Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, Chief of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC have demanded withdrawal of false blasphemy case of Asia Bibi and her immediate release from jail. Asia Bibi, a Christian woman arrested under blasphemy law in 2009, and sentenced to death by District and Session Judge on November 7, 2010, have spread wave of anger…
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A series of deadly attacks on Iraq’s Christians has left the religious community, one with ancient roots in Mesopotamia, feeling vulnerable and reeling with fear. One expatriate cleric has even called for the remaining Christians of what is called the Assyrian Catholic Church to abandon Iraq. But Yonadam Kanna isn’t going anywhere. “These attacks express…
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The Archbishop of York has called on Christians to have a robust faith and stand up for what they believe in. Writing in the latest edition of UCB’s Prayer for Today magazine, Dr John Sentamu said people in Britain should “celebrate what makes us a Christian nation” and “reclaim the symbols and emblems of our…
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While church leaders from across denominations discuss new directions for the 100-year-old ecumenical movement, one conservative Christian believes major changes need to be made in order for there to even be a future. Sadly, over the last 50 years, it (the ecumenical movement) has faded into the sidelines and is now largely ignored,” said Mark…
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The brutal attack on a Baghdad church by al-Qaida in Iraq last week, together with subsequent attacks this week, has prompted a renewed interest in the declining numbers of Christians in the Arab world. While some commentators have limited their views to the tragedy unfolding in Iraq, others have generalised about the doomed fate of…
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The State of Israel just announced a decision (New York Times, Tuesday Nov 7, 2010) to advance the approval of some 1,000 new housing units in East Jerusalem during a sensitive time in the peace negotiations with the Palestinians. What they didn’t mention is that several American Christian Zionist groups have been raising money to…
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President Obama on Wednesday called on Muslims worldwide to reject Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, saying they had no claim to leadership in the Islamic world. In an address to University of Indonesia students in the country where he spent four years of his childhood — the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation — Obama…
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The 33 Chilean miners who captured the world’s attention after surviving 69 days in a collapsed mine have accepted an Israeli invitation to visit the Holy Land for Christmas, Israel said. Chilean ambassador has confirmed the miners would come, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said. Israel offered the miners an all expenses paid, weeklong…
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At least three people were killed and 25 wounded Wednesday morning in continuing attacks on Christians in Iraq, an interior ministry official said. The roadside bombs and mortar fire targeted Christian homes in several Baghdad neighborhoods, the official said. On Tuesday evening, three people were wounded in western Baghdad when bombs exploded outside Christian homes…
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The Sunday sermon of Pope Benedict XVI in Spain, in which he denounced same-sex marriage, abortions and condemned the countries that legalized interruption of pregnancy, triggered serious concerns with feminist movements. Do all feminists advocate the rights of a woman to terminate her pregnancy? Can feminism be Christian and can it be compatible with traditional…
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