PALLISA, Uganda (Morning Star News) – The widow of a Christian shot to death by suspected hard-line Muslims in eastern Uganda fears for her life after receiving several death threats, she said. Agnes Nasubuga Nura, 28, said Muslim extremists killed her husband, Richard Lebon Suleiman, on Feb. 15 in Budaka, Pallisa District, 193 kilometers (119 […]
LONDON — A Christian childcare worker who was fired for “gross misconduct” after she explained the biblical position on homosexuality to her lesbian co-worker has won her legal challenge before an employment tribunal. As previously reported, Sarah Mbuyi, 30, was repeatedly asked about her beliefs over a period of several months in 2013 at Newpark […]
CALGARY – An outspoken believer in biblical creation recently unearthed five fossils that scientists say are “nearly perfect fish fossil specimens” that will provide “important” insights in the world of science. Edgar Nernberg, a native of Calgary, Alberta, is a board member of the Big Valley Creation Science Museum. The museum operates “for the glory […]
BELFAST — The Christian owners of a bakery in Northern Ireland have decided to appeal a ruling declaring them guilty of discrimination for declining to print the phrase “Support Gay Marriage” on a cake. As previously reported, in May of last year, Ashers Baking Company in Newtonabbey—named after Genesis 49:20—was approached by a same-sex “marriage” […]
DENVER — A public school teacher in Colorado has filed a lawsuit against his school district over his assertion that the school “operates largely to promote the evangelical Christian ideals” of a local church. Robert Basevitz, who identifies as Jewish, says that the Christian activities held at Florence High School made him feel excluded since […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremist attacks in Nigeria’s Adamawa state in the past 10 days have killed at least 29 people after weeks of Boko Haram rebels losing ground to government forces in the northeast, sources said. Suspected Boko Haram members on Friday (May 22) slaughtered 10 Christians with machetes in Pambula-Kwamda, […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — A prominent humanist organization has filed a lawsuit against a Texas school district on behalf of a former student who takes issue with the practice of presenting Christian prayers at board meetings. The American Humanist Association (AHA) filed suit against the Birdville Independent School District earlier this month on behalf of […]
MONROE, Ohio — An Ohio minister recently rode a live bull during a Wednesday night service in an effort to win converts for Christianity—a tactic that raised the eyebrows of some that questioned such methods of evangelism. Lawrence Bishop II, 48, co-pastor of Solid Rock Church in Monroe, announced last month in a video that […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A federal judge in South Carolina has partially upheld the practice of Christian prayers during high school graduation ceremonies. As previously reported, an anonymous couple contacted the American Humanist Association (AHA) in 2013 to complain that Mountain View Elementary School had held its graduation ceremony at the chapel on the campus of […]
BELFAST — A judge in Ireland has ruled against a Christian-owned bakery for declining to make a Bert and Ernie cake that was to be decorated with the phrase “Support Gay Marriage,” and has ordered them to pay a fine equating to nearly $800 U.S. dollars. As previously reported, in May of last year, Ashers Baking […]