SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A record number of young Mormons signed up for service after church leaders lowered the minimum age in 2012, but new figures show the onslaught of proselytizing Latter-day Saints didn’t lead to an equally dramatic spike in converts. Statistics released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints indicate […]
SYDNEY (AP) — Five Australian teenagers were arrested Saturday on suspicion of plotting an Islamic State group-inspired terrorist attack at a Veterans’ Day ceremony that included targeting police officers, officials said. The suspects included two 18-year-olds who are alleged to have been preparing an attack at the ANZAC Day ceremony in Melbourne later this month, […]
In an interview with an internet publication on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio stated that while he personally opposes same-sex “marriage,” he would attend the ceremony of a friend or family member if asked. “If it’s somebody in my life that I care for, of course I would,” he told Fusion’s Jorge Ramos. Rubio, 43, […]
UNION GROVE, Wisc. — A school district in Wisconsin has received dozens of complaints after high school world history students were recently asked to “pretend” to be a Muslim in an essay that was to include an outline of the hardships an Islamist might face in the United States. “Pretend you are: 1. Muslim male/female in U.S. 2. Give three examples […]
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Senate has voted to shelve a bill to designate the Bible as the state book just two days after the effort passed the state House of Representatives. As previously reported, Rep. Jerry Sexton (R-Bean Station) introduced HB 615 earlier this year to amend the Tennessee Code to make the acknowledgment. “The Holy Bible […]
IRBIL, Iraq (CNN) — ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack Friday near the U.S. Consulate in the Kurdish Iraqi city of Irbil, according to several Twitter accounts linked to the terror group. The U.S. Consulate was the target of the attack, ISIS said. At least two people were killed and five injured, […]
PALERMO, Sicily — Fifteen Muslim migrants have been arrested on charges that they threw a dozen Christians off a boat to drown in the Mediterranean sea. On Tuesday, 105 passengers boarded a rubber boat to travel from Libya to Italy, where they were seeking asylum as refugees. However, during the journey, Muslims aboard became agitated when they […]
An American pastor imprisoned in Iran is reportedly being threatened that he will not be freed from prison until he denies his faith in Christ and returns to Islam. As previously reported, Saeed Abedini, a former Iranian Muslim turned Christian, left Iran in 2005 and moved to the United States with his wife and two […]
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court justice granted temporary relief late Wednesday to two religious groups in Pennsylvania that challenged a compromise to the abortion pill mandate in Obamacare, which they state still requires them to facilitate a “moral evil.” The evangelical Geneva College of Beaver Falls, and the Roman Catholic dioceses in Erie and […]
IRAQ — A nine-year-old Yazidi girl has been impregnated after being raped by at least ten members of the barbaric Islamic group ISIS, which identifies itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, according to aid workers in the region. “This girl is so young she could die if she delivers a baby,” Yousif […]