Nigerian Cardinal: Schoolgirls’ Abduction Is Shameful
The kidnapping of 300 teenage schoolgirls by the Islamist group Boko Haram has shamed Nigeria
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau on Monday (May 5) released a video in which he threatened to sell the girls and abduct more children from other schools. The extremist group’s murderous rampages against “Western” education and the military’s failure to rescue the kidnapped girls and young women have generated widespread protests in major cities in... Continue Reading
Supreme Court Approves Sectarian Prayer At Public Meetings
The Supreme Court declared that the Constitution not only allows for prayer at government meetings, but sectarian prayer
“To hold that invocations must be non-sectarian would force the legislatures sponsoring prayers and the courts deciding these cases to act as supervisors and censors of religious speech,” Kennedy wrote for himself and the conservatives on the court. Lawmakers and judges would otherwise have to police prayer, he wrote, involving “government in religious matters to... Continue Reading
Subway Removes Ham And Bacon From Nearly 200 Stores, Offers Halal Meat Only After ‘Strong Demand’ From Muslims
Fast food giant Subway has removed ham and bacon from almost 200 outlets, and switched to halal meat alternatives in an attempt to please its Muslim customers
‘All our suppliers comply with EU animal welfare legislation as a minimum and we require suppliers of halal products to adopt the stunning of animals prior to their slaughter. ‘All halal meats are certified by the appropriate halal authorities. ‘All halal Subway stores have numerous signs stating that they serve halal food. ‘These are situated on... Continue Reading
Do Children Just Take Their Parents’ Political Beliefs? It’s Not That Simple
A recent study shows that children who are raised to have strong beliefs are also more likely to rebel against those views as they age.
A study recently published in the British Journal of Political Science, based on data from the U.S. and U.K., found that parents who are insistent that their children adopt their political views inadvertently influence their children to abandon the belief once they become adults. The mechanism is perhaps surprising: Children who come from homes where politics... Continue Reading
Boko Haram Threatens To Sell 165 Kidnapped Christian Girls to Traffickers
#BringBackOurGirls gains momentum as Nigeria search spreads to Cameroon and Chad.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) recently released the names of 165 Christian girls and 15 Muslim girls it says were kidnapped from Chibok. Many are affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. Meanwhile, the overall number of abducted girls has risen past 275, according to The New York Times, because reports of girls taken from other schools were slower to... Continue Reading
Chicago’s Urban Prep Achieves Another Year of Perfect College Acceptance
For the fifth year in a row, all of its students were accepted into four-year colleges
In Urban Prep tradition, 240 seniors, all African-American males, celebrated their success on Tuesday April 8 at a ceremony where they exchanged their red uniform ties for a red and gold striped tie, a symbol of their new accomplishment. “The tie represents to me moving on from a boy to becoming a young man and... Continue Reading
Obamacare Religious Exemption Hard To Get
In the fine print of the Affordable Care Act is a clause that allows people of certain religions to seek an exemption from the requirement to carry health insurance or pay a fine
It won’t fly with the IRS, the agency that will collect fines from those who were supposed to buy health insurance and didn’t. Why? Because the exempted religions must have been established prior to 1950. That mirrors the exemption clause from a big government program: The Amish in particular neither pay into nor collect from... Continue Reading
Boehner Rival Loses Christian College Job Over ‘Electile Dysfunction’ Ad
A campaign ad including House Speaker John Boehner in a parody commercial has cost his Republican primary opponent a teaching job at Cedarville University in Ohio
The ad, “When the Moment is Right,” spoofs commercials for the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis by asking whether the Ohio Republican (using an alternate pronunciation of Boehner’s last name) has “electile dysfunction.” Winteregg told The Washington Post he is hopeful he can beat Boehner. (RNS) A campaign ad including House Speaker John Boehner in... Continue Reading
Why Al-Qaeda Declared ‘We Must Eliminate the Cross’
When Islamists destroy crosses or talk of destroying the cross, they are emulating the anger they believe Jesus has towards the cross.
The Islamist offensiveness at the sight of a cross comes from these teachings about Sharia. Since they believe Jesus finds it so offensive that he will one day break the crosses, these Islamists believe they are commanded to likewise be offended by Christianity and the symbol of the cross in particular. There is disagreement among... Continue Reading
China Accused Of Anti-Christian Campaign As Church Demolition Begins
Activists accuse Communist Party of ‘barbaric’ campaign against Christianity after demolition teams and police descend on a church that became a symbol of resistance
Church members told The Telegraph authorities had attempted to silence the congregation and said they believed their communications were being monitored. “My phone is not safe,” said one. Bob Fu, a US-based Christian activist, said: “This government-orchestrated barbaric forced demolition represents a serious escalation against religious freedom in Zhejiang. The Chinese regime chooses to disregard... Continue Reading
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