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February 3, 2021
"Persecution for
US Christians Could Come Quicker Than
You Think"
Please
listen to this 7 minute you tube video
of a Christian Broadcasting Network
interview with Rod Dreher, who is the
author of the book "Live Not By Lies".
Looking at history, it was pretty clear
in Eastern Europe, that once the Nazi
regime cleared out, in the 1940s,
that the Communists would march
in. Christians were prepared for
that takeover of Czechoslovakia in
advance by creating prayer groups.
Mr Dreher offers some strategies to be
strong and faithful in difficult times
ahead.
This is well worth your seven minutes! Please
click here to visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv43lUfgptw&feature=youtu.be
Religious
persecution increasing, Pew Research
Center report finds
By Christopher
Vondracek
The Washington Times
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Governments have
been cracking down on religious
expression more than any other time in
recent memory, says a new report on
global religious persecution.
The Pew Research Center’s tracking of
government restrictions on religion
noted a 50% increase in 2018 since the
survey’s inauguration in 2007,
according to the report published
Tuesday.
From outright bans on public worship
by Christians and Jews in Qatar to an
Australian judge’s refusal to allow a
Muslim defendant’s wife to wear a veil
in court, the survey documents a year
of growing aggression among the
world’s governments in disrupting
citizens’ religious practices.
The survey singles out countries in
the Asia-Pacific and North
Africa/Middle East, where several
nations receive “high” or “very high”
persecution ratings.
Officials in the Philippines forced
three United Methodist Church
missionaries to leave the country.
Authorities in Thailand arrested six
Buddhist monks. And Israeli police
injured an Ethiopian Christian while
removing him from a church.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian government
continues to restrict access for
Shiite Muslims to a tomb of the
Prophet Muhammad’s son, revered by the
Sunni majority. The report also cites
Myanmar’s displacement of 14,500
Rohingya Muslims and Tajikistan’s
increasing control over religious
education travel and its continued
refusal to recognize Jehovah’s
Witnesses. Please
click here to read the article in
its entirety.
Mississippi
Church that Refused to Obey
Lockdown Orders Burned Down by
Arsonist Who Leaves Message
Red State
April 21,
2020
by Brandon
Morse
The burnt ruins of
the Greater Union Baptist Church,
one of three that recently burned
down in St. Landry Parish, are seen
in Opelousas, La., Wednesday, April
10, 2019. The first fire occurred
March 26 at St. Mary Baptist Church
in Port Barre, and the second
happened April 2 at Greater Union
Baptist Church in Opelousas. On
April 4, Mount Pleasant caught fire.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
For some time, a
Mississippi church has been defying
government orders to keep lockdown
rules in place in order to hold
services as is the American’s
constitutional right to do so.
However, one arsonist took it into
his own hands to make churchgoers
suffer for practicing said rights.
According to Fox
News, the Holly Springs church
was burned down on Wednesday, and
while police are investigating it as
an arson, the arsonist left a
message for churchgoers with
spraypaint:
The First
Pentecostal Church of Holly Springs
in Mississippi burned
down
early Wednesday morning. The
congregation had been in a
legal battle to continue
holding services despite the
novel coronavirus outbreak
and
subsequent lockdown orders.
The building went
up in flames between 2-4 a.m.
Investigators said the church was
spray-painted with graffiti before
an explosion blew out the front of
the building, according to
Fox 13. Maj. Kelly McMillian
of the Marshall Count Sheriff’s
Department confirmed the fire to be
a criminal act of arson.
Thomas More Society
senior counsel and lawyer for the
church, Stephen Crampton, spoke with
Fox News about the fire and said the
perpetrators spray-painted a
message that read, “I Bet you stay
home now you hypokrits.”
Crampton noted that
churches all over the nation have
put targets on their backs thanks to
their firm stance on practicing
their right to freedom of religion.
“We’re in a time
where I don’t think it’s any secret
that there’s a growing hostility
toward churches, across the board,”
Crampton said. “And now, here are
churches like First Pentecostal that
are sort of stirring up the waters
by being outspoken and somewhat firm
about seeking to protect their
Constitutional rights.”
He added, “They’ve
had bad comments [sent their way] on
social media. … There is just a
segment that takes issue with the
church standing up, and the church
just being the church.”
Dr. Dobson: We Must
Support Initiatives That Promote
Religious Liberty in US and Around
the World
11-10-2019
CBN News
We are facing an
epidemic of religious persecution
worldwide, unlike anything seen in
modern history. A recent report
prepared for the British government
found that an estimated 80% of this
persecution is being perpetrated on
followers of Christ. Indeed, this
report found that religious oppression
was “arguably coming close to meeting
the international definition of
genocide.”
Every month:
255 Christians are killed 104 are abducted 180 Christian women are raped,
sexually harassed or forced into
marriage 66 churches are attacked 160 Christians are detained
without trial and imprisoned
These statistics
represent individual followers of
Christ. Have you heard their stories?
Do you pray for the families of
martyrs who die for their faith? Their
plight is desperate!
But there is hope.
In September, President
Donald Trump delivered a historic
address at the United Nations on the
issue of religious freedom. Because
his message was largely ignored by the
media, I am posting an excerpt below.
What you will read here is
administration policy.
The United States is
founded on the principle that our
rights do not come from government;
they come from God. This immortal
truth is proclaimed in our Declaration
of Independence and enshrined in the
First Amendment to our Constitution’s
Bill of Rights. Our founders
understood that no right is more
fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous,
and virtuous society than the right to
follow one’s religious convictions.
Regrettably, the
religious freedom enjoyed by American
citizens is rare in the world.
Approximately 80% of the world’s
population lives in countries where
religious liberty is threatened,
restricted or even banned...
Today, with one clear
voice, the United States of America
calls upon the nations of the world to
end religious persecution.
He champions the
issue at the U.N. more vigorously than
any of his predecessors.
Wall Street
Journal Opinion/Commentary By Kelsey Zorzi Sept. 23, 2019 6:55 pm ET
President Trump
isn’t known as a champion of human
rights, but on Monday he became the
first American president to convene a
meeting at the United Nations on
religious freedom. He kicked off the
U.N. General Assembly’s annual session
with a “Global Call to Protect
Religious Freedom.”
Flanked by
Secretary-General António Guterres and
Vice President Mike Pence, the
president declared: “No right is more
fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous,
flourishing society than religious
freedom, yet it is rare around the
world. As we speak, many people of
faith are being jailed, murdered,
often at the hands of their own
government.” More than 80% of the
world’s population lived in nations
that restrict religious freedom as of
2009, and the situation hasn’t
improved, according to Pew Research...
...
After the U.S. pulled out from the
U.N. Human Rights Council last year,
some wondered if the U.S. would
withdraw from the U.N. altogether. Mr.
Trump has now made clear that he
intends to engage the U.N. system
where it has potential to make a
positive impact on those suffering
human-rights abuses, particularly
abuses of the right to freedom of
religion. As the president said, it’s
an issue of “urgent moral duty” for
all nations.
The “Equality
Act” Specifically Targets Religious
Freedom
By Gregory S.
Baylor
Alliance Defending Freedom
May 23, 2019
The badly misnamed
“Equality Act” was introduced in both
houses of Congress in March, and it was
passed by the House of Representatives
in May.
If passed by the Senate and signed into
law, it would add “sexual orientation”
and “gender identity” as protected
classes to existing laws banning
discrimination in places of public
accommodation (like hotels and
restaurants), employment, housing, and
by recipients of federal financial
assistance (among other things).
But what many might not realize is that
this legislation specifically targets
our constitutional right to religious
freedom.
11 Christians
Killed Every Day for Their Decision to
Follow Jesus
By Lindy Lowry opendoorusa.org March 13, 2019
The Christian persecution we read about
in Scripture and history books is not a
thing of the past. It still exists.
Today, in the 21st century, we are
living in a time when persecution
against Christian believers is the
highest in modern history. According to
Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List—an
in-depth investigative report focusing
on global Christian
persecution—persecution is increasing at
an alarming rate. Research for the List
indicates that each day, a staggering 11
Christians are killed for their faith in
the top 50 countries ranked on the World
Watch List.
Nebraska
principal who banned all things
Christmas resigns
By Samuel Smith Christian Post Reporter January 16, 2019
A Nebraska elementary school principal
who sent an internal memo to teachers
warning them not to use any
Christmas-related messaging and
activities in the classroom in December
has resigned...
On Monday, the Elkhorn Public School
Board unanimously accepted Sinclair’s
resignation letter, according to an
international social conservative legal
group that opposed Sinclair’s memo.
“Due to the level of attention that
Sinclair’s memo received, Sinclair and
the district stand united that it is in
the best interest of Manchester
Elementary that she not resume the
principal position,” Elkhorn Public
Schools Superintendent Bary Habrock
wrote in the email that was sent to
parents and staff...
Sinclair’s internal memo drew the ire of
the Florida-based conservative Christian
legal group, Liberty Counsel, which sent
a demand letter to Habrock calling for
him to overrule Sinclair’s guidance...
Mast’s demand letter states that Liberty
Counsel did not desire to see Sinclair’s
removal as school principal but only
wanted her “compliance with the law.”
Following the demand letter, a lawyer
for Elkhorn Public Schools wrote a
response letter explaining that
Sinclair’s memo to teachers did not
comply with school board policy and that
the school district would “work with
staff to correct any erroneous
communications and clarify any
misunderstandings.”
Shouldn't this section be called
"Christian Persecution" rather
than "Religious Liberty"? ... and
the persecution comes from our own
government! Isn't there something
very wrong with that?
Islam Promoted in Public Schools,
Christianity Banned
By David Fiorazo May 22, 2018
Don’t think this is just another isolated
incident where Islam is being favored in
public schools. The point here is simple:
either teach on all religions equally or
don’t teach on any of them.
Since God, the Bible, the name of Jesus,
and the Ten Commandments have been
expelled from government-run schools in
America, mounting evidence proves - decade
after decade - every other belief system
including atheism, humanism, secular
progressivism, and Islam have been
allowed.
A new report out of West Virginia says
Mountain Ridge middle school students in
Gerrardstown were asked to practice
writing the Islamic declaration of faith
known as the “shahada” in Arabic
calligraphy. Translated into English, the
statement claims, “There is no god but
Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of
Allah.” ....
A few years ago in Olmstead Falls, Ohio,
parents tried for years to raise awareness
and get the school board to change some
lessons and history textbooks that stated
Muslims historically “practiced religious
tolerance” by requiring Christians and
Jews to pay extra taxes. There was no
mention that the alternative was often
death. They conveniently left those facts
out....
And in Maryland, La Plata High School was
also accused of favoring Islam by forcing
children to profess the Muslim statement
of faith and requiring them to memorize
the Five Pillars of Islam, according to a
2015 federal lawsuit filed by the Thomas
Moore Law Center. In this case, John and
Melissa Wood accused the school of Islamic
indoctrination and propaganda, and when
Mr. Wood complained, the school banned him
from campus!
There have also been similar stories in
California, New York, Texas, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, and
others – all receiving extremely little
attention in the politically-correct,
progressive media. Discriminating against
those holding to the Christian worldview
while promoting other religious views is
unconstitutional. So where is the Freedom
from Religion foundation when it comes to
Islam being taught in government schools?
....
I am not suggesting the Christian faith
should be the only one allowed in public
schools - although that is what took place
for over a hundred years in America when
our country was very different morally and
spiritually. I am asking for fairness and
justice. If schools discuss one religion,
then others should be allowed as well. Please
click here to read the article in its
entirety.
Supreme Court
to Rule on 40-Foot War Memorial
Cross at Center of Church-State
Debate
A 2014 lawsuit said that
the Peace Cross, which sits on
state land in Bladensburg, Md.,
was an endorsement of
Christianity.
By Adam Liptak November 2, 2018 New
York Times
·WASHINGTON
— The Supreme Court agreed on Friday
to decide whether a 40-foot cross on
state property in suburban Maryland
violates the First Amendment’s ban on
government establishment of religion.
The
case
will give the court an opportunity to
clarify its famously confused
jurisprudence on government
entanglement with religion. It will
also allow the justices to continue a
discussion about the meaning of
crosses used in war memorials.
The
cross
at issue sits at a busy intersection
in Bladensburg, Md., and commemorates
49 soldiers from Prince George’s
County who died in World War I. It was
built in 1925 using contributions from
local families and the American
Legion.
The
state
took over the monument and the land
under it in 1961. Since then, the
state has spent more than $117,000 to
maintain and repair the memorial.
Several
area
residents and the American Humanist
Association sued to remove the cross
in 2014, saying they were offended by
what they said was its endorsement of
Christianity.
Last
year,
a divided three-judge panel of the
United States Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va.,
ruled that the cross sent an
unconstitutional message of government
approval of a particular religion,
breaching the wall between church and
state. The full Fourth Circuit
declined to rehear the case by an
8-to-6 vote.
In
urging
the Supreme Court to hear the case,
the American Legion and other
supporters of the cross said the logic
of the Fourth Circuit’s decision could
imperil hundreds of war memorials that
use crosses to honor the fallen,
including the 24-foot Canadian Cross
of Sacrifice and the 13-foot Argonne
Cross, both in Arlington National
Cemetery.
“No
other
court,” their petition seeking review
said, “has gone so far as to hold that
a longstanding, historical war
memorial that was built to be a war
memorial and has only ever been a war
memorial was unconstitutional merely
because its private builders chose to
use a cross to honor their fallen
loved ones.”
Trump’s latest appeal to evangelicals:
a new office to protect religious
liberty
Trump will sign an executive order
launching the new White House Faith and
Opportunity Initiative today.
Published: May 3, 2018 Author: Tara Isabella Burton Vox.com
...The institution of faith-based
initiatives is not uncommon in the White
House — Barack Obama launched the Office
of Faith-based and Neighborhood
Partnerships, and George W. Bush
instituted an Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives. Both programs were
designed to provide faith-based charity
organizations with a clear avenue to get
federal funding for their work.
That said, Trump’s initiative seems to
expand previous offices’ remit in a number
of ways. For starters, the office isn’t
just focusing on community-based or
charitable initiatives. According to the
Religion News Service, it’s also charged
with informing the administration of “any
failures of the executive branch to comply
with religious liberty protections under
law.” The Trump administration has
consistently been a champion of religious
liberty, particularly insofar as it
pertains to evangelical Christian causes.
... Please
click here to read the entire article at
Vox.com.
Revealed! Europe's source of surging
anti-Semitism
Continent 'has re-created the Jew-hatred
of the Nazi period'
Published: 08/30/2017 at 8:43 PM Author: Paul Bremmer World Net Daily
More than 70 years after the Holocaust,
anti-Semitic violence again is a
surging problem in Europe, according to
a recent report authored by a Norwegian
scholar.
But today, the culprits are not
primarily Nazis. Rather, the bulk of
this type of violence appears to come
from Muslims and left-wing extremists,
the report said.
Johannes Due Enstad, a postdoctoral
fellow at the University of Oslo, drew
on data from a 2012 survey on
anti-Semitism by the European Union’s
Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). The
survey found that among respondents who
said they had been victims of
anti-Semitic violence, a strong
plurality said the perpetrator was
“someone with a Muslim-extremist view”
in each of the four countries surveyed:
France (53 percent), Sweden (51
percent), the United Kingdom (36
percent) and Germany (34 percent).
The numbers were much higher than the
percentage in each country who said they
were attacked by “someone with a
right-wing view.” Those numbers were
only 4 percent in France, 5 percent in
Sweden, 7 percent in the U.K. and 11
percent in Germany.
Pamela Geller, president of the American
Freedom Defense Initiative and author of
the book “Stop the Islamization of
America,” said there’s a lesson
Europeans need to take away from the
study.
A Toronto conference last week asked: Why
is the world silent about Christian
genocide?
“If Christianity [in the Middle East]
survives, it will not be because of any
interest taken by Christians in our part
of the world, but rather because the State
of Israel, the people of Israel, and
conscientious Jews everywhere are
dedicated to saving it,” said Dr. Paul
Merkley, Professor of History at Carleton
University, last week in a panel
discussion at Toronto’s Beth Radom
synagogue.
The academic conference, titled “Christian
Genocide in the Middle East: Why is the
World Silent?” was co-sponsored by the
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
and the Canadian Institute for Jewish
Research.
“In 1910, it’s estimated that Christians
were 14% of the Middle Eastern population”
said Dr. Frederick Krantz, Director of
CIJR. “Today, they are under 4% and
rapidly declining.”
Other figures were highlighted throughout
the conference, such as how in Iraq alone,
there were 1.5 million Christians until
2003. Today, that number is estimated at
275,000 with the strong likelihood that
there won’t be any more of a community
left within five years.
Much of the present-day persecution was
tied to the Islamic State. National
Executive Director of ICEJ Canada, Donna
Holbrook, showed graphic images of the
genocide of Christians currently taking
place in Iraq.
“This mother was killed, but not before
the terrorists made her watch them kill
her baby,” said Holbrook, showing a
horrific image of an Iraqi Christian woman
murdered by ISIS terrorists. Please
click here to read the complete article
on the American Spectator.
Holy war:
Government tries to control church
sermons
Posted By Bob Unruh
08/09/2016
World Net Daily
An Iowa church just wants to be free to
preach the gospel, but the state’s
so-called nondiscrimination requirements
could block the house of worship from
doing just that.
Lawyers for the church are asking a
federal court to prevent Iowa from
censoring what the religious group can
say about homosexuality, same-sex
“marriage,” transgenderism and other
related topics.
The case erupted when the state’s Civil
Rights Commission first claimed the
authority to control the content of
sermons and then to define what’s
religious.
At issue is the state’s
nondiscrimination requirements that
specify any “public accommodation” can
be ordered not to say anything that
might make a homosexual or a transgender
feel “unwelcome,” such as even reading
from the Bible a condemnation of such
behavior.
Google: "Fort Des Moines Church of
Christ" law freedom or
click here to read other articles
about this attack in Iowa on the
Christian religion.
Most Americans
want new president to address
Christian persecution, reveals poll
Lorraine
Caballero
The Christian Daily
21 July, 2016
Majority of
Americans want the next president to
address persecution of Christians all
over the world, based on the results
of a Harris poll commissioned by Open
Doors USA.
In the said poll, 76 percent of the
subjects agreed with the statement:
"It is important to me that the next
US President be committed to
addressing the persecution that some
Christians face around the world
(e.g., imprisonment, beheadings, rape,
loss of home and assets)."
In response to the poll, Open Doors
launched a petition calling on the
U.S. presidential candidates to act on
the issue of Christian persecution
worldwide. The organization's
president and CEO David Curry released
a statement detailing how governments
are repressing religious freedom and
causing the displacement of many. Open
Doors has echoed the same sentiment in
a statement posted on its website,
Christian Today relays.
"Persecution of Christians, as well as
adherents of other faiths, has grown
exponentially in recent years.
Governments are clamping down on
religious freedom of expression,
causing millions to face displacement,
harassment, imprisonment, beatings and
even death," Curry said in his
statement. "Americans are looking to
each presidential candidate for clear
and decisive plans to address this
growing global crisis."
Turkish Court
Rules Government Failed to Protect
Christians Killed in Malatya
Civil suit
results in order to pay damages to
relatives of victims.
January 27, 2016
By Our Middle East Correspondent
Morning Star News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A
Turkish court ruled on Tuesday (Jan. 26)
that the government was negligent in its
duty to protect three Christians who
were tortured and killed in 2007
and ordered it to pay damages to the
victims’ families.
The Malatya Administrative Court ruled
that, nearly nine years ago, the
Interior Ministry and the Malatya
Governor’s Office ignored reliable
intelligence that Turkish nationalists
were targeting the three Christians days
prior to the April 2007 killings.
Supremes step in
State rejected application from child
center because of faith
Published: World
Net Daily
January 18, 2016
Bob Unruh
he subject of a
lawsuit that started in Missouri and
now is pending before the U.S. Supreme
Court is scrap tires used for
playgrounds.
It’s safer than gravel, and there are
fewer injuries.
But the case is over a decision by the
state of Missouri to exclude one
particular preschool and day-care
center from the state program that
provides the material – because of its
Christian faith.
In the most recent ruling in the case,
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia
vs. Pauley, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals upheld a district court’s
decision that the state is justified
in denying the center access to the
program because it is run by a church.
Lawyers with the Alliance Defending
Freedom, who represent the child
center, filed a brief just before
Christmas charging the state “defines
neutrality as treating religious
organizations worse than everyone
else.”
Posted By
Cheryl Chumley On 12/31/2015
World Net Daily
A pastor said
Christians shouldn’t own guns.
Rob Schenck, a
pastor who chairs the Evangelical
Church Alliance, sent a strong message
about gun control to fellow
Christians, telling them in no
uncertain terms in a Washington Post
opinion piece those who profess a
belief in Jesus should not own
firearms.
His piece was
bluntly titled, “I’m an evangelical
preacher. You can’t be pro-life and
pro-gun.” And that’s pretty much how
the message went.
Yet other pastors
say differently.
As Carl Gallups,
author of “Be Thou Prepared: Equipping
the Church for Persecution and Times
of Trouble” and pastor of Hickory
Hammock Baptist Church in Milton,
Florida, said in an email to WND:
“Christians not only have a right to
defend themselves, but we also
have a biblical responsibility to do
so under normal, everyday
circumstances,” even if those
forms of defense include guns.
Non-Muslims
encouraged to wear Islamic head scarf
at school
Click
here to read a thoughtful piece
posted by Leo Hohmann on WND
12/14/2015.This news occurred courtesy
of American educational systems and
Muslim Student Associations (M.S.A.), a
known front group for the Muslim
Brotherhood and an unindicted
co-conspirator in the largest
terror-financing trial ever held on U.S.
soil.
(The above may more be
correctly filed under "How Political
Correctness is destroying our nation")
If your blood pressure is not high
enough yet, click
here to read about the Virginia
high school Geography class that passed
around the Koran and included a lesson
practicing Arabic calligraphy, or the
California School with the Muslim fight
song. Wonder when is the last time they
sang "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and
passed around a Bible. (Thanks
again to wnd.com)
Court rules against
Little Sisters of the Poor in
Contraceptive Coverage Case
By Nigel
Duara
L.A. Times
July 14, 2015
A federal appeals
court ruled Tuesday that there is a
limit to how far the government must
bend to accommodate religious
objections to the federal healthcare
exchange.
The U.S. 10th
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that if
the Colorado-based Little Sisters of
the Poor want to refuse contraceptive
coverage to their employees, they must
sign a waiver to be exempted, and that
such a waiver is not a substantial
burden on the nuns' religious freedom.
The 2-1 decision
is one of the few victories the U.S.
government can claim in defense of the
healthcare law in the contraceptive
mandate debate.
March 24, 2015
Unfortunately Chaplain Modder's (mentioned
below) situation is not improving yet,
according to PRNewswire.
March 12, 2015
In mid February of this year Navy
Chaplain Wesley Modder received a
"detachment for cause" letter after
commanders concluded he was "intolerant"
and "unable to function in the diverse and
pluralistic environment" of his current
assignment. Lt Cmdr. Modder has served
more than 19 years with
commendations as "best of the best" and a
"talented and inspirational leader". Click
here to read the March 11 article in the
Military Times.
More
Attacks on the Freedom of
Speech, In the Form of
Religious Persecution
Of our Air Force Cadets
From The
Traditional Values Coalition:
Earlier
this month, an Air Force Academy cadet
was forced to remove a Bible verse on
his personal white board after the
Military Religious Freedom Foundation
claimed offense.
"I
have been crucified with Christ, and I
no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I now live in the body, I live
by faith in the Son of God, who loved me
and gave himself for me." - Galatians
2:20
MRFF
President Michael "Mikey" Weinstein,
self proclaimed "undisputed leader of
the national movement to restore the
obliterated all separating church and
state" in the military, described the
student's white board quoting of
scripture as pouring "fundamentalist
Christian gasoline on an already raging
out-of-control conflagration of
fundamentalist Christian tyranny,
exceptionalism, and supremacy."
The
Air Force Academy complied with
Weinstein's demands, having the
scripture removed. But that's not enough
-- Weinstein is demanding that not only
should the cadet be punished, but that
their entire chain of command should be
as well.
At
least a dozen cadets responded in
support of religious freedom, posting
Bible verses on their personal white
boards. Please join me and thousands of
others in standing with our cadets for
their right to express their religious
beliefs without fear of persecution <http://capwiz.com/traditional/utr/1/KTQOTSLPVY/KFTWTSLUWE/10253908236>
.
No
one, especially those who volunteer to
risk their lives to defend our freedoms,
should be denied their constitutional
rights and religious freedoms. Groups
like the Military Religious Freedom
Foundation are seeking to silence those
who profess their faith, stripping them
of their religious liberties in the name
of political correctness.
Our
Constitution protects the free exercise
of religion. Yet that doesn't seem to be
enough for some groups.
Many of us are aware
of hostility toward Christians in foreign
countries.
But has there even been a more
Biblically-hostile administration in
Washington DC, towards its own citizens?
David Barton of WallBuilders doesn't think
so.
After reading his list (and documentation)
of the dozens of offensive hostile acts
towards Bible believers in America ask
yourself- how can this be? We are a
God fearing people living in a free
country that was founded on the
recognition that our life and liberty
originates from God (NOT some
person or committee which happens to be in
office).
This encroachment does not resemble
actions of a government "of the People,
by the People, and for the
People". Offer a prayer for
protection by our Father above. Ask Him to
throw light upon the hearts and minds of
those in power and those who elect some of
those bureaucrats. Be vigilant and protect
our children and their future. Click
here to read David Barton's December
article and list.
Military
Priests Face Arrest For Defying Shutdown
And Celebrating Mass
Huffington
Post
Posted:
10/07/2013
Updated:
10/08/ 2013
Is religious freedom
the latest casualty of the government
shutdown?
Some priests are being actively
prevented from ministering to service
members and their families, even on a
volunteer basis, and they run the risk
of arrest if they disobey. As a result,
military families serving at home and
abroad who depend on the government for
their religious services, are now
actively being denied communion on bases
that are served by civilian priests.
Active-duty priests are still holding
services.
John Schlageter, General Counsel for
the Archdiocese for the Military
Services, wrote in an op-ed, "With the
government shutdown, many GS and
contract priests who minister to
Catholics on military bases worldwide
are not permitted to work – not even to
volunteer. During the shutdown, it is
illegal for them to minister on base and
they risk being arrested if they attempt
to do so. "
The
United States Army has blocked the
website of the Southern Baptist
Convention from some of its computers —
a move that family values groups say is
a disturbing continuation of the
Pentagon’s hostile attitude towards
religion. Click
here to read more of this article
Debating the
'religious freedom' bill Rejection would
be serious blow
from Louisville
Courier-Journal
March
13, 2013 MARTIN
COTHRAN
Senior
Policy Analyst
In Kentucky,
the Religious Freedom Act (HB 279) has
been passed by both chambers of the state
legislature and is now on Gov. Steve
Beshear’s desk awaiting his signature. The
bill would return long-standing legal
protections to people of faith that the
Kentucky Supreme Court took away in a
decision last October.
But some groups are urging Gov. Beshear
to veto it.
Open
Doors: Violence Targeting Christians
Increasing in Syria
Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA,
616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org
SANTA ANA,
Calif.,
Nov. 1, 2012 /Christian Newswire/
-- The targeting of Christians in
war-torn Syria
is increasing, according to Open Doors
sources.
"The car bomb in Jaramana was targeting
the Christian and Druze community as a
group, since the area has no political
ties or buildings," a local Christian
source explained about the large bomb
blast in the Damascus
suburb on Monday.
According to contacts in the neighborhood,
11 Christians where killed and one Muslim
killed in the explosion. The blast left 69
people, all Christians, wounded. Twenty
are in critical condition.
Girl shot by
Taliban in Pakistan
remains in critical condition, and local
government posts reward for attackers'
capture
The Guardian,
Thursday 11 October 2012
A
Pakistani schoolgirl fighting for her
life after being shot by Taliban gunmen
has been transferred to a specialist
hospital in the army garrison town of Rawalpindi.
Malala
Yousafzai, 14, was unconscious and in a
critical condition after being shot in
the head and neck as she left school in
the Swat region on Tuesday, but doctors
said she had moved her arms and legs
slightly overnight.
Religious
Freedom Means “Sticking up for All
Believers”
Ken
McIntyreAug. 21, 2012
The crowd
erupted into disarmed laughter when
Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson got to the
point. “I have to say when it comes to
religious freedom and the other great
constitutional questions at the moment
that are at stake: However bad you think
things are, however bleak it looks,
however dire it may seem—it’s almost
certainly worse than you think.”
Coptic
Christians have resided in Egypt
since the 1st century A.D., some 600
years before Muhammad began preaching
and 630 years before he solidified Islam
in the Arabian
Peninsula.
Muslims entered Egypt
in the year 639 and by the 13th century,
Islam had taken over. By the 20th
century, Christians, who formed only 10
percent of the Egyptian population, were
finding themselves victims of
on-again-off-again pogroms conducted by
Muslim radicals.
The current
turmoil in Egypt
is increasing the number of Egyptian
Christians seeking asylum in the West
and especially in America.
Most of these asylees are educated men
and women who are professionals and
entrepreneurs. Banking in Egypt
historically has been in the hands of
Christians.
Catholic
Bishops Urge ‘Campaign’ for Religious
Freedom
By
LAURIE GOODSTEIN
In
New York Times
Published
April 12, 2012
The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops
issued a proclamation on Thursday
calling for every priest, parish and
layperson to participate in “great
national campaign” to defend religious
liberty, which they said is “under
attack, both at home and abroad.”
In particular they urged every diocese
to hold a “Fortnight for Freedom” during
the two weeks leading up to the Fourth
of July, for parishioners to study, pray
and take public action to fight what
they see as the government’s attempts to
curtail religious freedom.
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Writes Moving
Letter of “Gratitude” after Release
By Matthew Clark
IranSep.
20, 2012
Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
wrote the following letter to all those
who supported him and his stand for
Christ, “the cause that I defend,”
following his release after nearly 3
years of illegal imprisonment in Iran
for his faith.
Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to Your
Name be glory, for Your faithfulness,
for Your loyalty…. Psalm 115:1
Salaam! (Peace be upon you!)
I glorify and give grace to the Lord
with all my heart. I am grateful for all
the blessings that He gave me during my
whole life. I am especially grateful for
His goodness and divine protection that
characterized the time of my detention.
I also want to express my gratitude
towards those who, all around the world,
have worked for my cause, or should I
say the cause that I defend. I want to
express my gratitude to all of those who
have supported me, openly or in complete
secrecy. You are all very dear to my
heart. May the Lord bless you and give
you His perfect and sovereign Grace.
Indeed I have been put to the test, the
test of faith which is, according to the
Scriptures “more precious than
perishable gold.” But I have never felt
loneliness, I was all the time aware of
the fact that it wasn’t a solitary
battle, for I have felt all the energy
and support of those who obeyed their
conscience and fought for the promotion
of the justice and the rights of all
human beings. Thanks to these efforts, I
have now the enormous joy to be by my
wonderful wife and my children. I am
grateful for these people through whom
God has been working. All of this is
very encouraging.
During that period, I had the
opportunity to experience in a marvelous
way the Scripture that says: “Indeed, as
the sufferings of Christ abound for us,
our encouragement abound through
Christ.” He has comforted my family and
has given them the means to face that
difficult situation. In His Grace, He
provided for their spiritual and
material needs, taking away from me a
heavy weight.
The Lord has wonderfully provided
through the trial, allowing me to face
the challenges that were in front of me.
As the Scriptures says, “He will not
allow us to be tested beyond our
strength….”
Despite the fact that I have been found
guilty of apostasy according to a
certain reading of the Shar’ia, I am
grateful that He gave the leaders of the
country, the wisdom to break that
judgment taking into account other facts
of that same Shar’ia. It is obvious that
the defenders of the Iranian right and
the legal experts have made an important
effort to enforce the law and the right.
I want to thank those who have defended
the right until the end.
I am happy to live in a time where we
can take a critical and constructive
look to the past. This has allowed the
writing of universal texts aiming at the
promotion of the rights of man. Today,
we are debtors of these efforts provided
by dear people who have worked for the
respect of human dignity and have passed
on to us these universal significant
texts.
I am also debtor of those who have
faithfully passed on the Word of God,
that very Word who makes us heirs of
God.
Before ending, I want to express a
prayer for the establishment of an
unending and universal peace, so that
the will of the Father be done on earth
as it is in heaven. Indeed, everything
passes, but the Word of God, source of
all peace, will last eternally.
May the grace and mercy of God be
multiplied to you. Amen!
Youcef Nadarkhani
8 September 2012
Pastor Youcef’s letter (translated into
English through Present Truth
Ministries) was written the day he was
released from an Iranian prison less
than two weeks ago. Pastor Youcef had
been convicted of apostasy (converting
to Christianity) and sentenced to
execution by hanging. He was imprisoned
for 1062 days, just under 3 years, in
violation of Iranian and international
law that protects religious liberty.
Pastor Youcef’s story reached millions
around the world, and the international
outcry for his release greatly impacted
his case. The ACLJ’s Tweet for Youcef
campaign reached over 3.1 million
Twitter accounts worldwide with news
about his imprisonment. We will continue
fighting for and raising awareness about
the hundreds of thousands of people
facing persecution for their faith
around the world, including hundreds who
have been arrested in Iran
for their Christian faith.
Join people of faith around the world
this weekend celebrating Pastor Youcef’s
release, praying for his and his
family’s safety, and praying for all
those facing persecution for their
faith. Visit 48HoursforFreedom.org to
learn how you can take action.
Pastor Youcef
Nadarkhani Spends 35th Birthday Behind
Bars
AmericanCenter
for Law and Justice
By Tiffany
Barrans
April
11, 2012
Today,
is
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s birthday, and
our sources in Iran
confirm that he is still alive.
Thirty-five years ago, on the 23rd of
the Farvardin month of the Persian
Calendar, Youcef was born in Iran.
This is the third birthday that Pastor
Youcef has been forced to celebrate
behind bars, condemned to death in Iran
for apostasy – becoming a Christian in a
regime governed by Shariah (Islamic)
law.
Tomorrow, marks exactly two and a half
years of imprisonment – 913 days
illegally held in prison for his faith.
Religious
liberty is a frail thing, easily
abused or neglected
February
15, 2012 from the Chicago Tribune
Think what you wish of President Barack
Obama's attempt Friday to end a fierce
skirmish over insurance coverage of
drugs that prevent conceptions and
induce abortions.
The president said he would guarantee
that coverage, without cost to female
recipients. Under his modified mandate,
he said, "religious organizations won't
have to pay for these services, and no
religious institution will have to
provide these services directly." It's
the "directly" — and the persistent
distinction between "religious
organizations" and "religious
institutions" — that's sure to keep this
controversy aflame.
In the president's scenario, that is,
religiously affiliated institutions
such as schools, hospitals or charities
would supply insurance for their
workers' other health services;
employees who also want contraceptives
would get them from the insurers. We'll
all learn, as more details come forward,
whether this new directive is a full
recognition of religious rights, or a
shell game. Click
here to read more
Christian
Persecution Increased Most In Sudan,
Nigeria,
Report Says
Written
by: Compass Direct News
January 4, 2012
By
Jeff M. Sellers
Sudan
and northern Nigeria
saw steeper increases in persecution
against Christians than 48 other nations
where Christians suffered abuse last
year, according to an annual ranking by
Christian support organization Open
Doors.
Sudan –
where northern Christians experienced
greater vulnerability after southern Sudan
seceded in a July referendum, and where
Christians were targeted amid isolated
military conflicts – jumped 19 places
last year from its 2010 ranking, from
35th to 16th, according to Open Doors’
2012 World Watch List. In northern
Nigeria, a rash of Islamist bombings,
guerrilla-style attacks and increased
government restrictions on Christians
contributed to the region leaping by 10
on the list, from 23rd to 13th place.
US
Government to apply peer pressure to
your Islamophobia
December 14, 2011 by J.E. Dyer
Hillary Clinton’s promise on this
matter has been out there for months,
but a virtually unadvertised conference
in Washington,
D.C.
this week has resurrected the Clinton
quote from July 2011.
Back in July, at a conference of the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC) in Istanbul,
Clinton
pledged that the US
would take action against “religious
intolerance” in America.
It’s worth
taking a moment to reflect on
that. Clinton
said, in her remarks, “No country,
including my own, has a monopoly on
truth or a secret formula for ethnic and
religious harmony.” Please
click here to read more
Burma
Crackdown On Local Bible Studies,
Worship, report
October 31, 2011
By
BosNewsLife Asia Service
RANGOON, BURMA
(BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in Burma,
also known as Myanmar, are imposing new
restrictions on Christian and other
religious activities in the Kachin State
region, an influential religious rights
group said Monday, October 31.
Britain-based
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
(CSW), which has investigated the
situation in Burma,
said local churches have received a
letter warning them that advance
permission is required for events
such as worship and Bible studies. Please
click here to read more
More
allegations
heaped upon Iranian pastor
Yousef Nardarkhani faces
execution on trumped-up charges
Posted: 4 October, 2011
Mission Network News
Iran (MNN) ― The life of an Iranian
pastor continues to hang in the balance
as the Iranian state media is now
getting involved in the case.
34-year-old Pastor Yousef Nardarkani was
arrested two years ago this month for
protesting Muslim education for his
children because he is a Christian. He
was convicted of apostasy, but now new
false charges are being leveled against
him.
Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs
says, "Now they're saying that what he's
actually going to be executed for is not
apostasy, not becoming a Christian, but
actually rape and extortion that are the
charges that he will be executed for. So
it's really a 180-degree turn for the
Iranian government."
Please click here to read more
US
Bishops Defend the Freedom of Religion
in the Face of Growing Threats
U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops Office of Media Relations
4 October 2011
WASHINGTON, DC (USCCB) - The
U.S. bishops have established a new Ad
Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty to
address growing concerns over the
erosion of freedom of religion in
America. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan,
president of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB),
established the ad hoc committee after
consulting with the USCCB Administrative
Committee during the Committee's
September 13-14 meeting in Washington.
Bishop Lori said he welcomed "the
opportunity to work with fellow bishops
and men and women of expertise in
constitutional law so as to defend and
promote the God-given gift of religious
liberty recognized and guaranteed by the
Bill of Rights of the Constitution of
the United States."
"This ad hoc committee aims to address
the increasing threats to religious
liberty in our society so that the
Church's mission may advance unimpeded
and the rights of believers of any
religious persuasion or none may be
respected," he added.
8/14/2011 Iran
(Mohabat News) – According to the
Iranian Christian News Agency “Mohabat
News” Doctor Majid Abhari, advisor to
the social issues committee of the
parliament in Iran, has announced the
seizure of six thousand five hundred
copies of the holy bible in the way
between the city of Zanjan and abhar in
north-west of Iran.
He also said
that “these missionaries with reliance
on huge money and propaganda are trying
to deviate our youth.” In an interview
with a government news agency *(Mehr) he
added: “with regard to the activities of
these Christian missionaries to deceive
people specially youngsters, they have
begun a huge campaign by spending huge
sums and false propaganda for deviating
the public.
WASHINGTON – A review of Anders
Behring Breivik's 1,500-page
manifesto shows the media's
quick characterization of the
Norwegian terrorist as a
"Christian" may be as incorrect
as it was to call Oklahoma City
bomber Timothy McVeigh one.
Breivik was arrested over the
weekend, charged with a pair of
brutal attacks in and near Oslo,
Norway, including a bombing in
the capital city that killed 7
and a shooting spree at a youth
political retreat on the island
of Utoya that killed more than
80 victims.
LAW OF THE LAND
Supremes asked
to restore crosses
Atheist groups
agenda shouldn't diminish
sacrifice of fallen officers
The U.S. Supreme Court is being
asked to bring a decision from
the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Denver into alignment
with its precedents in a dispute
over cross memorials to fallen
Utah state highway patrol
troopers.
........... Click
here
to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Victory against gospel
ban in public park
State settles suit
after threatening church for talking
about Jesus
In a freedom of speech
victory, state park officials have
agreed to settle a lawsuit with a church
after they demanded members obtain a
permit before speaking about Jesus
Christ.
........... Click here
to read more
HOMELAND INSECURITY
Suspect detained over
'extremist' bumper sticker
'Don't Tread on Me'
puts driver in 'watch' category in DHS
report
A
Louisiana driver was stopped and
detained for having a "Don't Tread on
Me" bumper sticker on his vehicle and
warned by a police officer about the
"subversive" message it sent,
according to the driver's relative.
........... Click
here to read more
YOUR GOVERNMENT AT
WORK
Homeschoolers ordered
into public classrooms
Judge: Children need
more 'focus' despite testing above grade
levels
........... Click here
to read more
LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER Radio chip coming soon
to your driver's license? Homeland Security seeks
next-generation REAL ID
........... Click here
to read more
Court: State trashed
church's 1st Amendment rights
Encouraging members to
support traditional marriage protected
speech An appeals
court ruled the state of Montana
violated a church's First Amendment
rights to encourage its members to
support traditional marriage.
........... Click here
to read more
OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL Senator questions Obama
eligibility
Shelby: 'They said he
was born in Hawaii,
........... Click here
to read more
LAW OF THE LAND Supremes: Cities can
refuse religious monuments
Ruling allows
governments to decide which markers to
display in public parks
........... Click here
to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
School rejects parents'
religion after 'sincerity test'
Subjects mom, dad to
'sincerity test' after filing
vaccination exemption
........... Click here
to read more
LAW OF THE LAND
Cops use banned noise
ordinance against street preacher
Court orders limit
tossed, but officers say it doesn't
apply to them
Attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund
earlier this year settled a case against
Ithaca, N.Y., over an ordinance that
violated the free speech rights of a
street preacher. A federal court banned
enforcement of the disputed rule,
which restricted sounds that could be
heard from 25 feet away. ............ click here to read
more
1ST AMENDMENT ON
TRIAL
Court to college: Drop
speech ban
Enforcement of limits
on Christian testimony suspended A court has told Yuba
Community College officials to halt
their enforcement of rules banning a
student's Christian testimony while the
dispute over their threat to expel him
moves through the court system, according
to the Alliance Defense Fund. ............ click here to read
more
HOLIDAY BLUES
Campaign: Don't let
grinches censor Christmas
Renaming trees, bans on
red-and-green, silencing carols examples
of 'war'
For the sixth year in a row, a campaign
has been launched by Liberty
Counsel to protect Christmas from
censors and other grinches. ............. click here to read
more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
ACLU bullies small-town
festival for including Christians
Issue is whether
government should 'endorse' religious
expression The Louisiana American Civil
Liberties Union fired off a letter to the
mayor of Thibodaux, La., warning that the
small town's promotion of a city festival
featuring Christian bands may be a
violation of the First Amendment. ............. click here to read
more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Virginia governor
endorses ban on 'Jesus' prayer
Dispute arose when
chaplains ordered to accommodate
everyone in audience
Gov. Timothy Kaine of Virginia has
affirmed his support for a new statewide
policy under which state troopers
serving as chaplains will not be allowed
to pray "in Jesus name," explaining that
he can pray "without mentioning Jesus." ............. click here to read
more
Texas to teachers:
Bible will be taught
Plan requires
instruction in both Old and New
Testaments
The
Bible's history and literature will be
required to be taught in public
schools in Texas under a new law that
has been clarified by the state
attorney general to mean exactly what
it says. ............. click here to read
more
2008 SUMMER GAMES China cracks down to
clean Christians out of Beijing
'Government wants to
eradicate house churches before start of
Olympics'
China has made headlines in its efforts
to clean smog from Beijing's Olympic
skies, but word is leaking out that the
government is also making efforts to
clean Christians out of the streets as
the games draw near. ............. click here to read
more
TESTING THE FAITH Judge blasts state ban
on distributing Bibles to students
Law unconstitutional
because it 'encourages arbitrary
enforcement'
A federal court has declared a Florida
law banning representatives of the
Gideons from handing out Bibles within
500 feet of any school in the state
unconstitutional because it is vague and
actually "encourages arbitrary
enforcement." ............. click here to read
more
Government to pastor:
Renounce your faith!
Now banned from
expressing opposition to homosexuality
A Canadian human rights tribunal
ordered a Christian pastor to renounce
his faith and never again express moral
opposition to homosexuality, according
to a new report. ............. click here to read
more
IN THE MILITARY Secret Army plans under
way to tear down Christian symbols
Army says chapel
crosses violate policy U.S. soldiers stationed
at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo may be
stunned to find three wooden crosses
stripped from the exterior grounds of
their chapel in coming weeks – and many
never saw it coming. ............. click here to read
more
WorldNetDaily
IRS clears pastor who
backed Huckabee
'I'm sorry folks, I
live in America, not Russia or China'
Pastor Wiley Drake of Buena Park,
Calif., First Southern Baptist Church has
been cleared by the Internal Revenue
Service of allegations he violated the
nation's tax code and endangered his
church's tax-exempt status by endorsing
Mike Huckabee for president. ............. click here to read
more
LAW OF THE LAND Church battles for
property lost to bake sale tax dispute
'To put lien on worship
facility over resale activity is
ludicrous'
The city of Chicago has been handed
another defeat in its effort to take over
a church's property in order to use in it
a redevelopment project, according to
officials with the Alliance Defense Fund. ............. click here to read
more
Teacher keeps Bible,
cites God-given rights
Principal ordered Good
Book hidden from students An Ohio school teacher
has refused an order from his public
school principal to hide his personal
Bible, which he's kept on his desk for
18 years, from his students. ............. click here to read
more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Face of Olympic spirit:
China threatens Christian with death
'Leading up to the
Olympic Games, we actually see things
getting worse' ............. click here to read
more
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
Dobson editing radio
show to avoid 'hate crimes' laws
Focus working to meet
demands of 'human rights laws'
"Hate
crimes" laws were defeated in Congress
just a few months ago. Just a few
weeks ago, Frank Wright of the
National Religious Broadcasters
Association warned, "We must be one in
Christ to face the days ahead" because
"hate crimes" laws would create untold
new liability for Christians. ............. click here to read
more
FIRST AMENDMENT ON
TRIAL
City sued for arresting
pastor on public sidewalk
Police take just 195
seconds to detain 'peaceful' Christian
leader
A
lawsuit has been filed against the
city of Wichita, Kan., and several of
its police officers on behalf of a
Christian pastor arrested just for being
on public property. ............. click here to read
more
ELECTION 2008
Family leaders call
Romney 'disaster'
Letter criticizes
'deceptive rhetoric' around candidate A coalition of leaders on
family issues has released a letter
warning about what they describe as the
deception being assembled around former
Massachusetts governor and GOP
presidential candidate Mitt Romney. ............. click
here to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Church shootings on
rise in U.S.
'Leaders must be
prepared to defend congregations'
Church
shootings, in the headlines because of
the attacks by Matthew Murray, 24, of
Englewood, Colo., on two Christian
groups last weekend, are on the rise
across the United States, even though
they're not yet at epidemic
proportions. ............. click
here to read more
LAW OF THE LAND
City told: Stop
prosecuting 'annoying' Christian
Court says 1st
Amendment trumps ban on religious
warnings that upset bar patrons ............. click
here to read more
FAITH
UNDER FIRE
Pastor hospitalized
after attack by police
Authorities pressure leader to finger
other believers ............. click
here to read more
LAW OF THE LAND
Liberty Bell
rangers halt minister's speech
Center honoring U.S. freedoms restricts
message against abortion ............. click
here to read more
CAIR's Dirty Tricks
against Me
The
Council on American-Islamic Relations,
or CAIR, North America's foremost
Islamist group, bills itself as a "civil
rights organization,"
suggesting it maintains high standards
of decency and morality. But, as I
personally can attest, it fails
abysmally to do so. Its
seven-year-long campaign against me
has included misappropriation,
misrepresentation, misquotation,
defamation, and inaccuracy, prompting
one one writer recently to compare its
propaganda with that of Nazi Germany. ............. click
here to read more
LAW OF THE LAND
State's 'hate crimes'
code used against 'pure speech'
Civil rights advocate
warns federal plan 'still lurking in
shadows' in U.S. Senate
While California
hate-crimes laws are being used to
target "pure speech," a federal plan
that would impose similar speech
restrictions on Christians "is still
lurking in the shadows" in the U.S.
Senate, warns a team of civil rights
advocates. ............. click
here to read more
LAW OF THE LAND
Now praying
gets 7 Christians arrested
Cops call holding
Bibles while lying prostrate 'disturbing
peace'
Christians
have been arrested recently at "gay"
festivals for nothing more than having
a protest sign that is "wider than
their torso," but now police have gone
even further, targeting Bible-carrying
ministers for praying on public
property and for standing on a public
sidewalk near a "gay" festival. ............. click
here to read more
ELECTION 2008
Group sics IRS on
Mormon critic
'Bring it on,'
evangelist says of investigation of
Romney comment
The
Internal Revenue Service has been
asked to investigate the Florida
ministry of Bill Keller, host of the
Live Prayer TV program as well as LivePrayer.com for his
comments about Mormonism. ............. click
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FAITH UNDER FIRE
IRS to church: Shut up
– Church to IRS: No way
Pastor under
investigation says he 'will not stop
preaching God's word'
A Christian
church in Kansas has told the Internal
Revenue Service that it will not stop
teaching and preaching God's Word,
"even if it relates to contemporary
issues in the world," after the
federal agency demanded answers to 31
questions about its beliefs and warned
about "political" activity. ............. click
here to read more
YOUR GOVERNMENT AT
WORK
Bill sees churches as
political lobbies
Grassroots advocacy
again under fire from Congress A
Christian law firm is launching an
urgent petition drive to try to convince
Congress to drop plans to re-classify
Christian ministers and ministries as
"lobbyists," a move that would create
reams of red tape and subject the
leaders to fines of up to $50,000 if
they don't follow all of the fine print. ............. click
here to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Worker fired after
posting picture of Jesus
Says manager told him
'God' not allowed on cubicle walls
A
call center employee says he has been
dismissed from his job for posting an
artist's rendition of the crucifixion
during Easter week, even though other
employees were allowed to post
pictures and art as they chose in
their cubicles. ............. click
here to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Gideons battling 2nd
round of charges
'Why does Florida
prosecute people who hand out Bibles?'
Two
members of Gideons International who
were arrested in Florida for handing
out Bibles on a public sidewalk are
battling a second round of charges,
after the initial trespassing charges
against them were dismissed, but
authorities filed a new set. ............. click
here to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Court orders preacher
into 'exile'
Evangelical punished
despite government's claim of 'religious
tolerance' A Christian leader under
persecution for his faith has been
ordered exiled by the Uzbekistan
government, after prosecutors alleged he
was preaching without government
authorization, a new report from Voice
of the Martyrs has revealed.
............. click
here to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
Teen's testimony of
faith unstopped by death
Missionary into Kim
Jong-Il's kingdom of religious
oppression martyred
............. click
here to read more
Man faces death
penalty
for becoming Christian
Despite
ouster of Taliban by U.S., court still
prosecutes ex-Muslim
Despite the
fact the hardline Taliban regime is no
longer in power, an Afghan man faces
possible execution for allegedly
abandoning his Islamic roots and
becoming a Christian.
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Beijing in
post-Christmas crackdown
House
church with prominent intellectuals
targeted
A campaign to
crack down on house churches in Beijing
has intensified since Christmas,
according to a monitor of the Chinese
church.
............. click
here to read more
Legislature to fight to pray to Jesus
INDIANAPOLIS -- A federal judge's order
that the Indiana Legislature stop using
the name Jesus Christ in its 188-year
practice of holding an opening prayer has
sparked protests from residents,
politicians and clergy.
............. click
here to read more
The Mid-East's
beleaguered Christians
In the Egyptian city of
Alexandria, a crowd of Muslim
demonstrators tries to storm a Coptic
church to protest at a play about a Muslim
campaign to convert Christians.
............. click
here to read more
FAITH UNDER FIRE
29 Chinese Christians
arrested
Church leaders
apprehended for holding 'illegal
religious gathering'
........... click
here to read more
Louisiana hails Judge
Moore-inspired bill
Act would
prevent courts from ruling on
acknowledgement-of-God issues
........... click
here to read more
Merry Christmas is
NOT Offensive
—Jews Should Protect
Religious Freedom for Everyone.
HOLIDAY BLUES Wal-Mart faces
boycott for 'banning' Christmas
Top
retailer accused of discrimination
while promoting Kwanzaa, Hanukkah
........... click
here to read more
Chinese Government Forbids
Catholic Seminaries to Teach
against Abortion Says
Congressional Report
The
Congressional-Executive Commission on
China released its 2005 Annual Report last
week, which detailed a myriad of
deplorable human rights abuses routinely
committed by the Chinese regime
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