http://zionica.com Where Christianity intersects with politics, culture, and entertainment. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://zionica.com/2012/12/06/mother-beat-son-to-death-for-failing-to-learn-koran/ http://zionica.com/2012/12/06/mother-beat-son-to-death-for-failing-to-learn-koran/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:30:08 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=22517

Sara Ege, 33, treated her son Yaseen like a "dog," brutally beating him with a stick for failing to memorise religious texts. The seven-year-old died in July 2010 from internal injuries caused by three months of punishing beatings from his own mother. Ege accused her husband, Yousef, of being the real killer throughout her murder…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/12/06/mother-beat-son-to-death-for-failing-to-learn-koran/feed/ 97 http://zionica.com/2012/10/16/thousands-of-muslims-protest-at-google-hq/ http://zionica.com/2012/10/16/thousands-of-muslims-protest-at-google-hq/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:13:05 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=21796

A protest by 10,000 Muslims outside the offices of Google in London today is just the first in an orchestrated attempt to force the company to remove an anti-Islamic film from website YouTube in Britain. Thousands had travelled from as far afield as Glasgow to take part in the demonstration, ahead of a planned million-strong…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/10/16/thousands-of-muslims-protest-at-google-hq/feed/ 23 http://zionica.com/2012/09/25/france-to-ban-mother-and-father-from-official-documents/ http://zionica.com/2012/09/25/france-to-ban-mother-and-father-from-official-documents/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:06:08 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=21501

France is set to ban the words "mother" and "father" from all official documents under controversial plans to legalise gay marriage. The move, which has outraged Catholics, means only the word "parents" would be used in identical marriage ceremonies for all heterosexual and same-sex couples. The draft law states that "marriage is a union of…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/09/25/france-to-ban-mother-and-father-from-official-documents/feed/ 16 http://zionica.com/2012/09/12/elvis-presleys-bible-sells-for-59000/ http://zionica.com/2012/09/12/elvis-presleys-bible-sells-for-59000/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:43:54 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=21331

A bible which once belonged to Elvis Presley and contains his handwritten notes and thoughts has sold for £59,000 at an auction in England. The bible, given to the singer on his first Christmas at his home in Graceland in 1957, was bought by an American man based in Britain, Omega Auctions said on its…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/09/12/elvis-presleys-bible-sells-for-59000/feed/ 1 http://zionica.com/2012/06/15/doctor-who-spoke-to-patients-about-the-devil-given-warning/ http://zionica.com/2012/06/15/doctor-who-spoke-to-patients-about-the-devil-given-warning/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:10:34 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=20144

Dr Richard Scott, 51, a former missionary doctor, "crossed the line" during the consultation because of his deep religious convictions and pushed his faith on the "psychologically disturbed" patient which left him distressed, the General Medical Council (GMC) ruled. But the GP branded the four-day hearing a "charade" and questioned why the GMC had pursued…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/06/15/doctor-who-spoke-to-patients-about-the-devil-given-warning/feed/ 39 http://zionica.com/2012/04/30/letting-the-witch-out-of-the-bottle/ http://zionica.com/2012/04/30/letting-the-witch-out-of-the-bottle/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:04:57 +0000 Zionica http://zionica.com/?p=19548

How should social workers “engage with faith communities where particular beliefs, such as witchcraft and possession, cause emotional trauma and physical harm to children”? That was a question posed at a conference on child abuse reported by the Church Times. On page 4, the paper also ran a report about children in Cornwall being offered…]]> http://zionica.com/2012/04/30/letting-the-witch-out-of-the-bottle/feed/ 15