The Christian State

Indonesia minorities want equality

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:45:54 +0000

Tired of government inaction, Christians and other religious minorities in Indonesia are pushing back against rising violence by Islamic hard-liners. (more…)

Pakistan Christians in fear after double murder

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:00:31 +0000

Two Christian brothers, who were chained together, were gunned down by two suspected Muslim militant gunmen. (more…)

In the land of Mao, a rising tide of Christianity

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:55:38 +0000

Official Chinese surveys now show that nearly one in three Chinese describe themselves as religious, an astonishing figure for an officially atheist country, where religion was banned until three decades ago. (more…)

Vermont schools to celebrate Islamic feast

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:08:45 +0000

The Burlington, Vermont School District does not give students a day off to commemorate the September 11 attacks, but on Friday, September 10, 2010 Burlington schools will close early for the weekend to celebrate an Islamic Feast. (more…)

The march of the Red-Green brigades

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:17:14 +0000

[…] In Nigeria on Sunday night, the jihadists led the charge. With the apparent collaboration of the Muslim-dominated Nigerian army, Muslim gangs entered three predominantly Christian villages around the city of Jos and killed up to 500 innocent civilians, including children, with machetes, axes, and daggers. (more…)

Muslims attack Coptic Christians in northern Egypt

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:07:06 +0000

Muslims attacked a community center and burned several homes belonging to Coptic Christians in northwestern Egypt over the weekend, injuring 23 people, in a rampage that a local bishop said was incited by a radical Muslim preacher. (more…)

Pakistan: Christian sentenced to life under ‘blasphemy’ law

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:04:11 +0000

A young Christian shopkeeper was sentenced to a life term in prison and fined more than $1,000 last week following a dubious conviction of desecrating the Quran, according to Pakistan’s National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP). (more…)

Christian in Egypt: ‘They try to kill us’

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:06:09 +0000

Egyptian Maher El-Gowhary and his 15 year old daughter Dina never pray twice at the same church, never stay longer than a month in any one apartment. (more…)

Ignoring Christian oppression in China

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:28:15 +0000

Just like President Obama’s first state visit to the People’s Republic of China, the mid-November 2009 visit of a delegation of international church leaders to the state-approved church in China began in Shanghai and ended in Beijing. (more…)

Ohio judge: Runaway convert can avoid parents

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:20:00 +0000

An Ohio judge has ruled that a runaway Christian convert is not required to meet with her Muslim parents as part of a possible reconciliation plan. (more…)