A former Muslim woman turned Christian says that she now works to tell others the truth about Islam after she began reading the Koran and was disturbed about its contents and the life of Mohammed. Mona Walter moved to Sweden from Somalia as a war refugee while a teenager. It was there that she says […]
(NPR) — The masked militant who acted as the spokesman for ISIS in a new propaganda video is believed to be Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, according to U.S. law enforcement sources who were briefed by U.K. officials. Authorities suspect that he is a British Muslim convert from London who once touted rentals […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A pastor in Northern Ireland who was prosecuted with a hate crime for denouncing the Islamic religion during a Sunday sermon has been declared not guilty of both charges leveled by the prosecution. As previously reported, James McConnell, 78, pastor of the Whitewell Metropolitan Church in North Belfast, discussed Islam during an evening sermon […]
Kenya (Mission Network News) — New beginnings and opportunities show up all around the world. They hold the promise of change and carry the potential to improve lives. Trans World Radio’s (TWR) prison ministry opportunity is one of them. Prisoners at Mayani Prison, a maximum security facility in Kenya, have asked TWR Kenya to help […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An attack on a bus and a truck in Kenya by Islamic extremists from Somalia’s Al Shabaab insurgency took two Christian lives in December. In the attack on a bus with more than 100 passengers in Kenya’s northeast on Dec. 21, the Al Shabaab rebels tried to separate Christians from […]
A jihad recruitment video released by the Islamic terror group al-Shabab features footage of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calling for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration into the U.S. The nearly hour-long video includes remarks from former al-Shabab leader Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed during a drone strike in 2011. “Take heed and learn […]
HABBANIYAH, Iraq (CNN) — Standing in the entrance of her tent on a chilly winter night in the Iraqi desert, Nada Saleh describes the terrifying moment her family almost became part of ISIS’ last stand in Ramadi. As government forces mounted their final assault to retake the key city — controlled by the Sunni terror […]
SHENZHEN, Guangdong (China Aid) — Government officials in China’s southern Guangdong coerced a landlord and corporation to terminate the rental contracts of a house church, leaving them without a place to hold religious services. Initially, the landlord notified Huaqiao City Church that, due to pressure from the authorities, they would not be allowed to renew […]
Officials in Norway have moved to place five children that were seized from their parents on charges that included “Christian radicalization and indoctrination” up for adoption, reports state. As previously reported, on Nov. 16 and 17, Norway’s child welfare services, the Barnevernet, seized Marius and Ruth Bodnariu’s two daughters, two sons and their baby, Ezekiel. The […]
Panama (Mission Network News) — For decades, projects to reach the Border Kuna people with the complete Word of God have been in progress. Today, all efforts are paying off. Faith Comes by Hearing (FCBH) reports that the Border Kuna is the last people group in Panama that has been waiting for Audio Bible recordings. […]