http://zionica.com Where Christianity intersects with politics, culture, and entertainment. Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://zionica.com/2012/02/01/macedonian-orthodox-christian-church-set-alight/ http://zionica.com/2012/02/01/macedonian-orthodox-christian-church-set-alight/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:54:31 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=18176

An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was set alight in southern Macedonia overnight, authorities said Tuesday, as religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims grew over a carnival in which men dressed as women in burqas and mocked the Quran. Firefighters extinguished the fire late Monday in the two century-old Sveti Nikola…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/02/01/macedonian-orthodox-christian-church-set-alight/feed/ 8 http://zionica.com/2012/01/19/christians-in-uganda-demand-protection-from-muslim-extremists/ http://zionica.com/2012/01/19/christians-in-uganda-demand-protection-from-muslim-extremists/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:41:25 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=17864

A Pentecostal preacher who has converted thousands of Muslims to Christianity was disfigured when men shouting “God is great” in Arabic threw acid in his face in a Christmas Eve attack that has stoked religious tensions here. The victim, Umar Mulinde, is a Muslim convert to Christianity and now a vocal critic of Islam. He…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/01/19/christians-in-uganda-demand-protection-from-muslim-extremists/feed/ 3