Muslim Woman Leads Prayer to Allah on Wisconsin Assembly Floor

Muslim Woman Leads Prayer to Allah on Wisconsin Assembly Floor

MADISON, Wisc. — A Muslim woman led the first prayer to Allah on the Wisconsin Assembly floor on Thursday. Janan Najeeb, the president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition and founder of the Islamic Resource Center, had been invited to give the invocation by Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, who professes to be a Christian. He told reporters that he invited […]

Trump Says He’d Consider Bill Pryor for Supreme Court, AG Who Prosecuted ‘Ten Commandments’ Judge

Trump Says He’d Consider Bill Pryor for Supreme Court, AG Who Prosecuted ‘Ten Commandments’ Judge

CHARLESTON, S.C. — During Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate in South Carolina, Donald Trump said that if he were to nominate a judge to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, he would consider Diane Sykes or Bill Pryor, the latter of which prosecuted “Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore. “If I were president now, I would certainly want […]

Churches Counter Darwin Birthday Events With ‘Creation Sunday,’ ‘Stop Darwin Day’

Churches Counter Darwin Birthday Events With ‘Creation Sunday,’ ‘Stop Darwin Day’

Hundreds of congregations are honoring Charles Darwin’s birthday today by observing “Evolution Weekend,” but a number of other churches instead are celebrating “Creation Sunday” and “Stop Darwin Day” to honor and acknowledge God as the author of life and all creation. As previously reported, numerous assemblies celebrate Darwin’s February 12th birthday with “Evolution Weekend” or […]

Mississippi Lawmakers Propose Designating Bible as State Book

Mississippi Lawmakers Propose Designating Bible as State Book

JACKSON, Miss. — Lawmakers in Mississippi have again proposed designating the Bible as the state book. H.B. 840 was recently re-proposed by Rep. Tom Miles, D-Forest, and has nine co-sponsors, including Rep. Michael Evans, D-Preston, who joined him in the first effort last year. “Me and my constituents, we were talking about it and one […]

Vietnam’s Minority Groups Are Hungry for the Gospel

Vietnam’s Minority Groups Are Hungry for the Gospel

(Open Doors) — Vietnam is home to more than 50 ethnic minorities. Each has its unique language and culture, but such diversity has often presented challenges for the government leaders, whose Communist ideals are averse to individuality, private ownership and religion. The Kinh group is the largest, making up about 86 percent of the country’s […]

New Mexico Committee Kills Bill Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks

New Mexico Committee Kills Bill Banning Abortion After 20 Weeks

SANTA FE, N.M. — A legislative committee in New Mexico has killed a proposed bill that would have banned abortion after 20 weeks—five months gestation—if the abortionist believed that the child was viable. Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington, had introduced S.B. 243 to stop the murder of children past what he considers to be the point […]