CHICAGO — Recently released video footage of a sermon delivered at the Chicago Islamic Center shows a local imam passionately urging Muslims to wage jihad against the nation of Israel “for the sake of Allah.” The video, shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), provides clips of the message delivered by Sheikh Mohamed Elimam […]
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s constitutional court has nullified a recently enacted law banning homosexual acts due to a technicality. A panel of five judges ruled that the parliament had passed the bill without the necessary number of lawmakers present, rendering it null and void. “The speaker violated the parliamentary rules of procedure by allowing the bill to […]
JERUSALEM — A wedding site inside a kibbutz for Messianic Jews remains closed after an Israeli appeals court upheld a lower court’s order that the Christian owners at the facility must host same-sex ceremonies despite their biblical beliefs. The owners of Yad Hashmona, a kibbutz or moshav near Jerusalem, believe that their wedding hall was forced into […]
LONDON — A Dutch professor who once expressed his support for legalized euthanasia is now warning others that it can lead to a ‘slippery slope’ of a surge in deaths for practically any reason. “I used to be a supporter of the Dutch law,” stated Professor Theo Boer of the University of Utrecht in a […]
MIAMI — A recent rally in Florida that was meant to show solidarity in urging an end to the war in Gaza became filled with Islamic chants in support of Hamas, Allah and Muslim jihad, reports state. “Stop the bombing—Stop the killing—Free Palestine,” read a flyer announcing the demonstration, which was held on July 20th […]
(Morning Star News) – Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and others killed 1,631 Christians in Nigeria for their faith in the first six months of 2014 – a figure that is 91 percent of the total Christians killed in the country in all of last year, according to advocacy group Jubilee Campaign. Last year 1,783 Nigerian […]
BEIJING — In another sign of the authorities’ efforts to contain one of China’s fastest-growing religions, a government demolition campaign against public symbols of the Christian faith has toppled crosses at two more churches in the coastal province of Zhejiang, according to residents there. On Monday, public security officials in the city of Wenzhou used […]
In a recent interview, the son of Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef turned professing Christian outlined that the Middle East Muslim terrorist group isn’t out just to destroy Israel, but to build a global Islamic state. Mosab Hassan Yousef was a guest on CNN last Thursday, and exposed the agenda of Hamas as he was […]
MOSUL, Iraq — Members of a militant Muslim group have blown up what are said to be the tombs of the biblical prophets Jonah and Daniel, according to reports. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is said to be responsible for the explosions, which took place on Thursday. The tomb of Jonah was […]
ROME — A Catholic woman who has been receiving international attention for rejecting Islam despite facing a death sentence fled to Rome on Thursday and met with the Roman Catholic pontiff–a development that has raised concerns about the continued acceptance of Catholicism as Christianity. As previously reported, Meriam Ibrahim, 27, was officially sentenced on May 15th after she […]