Christians in Malaysia have the constitutional right to use the word “Allah” to refer to God, the country’s high court declared Thursday. In the landmark ruling, Judge Datuk Lau Bee Lan announced that the word “Allah” is not exclusive to Islam and that the government’s Home Ministry is “not empowered” to ban non-Muslims from using... Continue Reading

As the political battle over same-sex marriage plays out in state capitals across the country, several California companies have emerged as the go-to players for opponents of the marriages. One of the companies, Mar/Com Services Inc., lists its business address here in San Francisco, a city well known for its large and politically active gay... Continue Reading

Scott T. Brown, an advocate of church reformation and the strengthening of families, claims that modern youth ministry is “indisputably unbiblical.” Addressing Christian leaders and families at a conference on the Sufficiency of Scripture on Friday, Dec 11, Brown, director of the National Center for Family-Integrated Churches, asserted that the “philosophy and practice of comprehensive,... Continue Reading

The Reverend Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life Internationall, responded to the U.S. Senate’s passing of a massive $447 billion omnibus spending bill, within which lies almost $700 million for abortion and other population control measures. “The United States Congress has just signed millions of death warrants,” said Rev. Euteneuer. “They have opened up... Continue Reading

In an unprecedented move, Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Dec 13, cut ties with one of the dozens of religious seminaries that feed students to the military amid concerns that its ideologically driven students might refuse orders to evacuate settlements. The military was concerned that the chief rabbi of the school, known as a... Continue Reading

Commentary by Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media: “Moral and family issues (the focus of the “religious right”) and justice issues (the focus of the “religious left”) are often interrelated.” Over the Christmas weekend, my wife and I went to see “The Blind Side,” a film about an affluent white family in Memphis who... Continue Reading

More than two-thirds of the abortion clinics in the United States have closed since 1991, according to a new report by a pro-life activist organization. There were nearly 2,200 abortion clinics in 1991, estimates Operation Rescue. Today, there are just 713 clinics. “The pro-life movement has made significant strides exposing and closing abortion clinics and... Continue Reading

Bryan Brown is a conservative, activist and unapologetic Christian. Of that there is no doubt. But does that mean he is also mentally ill? Too ill even to be a lawyer? The bureaucracy that controls access to Indiana’s legal profession believes that very thing. Brown alleges that he was subjected to a series of hostile... Continue Reading

Fear of violence and religious persecution has become the new Christmas tradition for Iraqi Christians and, following a series of recent sectarian attacks, this year was no different. Rather than openly enjoy their own celebrations, Christians from Mosul in the north to Basra in southern Iraq have been keeping a low profile. The situation in... Continue Reading

To his classmates and teachers at the British school in Togo, west Africa, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was the cheerful if sometimes serious student, whose pious views earned him the nickname, the Pope. But behind his innocent chiding about the perils of alcohol and western decadence lay a burgeoning pull towards radical Islam, which on... Continue Reading