Christians Under Attack

Pakistan court says the forced conversion of two kidnapped girls is legal

2008-07-23T22:12:39+02:00

A Christian father in Pakistan is trying without success to gain custody through the courts of his two pre-teen daughters who were kidnapped and made to convert to Islam - writes Anto Akkara.

USA: OBAMA'S VISIT, GAZA REFUGEE CAMP IS WORKING FOR HIM

2008-07-23T22:07:47+02:00

(ANSAmed) - GAZA, JULY 22 - On the computer there is a big image of Democratic candidate Barack Obama. The rooms are swarming with

BIG NEWS: "Model" Hamtramckstan Muslim Councilman Arrested for Beating Wife

2008-07-23T22:10:41+02:00

I've written a great deal about Hamtramck, Michigan, the city wholly surrounded by Detroit that once was home to Polish immigrants' homes and businesses (including my great-great-uncle Chaim's shoe shop), but

Arabs buy New York landmark for $840m

2008-07-19T23:55:52+02:00

The Abu Dhabi Investment Council had bought the landmark New York skyscraper the Chrysler Building for $US800million ($A839.6million), sources close to the deal said.

Almost half of Egyptian women harassed daily: poll

2008-07-19T23:53:10+02:00

CAIRO (AFP) - Almost half of Egyptian women are sexually harassed on a daily basis with more than half of Egyptian men admitting lewd behaviour, the Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights said on Thursday.

Yemen: Christian arrests may herald new era of persecution

2008-07-15T16:10:05+02:00

AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- On 18 June Yemeni news source Al Sahwa reported that Yemeni political security forces in Hodiada province had arrested a "missionary cell" of seven people and charged them with promoting Christianity and distributing the Bible

Three British Muslims admit bid to bomb Heathrow and Commons with liquid explosives

2008-07-15T16:07:51+02:00

Three British Muslims yesterday admitted plotting to explode a homemade bomb at the Houses of Parliament in protest at the UK's role in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Firsts in sectarian conflict

2008-07-09T10:15:45+02:00

An illicit affair between a 17-year-old Coptic man and an 18-year-old Muslim married woman from the town of Tamiya in Fayoum resulted in Muslim demonstrations and the torching of Copts’ property last week. A Coptic-owned supermarket, timber store, and kiosk were

Release warns of persecution threat against British Muslim converts

2008-07-09T10:11:59+02:00

A growing number of Christians in Britain from a Muslim background are facing harassment and persecution, warns Release International.

Glenn Beck: Women causing rapes?

2008-07-03T16:57:31+02:00

GLENN: Let me go to Brad Thor. Hello, Brad.

THOR: Hi, Glenn, how are you doing?

GLENN: Good, sir. Where are you?

THOR: I'm in Chicago just starting out on my tour