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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
here to read more
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.
............. click
here to read more
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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