Archive | December 13, 2012
Iran. Health of pastor Behnam Irani is deteriorating rapidly – he is not allowed to receive medical attention.

Iran. Health of pastor Behnam Irani is deteriorating rapidly – he is not allowed to receive medical attention.

The condition of an Iranian pastor languishing in prison on charges of “actions against the Islamic state” is deteriorating as authorities intend to kill him by denying him medical treatment, according to sources close to the prisoner. The sources say the health of pastor Behnam Irani, a married father of two, is deteriorating rapidly, according [...]

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Sri Lanka. Mob of 1000 vandalize church and beat pastor – no one has been arrested.

Sri Lanka. Mob of 1000 vandalize church and beat pastor – no one has been arrested.

A mob of about 1,000 people in southern Sri Lanka, led by Buddhist monks, protested the presence of a church by overpowering police, vandalizing property and beating the pastor on Sunday (Dec. 9), Christian sources said. The Buddhist monks had given a day’s notice for the church to close down. About 80 monks led the [...]

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EU. Dependency on Arab oil and millions of immigrants from North Africa explain EU policy.

EU. Dependency on Arab oil and millions of immigrants from North Africa explain EU policy.

Why should any country sign an agreement if it will just be invalidated a few years later? Iran is building nuclear weapons, Syria is slaughtering its citizens, Libya is being taken over by al-Qaeda, Egypt is threatened with another Pharaoh, Turkey is working toward rebuilding the Ottoman Empire, and Christians are being massacred in Egypt, [...]

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Egypt. Court sentenced Coptic christian activist Alber Sabe to three years in prison for insulting Islam.

Egypt. Court sentenced Coptic christian activist Alber Sabe to three years in prison for insulting Islam.

A Cairo court sentenced activist Alber Saber to three years in prison for insulting Islam Wednesday. Marg Misdemeanor Court found Saber guilty of “contempt of religion” after he allegedly posted online parts of the amateur film “Innocence of Muslims” that had sparked protests around the Muslim world, state-run news agency MENA reported. Prosecutors also accused [...]

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