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June 2011

Recent Incidents of Persecution in India An irate mob in Bellparao, Nainital, on June 12 barged into the marriage re-ception of a convert Christian couple from Sikhism, Suresh Chand and Aarti Shan, accused them of not following Sikh rituals and damaged property worth 60,000 rupees (US$1,315). At about 5 p.m,...Read more
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Exodus:20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. See All... :"For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all...Read more
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Christ’s call is to save the lost, not the stiff-necked; He came not to call scoffers but sinners to repentance; not to build and furnish comfortable chapels, churches, and cathedrals at home in which to rock Christian professors to sleep by means of clever essays, stereotyped prayers, and artistic musical...Read more
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Who Called the “Palestinians” “Trash?” [Excerpt] The mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, was quoted [the week of June 19] as saying that Palestinians are no longer welcome in his country. He also condemned Palestinians as “trash,” and said that he’s not afraid of their weapons. Sheikh Qabbani’s remarks...Read more
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Cancer more compatible with alternate lifestyles [Excerpts] According to a recent report, homosexual men are twice as likely to get cancer than heterosexual men -- findings that one California-based doctor says show the risks of alternate lifestyles. Results published in the journal Cancer show that the high number of homosexual...Read more
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Christianity: Growing, and under siege [Excerpts] Around the world, and especially in Africa and Asia, Christian populations are suffering severe discrimination and brutal attacks. Thousands are being killed. Systematic campaigns are being waged against Christians simply because of their faith, and it is not too dramatic to suggest that these...Read more
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Burma's Christian Refugees in India Demand Protection [Excerpts] Thousands of refugees who fled Christian persecution in Burma’s Chin state held a procession in New Delhi to mark the 60th World Refugee Day Monday, demanding legal protection in India and religious freedom back home. “Our supreme aspiration” is to “live in...Read more
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The most groundless of all of the assumptions of the radical critics with regard to the text of the Old Testament Scriptures is that the text, as it emerged into historic times, had already been so changed from its original form as to be utterly unrecognizable by its own composers...Read more
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‘Stop thinking of her as a person’: a page from Planned Parenthood’s dating playbook [Excerpts] On their [May 9, 2011] Facebook page, Planned Parenthood posted [a] New York Times op-ed ( http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/fashion/08Modern.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2 ) written by a young man reflecting, as he takes his girlfriend Sam to buy the abortifacient hormone...Read more
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Killing Israeli Children Is OK A senior Iranian cleric, who is known as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s spiritual mentor, has urged followers to continue suicide attacks against Israelis, including children. Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah, considered one of the Islamic Republic’s most radical clerics, issued a religious edict on his website whereby...Read more
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