Archive | December 12, 2012
Congo. Christians targets of guerrilla group – villages plundered, boys forcibly recruited, women raped.

Congo. Christians targets of guerrilla group – villages plundered, boys forcibly recruited, women raped.

Christians in the central African nation of Congo are becoming the targets of the M23 guerrilla group, the revolutionary band trying to overthrow Congolese leader Joseph Kabila, according to a report from Britain-based Christian group Barnabas Aid. “Villages plundered, boys forcibly recruited, women raped; their villages too unsafe for them to stay. Thousands of Christians [...]

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Egypt. President Morsi takes control of Egypt’s central bank – military has power to detain civilians without warrant.

Egypt. President Morsi takes control of Egypt’s central bank – military has power to detain civilians without warrant.

Taking advantage of the chaos connected with the upcoming constitutional referendum, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi took control of Egypt’s central bank. In a single act, he reduced the number of members of the bank’s governing board from 14 to six. At the same time, he has unilaterally assumed the power to appoint the bank’s governor [...]

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Egypt. Coptic Christians appealing to the leaders of democratic nations to cut ties with Egypt.

Egypt. Coptic Christians appealing to the leaders of democratic nations to cut ties with Egypt.

The founder of an international group of advocates for the equality and rights of Coptic Christians is appealing to the leaders of democratic nations to cut any ties with Egypt. The Voice of the Copts is attempting to thwart President Mohamed Morsi’s regime from implementing a primarily Islamic-based constitution. “We demand that world leaders withdraw [...]

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Australia. Three-day festival for 20,000 Muslims – chief attraction is a Saudi imam who has called for violent jihad.

Australia. Three-day festival for 20,000 Muslims – chief attraction is a Saudi imam who has called for violent jihad.

IT’S billed as the ”largest, the biggest and the best-ever Islamic event in the history of Australia” – a three-day festival for an expected 20,000 Muslims – and it will be held in Melbourne in March. But the chief attraction is a Saudi imam who has called for violent jihad. The description above comes from [...]

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UK. Muslim population increased from 1.5 to 2.7 million – Christians fell from 37.3 to 33.2 million.

UK. Muslim population increased from 1.5 to 2.7 million – Christians fell from 37.3 to 33.2 million.

According to a government census released today, the Muslim population in the United Kingdom has increased from 1.5 million in 2001 to 2.7 million in 2011. During the same time period, the number of Christians fell from 37.3 million to 33.2 million, and the number of people identifying themselves as non-religious rose from 7.7 million to 14.1 million. [...]

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UK. Muslim man was jailed for life for stabbing his devout Christian ex-girlfriend.

UK. Muslim man was jailed for life for stabbing his devout Christian ex-girlfriend.

A Muslim man was jailed for life for stabbing his devout Christian ex-girlfriend 13 times after they split following bitter rows about him wanting their young daughter to convert to Islam. Esther Arogundade, 32, was attacked by kitchen porter Shola Adebiyi in her own home after she began a relationship with another man. Adebiyi also [...]

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