The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) is deeply concerned about a decision by country of Spain to punish a Christian-inspired media group for defending the traditional family. The ECLJ believes the decision is a dangerous restriction on freedom of expression of religious media. Spain’s Ministry of Industry, the government department responsible for regulating... Continue Reading

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly said the government needed to halt the growing movement of house churches across Iran. Church sources say the number of Christians in Iran has grown from 500 known believers in 1979 to at least 100,000 today. A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him “liable... Continue Reading

“When public morality becomes a ghost town, it’s a place into which anyone can ride and declare himself sheriff.” Listening to Douglas Murray, one gets a picture of a world turned on its head, one where relativism has trumped common sense, where the state pays its enemies more than its soldiers and where turning in... Continue Reading

A Federal appeals court has thrown out a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) policy that can lead to broadcasters being fined for filthy language on live television. The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan determined the policy violates the First Amendment and that it “chills speech, because broadcasters have no way of knowing what... Continue Reading

“…shared these threats with the pastor of a local Presbyterian church… who warned them of the danger and advised them to leave.” A Pakistani Christian mourns the loss of his family after a Muslim mob murdered his wife and four children, according to Compass Direct News. Jamshed Masih, a police officer, moved his family to... Continue Reading

Some are calling it “Islamophobia.” Some believe it’s a prudent move as radical Islam is on the march. Whatever the case, Kenyans will be going to the polls August 4 for a constitutional referendum that could affect Muslims around the country, reports Mission News Network. Currently there are 17 Islamic Courts in Kenya that administer... Continue Reading

A provision of the national law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, gives states the explicit right to ban health insurance companies receiving public subsidies under the state health exchange from providing abortion coverage. Gov. Bobby Jindal signed three landmark abortion bills on Tuesday that significantly tighten the state’s regulations on abortionists and their... Continue Reading

The measure would have extended “the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage to partners in a civil union.” After months of wrangling and listening to both sides of the marriage debate, Republican Gov. Laura Lingle has vetoed legislation that would have established same-sex civil unions and made them equivalent to... Continue Reading

New wave of deportations raises concerns for foreigners married to Moroccans. Moroccan authorities expelled eight more foreign Christians from the country last weekend, bringing the total of deported Christians since March to 128. Two foreign women married to Moroccan Christians were included in this third wave of deportations since March, raising concerns that local authorities... Continue Reading

This Independence Day weekend in Asheville, there’s a seven-word debate brewing about religion’s role in government, and area commuters have a front row seat to the controversy. That’s because it’s being played out on dueling Asheville billboards. The Rev. Ralph Sexton, pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in Asheville, and the We Still Pray movement funded... Continue Reading