majority nation that has long been known for its religious tolerance. It concerns the legal battle […]
Persecution threat to British Muslims who change their faith A growing number of Christians in Britain from a Muslim background are facing harassment and persecution, warns Release International. They include ‘Yasmin’, whose ex-husband planned to kill her. She’s been attacked in the street, driven from her home and was taken under police protection. Yasmin […]
Hazel Blears, Communities Secretary, says sidelining of Christianity is ‘common sense’ By George Pitcher and Jonathan Wynne-Jones Last Updated: 5:36PM BST 09/06/2008 Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, defended Labour’s policy on religion after a report backed by the Church of England claimed that Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of attention. She said it was right […]
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