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Islamists demand death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ as another couple awaits trial Tensions are high in the Punjabi city of Gojra after a court sentenced a Christian man, Sajjad Masih, to life imprisonment for blasphemy, only weeks before the fourth anniversary of an outbreak of extreme violence against Christians in the […]
By World Watch Monitor One of the most well-known Christian leaders in China, Pastor Samuel Lamb, died on Saturday (August 3) in Guangzhou, aged 88. He had been arrested during one of the first big waves of persecution in Mao’s China and was first imprisoned from 1955 to 1957, when […]
Originally published in Urban Christian News On Wednesday, July 31, a small band of former homosexuals representing about 10 organizations stood on the steps of the Supreme Court to demand recognition and equal rights under the Constitution. “Anti-ex-gay extremists say that I do not exist–that we don’t exist,” said Christopher […]
Originally published by The Christian Institute Irish President Michael D Higgins has this week signed the country’s controversial abortion Bill into law, but a legal challenge is expected. The contentious new law, described as a Trojan horse for abortion on demand, allows abortion if doctors think the mother would otherwise […]
By Nico Bougas — Originally published in Assist News Service Some 57 people from various countries were detained by local police in Greece last Saturday, July 27, 2013. The reason? They were distributing New Testament scriptures to the local population. This may seem bizarre, but a group of priests of the […]
n Originally published in Fox News Pope Francis drew a reported 3 million flag-waving, rosary-toting faithful to Rio’s Copacabana beach on Saturday for the final evening of World Youth Day, hours after he chastised the Brazilian church for failing to stem the “exodus” of Catholics to evangelical congregations. Francis headed […]
Originally published in The Telegraph David Cameron has said he wants “to export” gay marriage around the world. The Prime Minister spoke of his pride at legalising same sex marriage, just a year after explicitly giving a personal guarantee to do it by 2015 to a reception for the Lesbian, […]
US pastor marks 300 days in Tehran prison Originally published in Baptist Press Eight Iranian Christians were charged with “action against the national security” and “propaganda against the system” recently after being arrested in a raid of an evening prayer service, evidence of ongoing persecution of Christians in Iran. The […]
Open Doors running worldwide ‘Save Syria’ campaign as exodus reaches Rwandan proportions A new report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, released by Open Doors USA, estimates there have been more than 100 000 casualties since the civil war started in 2011. The death total includes 5 000 children under the […]
Christian concern that PM could be ‘misleading’ parents British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan today (Monday, July 22) aimed at curbing Internet pornography in the United Kingdom. Cameron’s plan requires every Internet user in the country to say whether they want to have access to pornography, and creates […]