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Judge Compromises Christian Teen's Freedom of Association
- 10/30/2009
Rifqa Bary has already been ripped away from her Christian friends in Florida, who were encouraging her in her new faith. Now she's back in Ohio and the judge has restricted access to the outside world through her cell phone and Facebook. It was in a...
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Muslim Leader Calls for Polygamy to be Legalized
- 10/30/2009
It started with an article Keysar Trad wrote for "The Age" newspaper in Melbourne. He's actually building his campaign on the back of homosexual activists for same sex marriage, demonstrating the concept of the "slippery slope." Trad's religion has a...
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Clinton Denounces Proposed 'Defamation of Religions' Policies
- 10/30/2009
Earlier this year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brushed aside religious rights in deference to economic concerns involving China. Now she's criticizing defamation of religion policies that restrict religious speech. This comes just two days befo...
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Over 100 Respond to Gospel Message in Heart of Mormonism
- 10/30/2009
The groundwork was laid at small meetings of Mormon scholars and evangelical theologians from Fuller Seminary. The closed-door dialogues began in 2000. LDS officials are aware of the meetings, but do not necessarily approve. Instead of succumbing to...
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Communist Party Secretary Invites Expelled Christian Teen Back to School
- 10/30/2009
School officials promise to investigate who leaked the information about Chen Le's expulsion. It seems international pressure was "making trouble" for the Party Secretary. That's apparently why he and other authorities showed up on Chen's doorstep to...
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Dobson Plans to Leaves "Focus on the Family" Radio Early Next Year
- 10/30/2009
Focus on the Family calls it the third chapter in a transition that began in 2003. That's when Dobson stepped down as Focus president. He resigned as board chairman early this year. The 73 year-old broadcaster plans to record programs until the end ...
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Somali Christian Killed After Refusing to Wear Veil
- 10/29/2009
Three masked members of a militant Islamist group in Somalia last week shot and killed a Somali Christian who declined to wear a veil as prescribed by Muslim custom. Ali had told Christian leaders that she had received threats for not wearing a veil....
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Misery and illness continue through 'rat fever' in Philippines
- 10/29/2009
The Philippines breathed a sigh of relief as typhoon Lupit spared them over the weekend. Their attention returned to dealing with the crisis at hand: "rat fever." State-run hospitals have been overwhelmed by an outbreak of leptospirosis--a bacterial ...
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Haiti ministry feels gnawing hunger keenly
- 10/29/2009
The impoverished Caribbean nation still faces a threat to international peace and security despite recent progress. The problems are exacerbated by poverty, high unemployment, rising food prices, starvation and hopelessness. One in four people are at...
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Massive ‘Reconversion’ Event in India Aimed at Christians
- 10/28/2009
Hundreds of tribal Christians and adherents of aboriginal religion from villages in Maharashtra state were reportedly "reconverted" to Hinduism Monday in the Mumbai suburb of Thane at a ceremony led by a Hindu nationalist cleric. Many reports of "rec...
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Iraq Bombing Leaves Baghdad Church Nearly Ruined
- 10/28/2009
Iraq's deadliest bombing in two years left a Baghdad church littered with body parts and nearly ruined. The twin truck bombing Sunday "almost totally ruined" the church compound, which includes a medical clinic, bookstore and school. Everything is de...
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Freedom comes to Indonesian children on Independence Day
- 10/27/2009
Students from their Bible, Missionary and Training Work Centers, ran Good News Bible Clubs. On Indonesia's Independence Day, they threw 90 Freedom Parties. They had 8,787 children who attended. Out of that group, 5,676 children accepted Christ as the...
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Russian Ministries summer camps impact more than 8,000 youngsters
- 10/27/2009
The day they arrived, a bomb had exploded near a downtown concert hall, killing seven people and wounding many more. The next night a powerful explosion went off across the reservoir. But God was in control, protecting these young Christian leaders,'...
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Home Depot Worker Wears 'Under God' Button More Than Year, Then Gets Fired
- 10/26/2009
Trevor Keezer did not start working at The Home Depot to make a religious statement. He just wanted to earn money for college. He sees the phrase, "One nation, under God, indivisible," as his way of supporting American troops at war, and of expressin...
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Police Question Grandmother Who Claims She Was Verbally Abused at Gay Pride March
- 10/26/2009
Police came to Pauline Howe's door saying her letter of complaint to city officials was considered a hate incident and had caused offense. But they stopped short of arresting the 67 year-old grandmother. The officers apparently showed no interest in ...
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Student Who Sued Over Anti-Christian Remarks Must Pay District
- 10/26/2009
Former student Chad Farnan won his case against teacher James Corbett last May. So way is he suddenly being required to pay the opposing attorneys' fees? A clerk of court has determined it's because the same lawyers that represented Corbett also repr...
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Hindu Radicals Attack School for Street Children in India
- 10/25/2009
Adarsha Children’s Education Centre belongs to a minority Christian community. Last week 25 members of a group called the Army of Lord Ram barged in and damaged the school property and destroyed Bibles and other books. The radicals then accused schoo...
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St. Louis Pays $80,000 for Censoring Christians
- 10/24/2009
St. Louis officials have learned a lesson the hard way. Restricting the first amendment right of freedom of religion can cost the city money. Municipal authorities have agreed to pay $80 thousand dollars for censoring the speech of Christians during ...
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Congress Passes Hate Crimes Measure
- 10/23/2009
The other shoe has fallen and the sound isn’t pleasant to most Bible believing Christians. The Senate’s approval of the Hate Crimes Measure comes just two weeks after the House’s approval. The controversial legislation was added to a major defense s...
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US Sponsors UN Plan To Restrict Free Speech
- 10/23/2009
The latest anti-defamation plan at the UN was submitted by the US and Egypt. It claims to be a call for protection of freedom of opinion and expression, but critics see it as a crackdown on freedom of speech. They also fear it will require national l...
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