Burma Army Targets Christian Civilians In War On Insurgents
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
10/28/2011 Burma (CDN) – A recent attack on Christians and church buildings by Burmese soldiers in Kachin state showed that Christian civilians are targeted in the military offensive against insurgents. “Targeting of Christians is not unusual in Burma’s conflict zones,” Nawdin Lahpai, editor-in-chief of the Kachin News Group, told Compass by phone, referring to the [...]
Attackers Rob Elderly American Priest In Nepal
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
10/31/2011 Nepal (CathNews) – An elderly American priest was attacked and robbed in the center of Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday as he made his way back to Assumption Church after an evening out. Spiritan Father William Headley, who is in his seventies, was struck from behind and robbed of his mobile phone, money and other personal [...]
Furore Over Hindu Epic Essay Points to India’s Cultural Divide (Reuters)
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Top Religion News
Reuters – Under pressure from Hindu hardliners, a prestigious university has dropped a scholarly text on the Ramayana epic from its history syllabus, in the latest sign of conservatives’ deep influence over a globalizing India’s cultural battles.
Courageous Fatherhood
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Christian Opinion, Top Religion News
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Cash Flows, But Can Afghan Training Legacy Last? (Reuters)
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Top Religion News
Reuters – As over a thousand Afghan army graduates raise both palms to their faces in prayer standing under blazing sunshine, one of the country’s most experienced generals surveys them with a mixture of pride and trepidation.
Overcoming Doubt
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Science & Religion, Top Religion News
What happens when you enroll at a compromised university and hear the professor confidently lecture on evolution, perhaps even ridiculing the creationist perspective?
Massacre in Egypt Said to Cost Government All Credibility
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
Killing of Christian protestors, far-fetched denials leave citizens enraged.ISTANBUL, November 1 (CDN) — The Egyptian army’s killing of 27 people – including at least 23 Christians – who were protesting the burning of a church building has …
Coptic Christian Student Murdered By Classmates for Wearing a Cross
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
ICC Note: A Christian student in Egypt was murdered for wearing a crucifix, the Assyrian International News Agency reports. By Mary Abdelmassih 10/30/2011 Egypt (AINA) – In mid-October Egyptian media published news of an altercation between Muslim and Christian students over a classroom seat at a school in Mallawi, Minya province. The altercation lead to [...]
Remembering the Black Sunday Massacre And the Future of Assyrians in Iraq
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
ICC Note: Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) remembers Black Sunday, when Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked Our Lady of Deliverance Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad and killed 58 parishioners on October 31, 2010. 10/30/2011 Iraq (AINA) – On October 31, 2010 Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked Our Lady of Deliverance Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad during a Sunday evening [...]
Egypt’s Massacre of Christians: What the Media Does Not Want You To Know
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011 in Persecuted Christians, Top Religion News
ICC Note: Raymond Ibrahim in Hudson New York compiles video proof that Coptic Christians in Egypt were intentionally run over by the military with armored vehicle and, despite western media reports, were outright attacked by the military. By Raymond Ibrahim 10/31/2011 Egypt (Hudson New York) – Western media coverage of the recent massacre of Coptic [...]