WASHINGTON — During his last State of the Union address of his presidency, Barack Obama again condemned what he called the “lie” that the barbaric terror group ISIS is representative of the Islamic religion. While speaking on a variety of issues during his Tuesday night speech before members of Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, representatives of […]
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – Unknown “thugs” who wrote a jihadist slogan on a church building in the center of this city on the Algerian coast on Thursday night (Jan. 7) looted and damaged the property, sources said. The assailants vandalized or stole furniture, worship items and money worth about US$8,000 from the Light (Tafat) […]
AKRON, Ohio — A prominent professing atheist has filed another lawsuit in his effort to have the motto “In God We Trust” removed from U.S. currency. As previously reported, atheist Michael Newdow, who has filed numerous suits challenging the mixture of God and government, first submitted a complaint in the Southern District of New York in March 2013, asserting […]
(Mission Network News) — Frontiers is using a unique tool to reach thousands of Muslims: social media. In 2011, when the Arab Spring sprung up, many Muslims began questioning their faith. Sure enough, just as social media was a “catalytic factor in the Arab Spring,” it was also the boat these questions rode. Now, Frontiers […]
NEW YORK – An online dating website has added a new feature for polyamorous relationships, allowing users who are already married or in relationships to search for additional partners. OkCupid is a free matchmaking website that finds dates for users based on surveys and algorithms. The site is visited by millions of people each year, […]
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Two Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have introduced a bill that would interpose against June’s same-sex “marriage” ruling and defend the state’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as being the union of one man and one woman. Rep. Bill Chumley, R-Woodruff, and Rep. Mike Burns, R-Taylors, recently filed Bill 4513 in the […]
MANILA, Philippines — Two people are dead and hundreds were injured on Saturday as massive throngs sought to press up against a centuries-old statue of Christ that was marched through the streets of Manila as part of an annual Roman Catholic celebration called the Feast of the Black Nazarene. Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno estimates that 1.4 […]
AUSTIN, Texas — The governor of Texas has proposed a Constitutional Convention of States that would amend the U.S. Constitution in an effort to take back states’ rights and override federal decisions with a majority vote. In an address on Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott, introduced what he called “The Texas Plan,” which seeks to strengthen founder’s […]
Two men, one in California and one in Texas, were arrested this week on charges of assisting Islamic terror groups and lying to investigators. Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, of Sacramento and Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, 24, of Houston were both indicted this week after being watched by federal officials. According to the filed complaint, Al-Jayab, […]
BEIRUT (Associated Press) — An Islamic State fighter shot and killed his own mother before onlookers at a public square in the Syrian city of Raqqa after he was told that she was not a true believer, activists reported Friday, the latest in ISIL’s brutal public killings over the past two years in the de facto […]