Istanbul, Turkey — The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) in Turkey recently fined television network CNBC-e for blasphemy, reports state. The network had allegedly aired an episode of The Simpsons called “Treehouse of Horrors,” in which God is depicted as taking orders from the devil, who requests a cup of coffee. Additionally, a […]
A council candidate in the United Kingdom has been suspended after recommending that the National Health Service consider mandating mothers to abort their disabled children. Geoffrey Clark, a professing Christian, had been running for Kent County Council. However, Clark stirred up a firestorm recently when he made the recommendation as a means to decrease national […]
An Iranian-born American pastor, who has dual citizenship in both the United States and Iran, has been imprisoned for planting house churches. Reports state that 32-year-old Saeed Abedini was taken into custody in late September by Iranian officials, but news about the matter did not break until recently. Abedini had been visiting his family in Iran, […]
A new book released by a British journalist warns that Christianity is in danger of being wiped out in the Middle East. In Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, Rupert Shortt asserts that over the past 100 years, half to two-thirds of Christians in the Middle East have either been killed or have left their homeland […]
Beijing, China — Hundreds of members of a Chinese cult have been detained by police for promoting the Mayan claim that the world will end on Friday. The group, known as “Almighty God” or “Eastern Lightning,” is a charismatic religious organization that strongly opposes the current Chinese regime. State-run entities claim that the group has […]
Jerusalem, Israel — An archaeological organization in the nation of Israel has teamed up with the web and technology giant Google to place images of the Dead Sea Scrolls online for worldwide viewing. Google states that it is releasing a virtual library, which contains approximately 5,000 images of the Biblical artifacts. Among the images include parts […]
Dordrecht, Netherlands — A Christian in the Netherlands has opened his life-size replica of Noah’s ark to the public following three years of work to build it exactly as outlined in Scripture. John Huibers says that he followed the instructions given to Noah as detailed in Genesis chapters 6-9 in creating the gigantic vessel, which […]
A renowned archaeologist who is credited with locating the remains of the Titanic states that he believes he has now discovered evidence of the Biblical flood. Robert Ballard, professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island and former United States Navy officer, recently sat down with ABC‘s Christianne Amanpour to explain. He said that […]
Despite recent comments that he would never again make statements on political matters that could be construed as public declarations, Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book The Purpose Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church in California, recently posted a message on Twitter to his 800,000 followers reinforcing his opposition to a largely church-supported homosexuality bill […]
A pastor from the central Asian country of Uzbekistan has been released from prison and granted asylum in Europe after being held for three months on charges that he practiced religion outside of state regulations. Pastor Makset Djabbarbergenov, 32, was first detained by police in Kazakhstan in September of this year after he fled to the […]