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Here’s a disturbing story from the Associated Press on the rise of Pentecostal-flavored fundamental Christianity in Africa, and the horrific consequences for some young children accused of witchcraft: Churches involved in torture, murder of thousands of African children denounced as witches. His family pastor had accused him of being ...
Africa, Witchcraft, Pentecostal, Fundamentalism, Christianity
At RedState: Jesus would have waterboarded. It’s likely even Jesus would have OK’d water boarding if it would have saved his Mom. He would’ve done the same to save his Dad, or any one of His disciples. Excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor. ...
Waterboarding, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Redstate, social conservatism, Fundamentalism
A pretty amazing gesture from the Iraqi government to the country’s Christians: For first time, Christmas official holiday in Iraq. BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Christians, a scant minority in this overwhelmingly Muslim country, quietly celebrated Christmas on Thursday with a present from the government, which declared it an official holiday ...
Following a disputed local election in Jos, Nigeria, fighting between Christian and Muslim gangs has left at least 400 people dead. JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Residents took more bodies to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, bringing the death toll from two days of ...
In the so-called “moderate” Islamic state of Indonesia, Christians are being forced out of their churches as Islamic supremacists take over: Indonesians seek salvation in shops. If the BBC is reporting on the situation in such a downbeat way, you can be sure it’s a lot worse than this article ...
An appalling look at what life is like for Coptic Christians under Muslim rule in Egypt. [Video] There are two more parts to the show: Part Two. Part Three.
LGF, Egypt, Christianity, Sharia, Islam
You’ve probably heard that former British prime minister Tony Blair has become a Roman Catholic. Well, here’s a column at the Grauniad by Ajmal Masroor (who appeared on Channel 4’s bizarre “Make Me a Muslim” show) arguing that Blair should have converted to Islam instead, because Christianity is “regressive:” Blair, ...
LGF, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Islam, Islamic Supremacism, Tony Blair, Christianity
The daughter of a prominent imam in Lancashire is in hiding after her decision to convert to Christianity prompted death threats from her own family. Hannah was born in Lancashire to Pakistani parents who raised her and her siblings as strict Sunni Muslims. She prayed and read the Koran, ...
LGF, Islam, Women's Rights, Misogyny, Apostasy, Christianity, Britain
Tonight’s recommended book is Robert Spencer’s detailed, relentlessly factual comparison of Islam and Christianity, examining the history and the ideologies behind the question: [Amazon Link].
LGF, Robert Spencer, RoP, Religion of Peace, Islam, Christianity
Maybe I’m cynical (maybe?) but my initial impression of the Muslim scholars’ letter to Pope Benedict is that it’s a veiled threat. Al-Reuters, of course, says it’s a call for peace. LONDON (Reuters) - More than 130 Muslim scholars from around the globe called on Thursday for peace and ...
In the Islamic paradise created by Hamas in Gaza, they’ve begun torturing and murdering Christians: Christian activist killed in Gaza. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A prominent Palestinian Christian activist was found dead on a Gaza City street Sunday, sending a shudder of fear through a tiny Christian community ...
LGF, Hamas, Death Cult, Radical Islam, Militant Islam, Christianity
Australian Christians are offended, but not murderously so, about a statue of the Virgin Mary in a burqa and an image of Jesus Christ that morphs into Osama bin Laden. The Anglican bishop of South Sydney, Robert Forsyth, said he was surprised by offended reactions to the artwork. ...
LGF, Australia, Art, Christianity, Islam
Australian Christians poured out of churches across the country, smashing store windows and setting fire to cars, chanting “Death to the Blake Society!” after an art competition included images of the Virgin Mary in a burqa, and Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus Christ. Oh, wait. No they didn’t. CONTROVERSY ...
LGF, Australia, Art, Christianity, Islam
TV airing for Islam’s story of Christ. There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him. With the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians, the Muslim Jesus ...
LGF, Britain, Multiculturalism, Londonistan, Dhimmitude, Islam, Christianity
The three victims murdered at a Christian publishing house in Turkey were apparently tortured for hours before being slaughtered: Slain evangelists were tortured, says Turkish doctor. Real torture. Not Andrew Sullivan-style torture. MALATYA, Turkey — Three Protestants murdered at a Christian publishing house in Malatya, Turkey, were tortured for three hours before ...
Murderous Islamic supremacists strike again in Turkey: 3 killed in attack on Christian publishing house in Turkey. ISTANBUL, Turkey: Assailants killed three people Wednesday at a publishing house that distributed Bibles, in the latest attack apparently targeting Turkey’s tiny Christian minority. The three victims were found with their throats slit ...
Our friends in the House of Saud have been spending billions to promote the Wahhabist strain of supremacist Islam in the Horn of Africa, and their efforts are bearing fruit in atrocities like this: Ethiopian Evangelist Beaten to Death by Militant Muslims. (Hat tip: Ringo.) On Monday afternoon Tedase and ...
Ethiopia, Islam, Militant Islam, Islamic Supremacism, Christianity, Evangelism
To protest against a Christian preacher who suggested that Muslims might have violent tendencies, Muslims in the Philippines called for him to be beheaded. Filipino Muslims display a banner, which reads ‘Behead Those Who Insult Islam,’ and t-shirts with a wanted sign during a rally Wednesday March 7, 2007, ...
Islam, Philippines, Jihad, Beheading, Christianity, Islamic Supremacism
I hope this doesn’t turn into another religious slapfight, but I suppose we need a post to discuss James Cameron’s new documentary, in which he claims to have uncovered the burial place of Jesus Christ and his family (that’s right), verified by “DNA tests” (whatever that could mean): Jesus: Tales ...
In nearly every country where Islam coexists with Christianity (in fact, with any other religion), this story is repeated: ‘Leave, crusaders, or have your heads cut off’. (Hat tip: Amy.) The snow has already settled on the mountains further north, but the Christians of the Iraqi city of Mosul are ...
Here’s a disturbing article at the Daily Mail, on the takeover of Bethlehem by followers of the RoP: O, Muslim town of Bethlehem... The town’s Christian population has dwindled from more than 85 per cent in 1948 to 12 per cent of its 60,000 inhabitants in 2006. There are reports ...
Following Tuesday morning mass, enraged Christians poured into the streets of many major cities, smashing shop windows and setting cars on fire, screaming “Crucify them!” and “Death to the Moors!” The riots were set off by news that Muslim students in Melbourne had urinated on a Bible. Not. TWO Muslim ...
Islam, Christianity, Quran, Koran, Bible, Desecration, Impulse Control
Lipscomb University theologian Lee Camp told an interfaith gathering yesterday that in order to live peacefully with Muslims, Christians are going to have to give up the idea that there’s anything special about Jesus: Christians must ‘let go’ some beliefs for sake of peace, theologian says. (Hat tip: Kurt.) To ...
Out of fear of the Religion of Peace™: Christian charity bans Christmas themed children’s gifts. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) Operation Christmas Child, run by the charity Samaritan’s Purse, sends festive packages to deprived youngsters in countries ravaged by war and famine. Donors are asked to pack shoeboxes with a cuddly ...
At The American Thinker, here’s a surprising report on Islam in Africa, as a Libyan Islamic scholar reveals that Muslims are converting to Christianity at the rate of 16,000 apostates per day: This translation of a televised conversation reveals a rare glimpse into the outlook of Muslim scholars who are ...