EX-MUSLIM SAYS OBAMA'S SOFT STRATEGY IS HURTING
OPPRESSED CHRISTIANS
May 3,
2010: US President Barack Obama is hurting persecuted
Christians worldwide by failing to speak up for them,
says one convert living under police protection in
Europe.
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RECORD NUMBER OF ISLAMIC NATIONS, FEWER 'FREE'
COUNTRIES, COMING TO U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
May 06,
2010: (CNSNews.com) Next week's election for new members
of the U.N. Human Rights Council is expected to result
in a greater share of seats going to the Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC) than ever before, while the
number of countries deemed “free” falls to a new low.
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BUDDHIST EXTREMISTS DRIVE CHRISTIANS FROM VILLAGE IN
BANGLADESH
May 5, 2010 Compass Direct
News is reporting that four Christian families in
southeastern Bangladesh left their village on Sunday,
under mounting pressure by Buddhist extremists to give
up their faith in Christ.
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US FAITH WATCHDOG PUTS INDIA UNDER WATCH LIST FOR
SECOND TIME
May 1, 2010: The US
government watchdog on religious freedom for the second
consecutive year has placed India on its Watch List.
Releasing its annual report, the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Thursday
recommended that India along with countries such as
Afghanistan, Belarus, Indonesia be put on Watch List for
close monitoring of serious violations of religious
freedom.
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BOMBERS TARGET IRAQI CHRISTIAN STUDENTS, INJURE
DOZENS
Mosul,
May 02, 2010 Two bombs exploded Sunday near buses
carrying Christian students in the northern Iraqi city
of Mosul, killing at least one bystander and injuring
around 100. Abdul-Rahim al-Shammari, the head of the
provincial council's security committee, said the
deceased was a shop owner in the area and that the
injured included students and other civilians. The
attack, which began with a roadside bomb that exploded
around 7:30 a.m., appeared to target buses carrying
students from the mainly Christian town of Hamdaniya to
Mosul University.
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ALARM OVER STREET PREACHER'S ARREST
London, May 7, 2010 - The
arrest of a street preacher has renewed concern over
religious freedom for Christians in the UK. Dale
McAlpine, 42, was arrested in his home town of
Workington, in Cumbria, last month after he mentioned
homosexuality as one of a number of sins listed in the
Bible, alongside idolatry, blasphemy, fornication, and
drunkenness.
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PAKISTANI MUSLIMS ABDUCT YOUNG CHRISTIAN WOMAN,
FAMILY SAYS
LAHORE, May. 07, 2010
(Compass Direct News) Muslims who kidnapped and forcibly
converted an 18-year-old Christian woman to Islam
severely beat her mother on two occasions to discourage
her from trying to recover her daughter, lawyers said.
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OPEN DOORS USA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT SUFFERING
NIGERIAN CHRISTIANS
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 3
/Christian Newswire/ -- On April 13 suspected Islamic
extremists abducted and killed Church of Christ in
Nigeria pastor Ishaku Kadah and his wife Selina in a
village in Bauchi state in northern Nigeria, according
to Compass Direct News.
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UK BILL LINKS CASTE TO RACE, INDIA RED-FACED
NEW DELHI: In the first
such legislative move anywhere in the world, and much to
the embarrassment of India's official position, the
British House of Lords has passed a law that treats
caste as "an aspect of race".
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POPE SAYS ‘SIN WITHIN’ IS CHURCH’S GREATEST THREAT
Lisbon — Reuters, May. 11,
2010 - Pope Benedict said on Tuesday that the greatest
threat to Catholicism came from “sin within the Church“,
one if his most forthright comments so far on a sexual
abuse scandal that has created turmoil in the church.
The Church has “a very deep need” to recognize that it
must do penitence for its sins and “accept
purification“, he said.
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WAYNE GRUDEM TACKLES HOW, WHEN AND WHY CHRISTIANS
SHOULD ENGAGE IN POLITICS
May 7, 2010 Bestselling
Christian author Wayne Grudem, with support from worship
leader Stuart Townend, is coming to Peterborough on 29
June to address the question of whether 'political'
involvement distracts from the gospel.
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NIGERIA SWEARS IN NEW CHRISTIAN PRESIDENT
May 08, 2010: Nigeria
swore in its new president, a Christian, this week after
months of leadership confusion while its elected
president was receiving medical treatment.
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FRANKLIN GRAHAM: ISLAM IS NOT FAITH OF AMERICA
May 7, 2010: Ahead of the
National Day of Prayer, Franklin Graham expressed dismay
at how Islam is receiving preferential treatment by the
Obama administration.
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WARC CONDEMNS GROWING ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN
INDIA
May 01, 2010: The World
Alliance of Reformed Churches has expressed grave
concern over the growing violence against Christians in
the country.
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VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TARGETS CHRISTIANS
May 09, 2010, Michael
Carl, WorldNetDaily --Vietnamese officials are
purchasing phone snooping gear so they can listen in on
Christians' phone calls, reports persecution watchdog
International Christian Concern.
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GRAHAM PRAYS OUTSIDE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON (Pauline
Jelinek AP) -- Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a
sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his
invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn
because of comments that insulted Muslims.
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LUIS PALAU TO HOST HIS FIRST OUTREACH FESTIVAL IN
FRANCE
May 7,
2010: Luis Palau last week spoke in Marseilles, at the
biggest gathering of evangelical pastors in the Provence
region of France for over 25 years. Church leaders from
across the denominational spectrum came together to put
their enthusiastic seal of approval on the Festival
Season of Service that will take place in France's
second largest city next May.
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