Christians Under Attack

                                                                                                                              In the past few months acts of violence against Christians and minorities have escalated in the Middle East. The situation is especially bad for Christians in countries such as Egypt,

Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Kerry, who ran against Bush, was supported by homosexuals and nudists. But it was Bush who won [the elections], because he is Christian, right-wing, tenacious, and unyielding. In other words, the religious overcame the perverted. So we cannot blame all Americans and Westerners.

Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in Egypt are opposed to the global effort to fight terrorism, according to the 15-nation Pew Global Attitudes Project. 82 per cent of respondents in the country say they oppose the U.S.-led endeavour.

THOSE killed in the 2002 Bali bombings had been destined to die by God, radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir said today.

The families they have left behind should now convert to Islam, he said.

Conversion would give the bereaved relatives "salvation and peace".

(guardian.co.uk)  The trial of Oriana Fallaci, a journalist and author accused of defaming Islam in a book, was opened and adjourned yesterday in an Italian court.  The...

The parents of a Marine who died in Iraq are urging President Bush to help ensure their son continues to be memorialized under a historic cross threatened by a judge's order.

 Muslim group is demanding that the Baltimore County school system remove Jewish holidays from the 2006-07 school calendar.

DETROIT — A 16-year-old honor student from Michigan snookered her mother into getting her a passport and then flew to the Mideast to be with a West Bank man she met on MySpace.com, authorities say.

A public-interest legal group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals allowing a California public school to engage in a three-week intensive course for 7th graders on how to "become Muslims."

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Many adults in the Netherlands hold strong views on the way Muslims adapt to the European continent, according to a poll by Motivaction released by GPD. 63 per cent of respondents believe think Islam is incompatible with modern European life.