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Hindu Group Offered Reward to Kill Christians
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Extremist Hindu groups offered money, food and alcohol to mobs to kill Christians and destroy their homes, according to Christian aid workers in the eastern India state of Orissa.

The U.S.-based head of Good News India, a Christian organization that runs several orphanages in Orissa — one of India’s poorest regions — claims that Christian leaders are being targeted by Hindu militants and carry a price on their heads. "The going price to kill a pastor is $250," said Faiz Rahman, the chairman of Good News India.

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India's Plan to Eliminate Christians
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India's Campaign to Eliminate Christians

Chuck Colson

BreakPoint

If you were asked to name a country where it is dangerous to be a Christian, you would probably name an Islamic country or a dictatorship like China. You probably wouldn’t name the largest democracy in the world, India. Yet some of the most horrific persecution of Christians is taking place in its state of Orissa.

On August 23, a Hindu nationalist known as “Guruji” was shot to death along with four of his followers. While Guruji had many enemies and was mostly likely killed by Maoist guerillas, a local newspaper blamed Christians for his death. The result was a wave of anti-Christian violence that has killed at least 25 people, burned at least 50 churches, and destroyed at least 4,000 Christian homes.

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The Plight of Christians in Iraq
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The Plight of Christians in Iraq

By Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com | 9/24/2008

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is William J. Murray, the chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition in Washington, DC. During the early 1980's, he served as director of Freedom's Friends, an organization which reached out to the victims of communism worldwide. In the 1990's, he founded the first commercial Bible publishing company in the Soviet Union. For many years his organizations operated evangelistic tours to the Soviet Union for Christians.

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UN Plan to Make Christians Criminals?--WND
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U.N. scheme to make Christians criminals

Sharia-following Islamic nations demanding anti-'defamation' law

Posted: July 10, 2008

By Bob Unruh

WorldNetDaily

Dozens of nations dominated by Islam are pressing the United Nations to adopt an anti-"defamation" plan that would make Christians criminals under international law, according to a United States organization that has launched a campaign to defend freedom of religion worldwide.

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The Plight of Christians in the Middle East
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The Plight of Christians in the Middle East

By Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com | 7/9/2008

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Pierre Rehov, a French filmmaker who has filmed six documentaries on the Palestinian Intifada. One of his recent documentaries, Suicide Killers, explores the psychology of suicide bombers. It is based on interviews with the victims of suicide bombers, the families of suicide bombers, would-be bombers themselves, and experts on suicide killer mentality. He has just completed a film: "First Comes Saturday, Then Comes Sunday," which explores the plight of Christians in Lebanon, Egypt and Palestinian Territories. He is also working on a film, "Proliferation," which documents the contagion of suicide killing around the world, including inside the U.S. He recently moved to the U.S.

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Biblical Message Now Criminalized--WND
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Biblical message now criminalized

Penalties created for those criticizing homosexuality outside church walls

Posted: June 12, 2008

By Bob Unruh

WorldNetDaily

A new Colorado law is helping homosexual activists achieve their goal of forcing Christians to teach biblical condemnation of homosexuality only behind the closed doors of their sanctuaries.

The as-yet untested state law promotes sexual identity "perception" to the level of skin color under state discrimination laws.

Some opponents are calling it a "bona fide censorship law," and top analysts for Focus on the Family, the Christian publishing and broadcast powerhouse, are expressing concern over the "mischief" they expect to follow the signing by Gov. Bill Ritter.

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Christians Thrown to Lions--21st Century Style
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CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

But today it seems that being a believer is not so costly, and direct persecution does not appear to be happening. But there is plenty of indirect persecution taking place, in the form of discrimination laws, equal opportunity legislation, and those wretched hate crime laws. And one never quite knows where one stands in relation to these laws, especially the religious vilification laws.

These laws are notoriously vague and arbitrary, so that one can in good faith be doing one’s Christian thing, and the next moment be dragged off to some tribunal for offending someone or vilifying somebody. No one is safe under such draconian and malicious legislation.

Let me give you a pretend example. Let’s say you are concerned about the well-being of children, and are tired of so-called artists taking liberties with children (as happened in Sydney recently), and being allowed to live above the law in this regard. So you might preach a sermon one Sunday on such activities, and denounce the sin of child abuse and paedophilia.

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In Britain, Christians are Criminals
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CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

In Britain, the Christians Are Criminals: Second UK Couple Rejected as Foster Parents Due to Religious Beliefs
Stephen Green, national director of [British group] Christian Voice, said, “It seems that Christians are gradually being squeezed out of the adoption process. It’s exactly what we said would happen. In the name of equality, it’s discriminating against Christians.”

By Peter LaBarbera

The once-great nation of Britain is being reduced to a bastion of politically correct silliness. Is America next? So now British couples aren’t qualified to raise children unless they can recite pro-”gay” shibboleths?

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Christian Fundamentalists are Becoming Outcasts
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CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW: TIM WILDMON

I am Christian fundamentalist. Meaning, for one, that I believe in the above declaration by Jesus Christ. This claim by Christ I believe to be absolute truth. For sure, when compared to other religious belief systems, this is an exclusionary statement.

It divides people. Either you subscribe to it, or you don’t. There is no in between. This is not a gray area. There are other quotes like this from Jesus found in the scripture. For instance in John 3:3 he says this: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” In Luke 13:3 he said: “No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
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Gaza's Christian Population Wanes--Wash.Times
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A small group of Palestinian Christians stands outside Gaza City's Baptist Church on a Sunday morning, waiting for the generator to power up. The church is cold and dark in the dead of winter, Israel having reduced fuel supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas to halt rocket fire into Israel.

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The Suffering of Secret Believers
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For many people around the world, religious freedom is an alien concept. No “First Amendment” protects them. No tradition of religious liberty permits them to worship according to their own consciences. If they go to a church that isn’t the “accepted” church, they risk ostracism, assault, torture, jail … even death.

The fact is, Christians are persecuted around the world on a daily basis -- it’s just that their stories are largely unknown.
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Killing Korean Christians
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FRONTPAGE MAG

But perhaps the Taliban’s beastly attacks upon unarmed Christians deserve more attention than any carelessness by the Korean sojourners. Christian missionaries across the centuries, dating to the age of the Apostles, have long been careless about their safety, often to the point of martyrdom. Most especially, church groups in the West might be expected to express more outrage over the abduction and murder of their fellow Christians, 18 of whom are women.

To date, groups such as the National Council of Churches in the U.S. have said nothing publicly about the outrages. Neither have most mainline denominations. The news service of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), without publishing any comments from its own denominational officials, felt obliged to report about the Korean Presbyterian Church’s own prayerful appeal about the hostages
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Liberal Contempt for Christians
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"Liberals hate religion because politics is a religion substitute for liberals and they can't stand the competition." -- Ann Coulter

Most liberals in this country tend to treat Christians one of two ways: either with open, sniggering contempt or if they think they need their votes, they tend to switch over to hamhanded and grotesque pandering. That's not to say that there aren't liberal Christians, there are plenty of them, but they've just become accustomed to being treated by their fellow liberals like the sort of refuse you scrape off your shoes after a long walk through a cow pasture.
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Beware of the Christian Jihad--Spencer
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Beware the Christian Jihad?
By Robert Spencer
FrontPageMagazine.com

A new book that is climbing the New York Times Bestseller List warns Americans of a dedicated minority of religious fanatics who are hijacking a great religion and actively working to destroy the United States Constitution and set up a theocracy in America, in which nonbelievers will be discriminated against or even summarily killed. Nor is their nefarious vision confined to the United States alone: this small but influential and wealthy band of religious zealots is also trying to turn events in the Middle East to their own advantage, so as to advance their religious agenda there also. View Full Article

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A Warning About "Christian Fascists"
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Chris Hedges, a senior fellow at The Nation Institute, has found his fear and it seems to be controlling his every waking thought much like that of one engulfed in racist hate. He has become that frightened little boy under the covers, fearing that demon in the closet and imagining it following him everywhere. But Hedges' demon isn't one of horns and hell-fire for his demon appears in the form of Christianity.

Jesus is Hedges' boogyman.

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The World's Top Ten Persecutors of Christians
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has just released its annual Hall of Shame Awards. This list details the world's top ten persecutors of Christians.

This report calls attention to a growing trend that shows the source of Christian persecution shifting from nations with Communist governments to Islamic nations.

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War on Christianity Begins Anew--Limbaugh
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War on Christianity begins anew

By David Limbaugh

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | In this self-congratulatory age of multiculturalism and hyper-tolerance, what religion other than Christianity is treated as inherently offensive? In fact, haven't our cultural high priests instructed that we dare not find other religions offensive, but must even enthusiastically embrace them for contributing to our diversity of ideas and values?

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Plea for Help for Indonesia Christians
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AgapePress) - The director of a Christian human rights group says persecution of Christians is on the rise throughout Indonesia. Ann Buwalda, director of the Virginia-based Jubilee Campaign, says recent developments in that country have heightened concerns for her and her staff.

Jubilee Campaign, which monitors countries known for persecuting Christians, reports that rapid growth of Christianity across Indonesia has caused Muslims to claim that Christianity must be resisted with force. In recent years the government of Indonesia has closed more than 150 churches in the capital city of Jakarta and throughout the island of Java, the country's most populous island.

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Being a Christian in an Islamic World--Colson
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The Dangers of Being Christian in the Islamic World
Chuck Colson
BreakPoint

This past Good Friday, a man entered Mar Girgis Church in Alexandria, Egypt, and stabbed one worshipper to death and wounded two others. He then went to another church and stabbed three other Christians. The events in Alexandria were a reminder of the, at best, tenuous status of Christians in the Islamic world. The Egyptian government immediately dismissed the possibility that animus toward Christians played a role in the attacks. Egypt's Interior Ministry said that the attacker suffered from "psychological disturbances." How convenient.

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Palestinian Christians Face Continuing Persecution
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Palestinian Christians Face Increased Persecution
Ginny McCabe
Contributing Writer--Crosswalk.com

Persecution is having such a devastating effect on Palestinian Christians that thousands are abandoning their Christian faith and leaving their homelands. In 15 to 20 years, experts anticipate that conditions will only intensify.

"My specific interest in the plight of Christians living in Palestinian society began eight years ago when I met a Christian lay pastor who, knowing that I was a human rights lawyer, urged me to investigate the human rights abuses directed at Muslims who converted to Christianity," said Israeli attorney and author Justus Reid Weiner, referencing the background for his new book, Human Rights of Christians in Palestinian Society. View Full Article

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Christians Under Siege Globally
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Christians under siege globally, Land, others say

Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (BP)--American Christians may live with concerns about whether “Merry Christmas” greetings are welcome at their local retailers or in the public square, but followers of Christ in numerous countries live with the knowledge that expressing their faith may result in torture, imprisonment or death.

The persecution of Christians overseas continues and, in some countries, is increasing, specialists on international religious liberty said at a Dec. 14 briefing at the U.S. Capitol.

Charles Chaput, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Denver, said three things distinguish persecution of and discrimination against Christians globally.

“First of all, it’s ugly,” said Chaput, a member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). “Secondly, it’s growing. And third, the mass media ... seem to generally ignore or downplay its gravity.”
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Anti-Christian Rampage
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They came in buses to the small village of Sangla Hill in the Nankana district of Punjab in Pakistan.

Some 2,000 organized Muslims first vandalized three churches, a nuns' convent, two Catholic schools, the houses of a Protestant pastor and a Catholic priest, a girls' hostel and some Christian homes, according to Asia News.

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Churches Burn, U.N. Watches
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Jihadists continue their campaign of burning churches and persecuting Christians in Kosovo, the land "liberated" by U.S. and NATO forces in the 1990s, reports Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

While German and French peacekeepers watch the religious atrocities, Italian and U.S. soldiers have put their lives on the line to defend the Christian minority.

That story is breaking now at the premium, online, intelligence newsletter published by the founder of WND.

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Muslims Mobs Burn Christian Homes
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Sources in Pakistan report a radical Muslim mob has attacked Christian homes in three areas near Peshawar, Pakistan.

According to Voice of the Martyrs, which aids persecuted Christians around the world, the Tuesday attacks came after a Christian man was accused earlier that day of burning pages with Quranic verses written on them.

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Saudis Shred Bibles
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CNSNews.com) - Bibles found in the possession of visitors to Saudi Arabia are routinely confiscated by customs officials, and in some cases copies allegedly have been put through a paper shredder, according to religious rights campaigners.

Reports from the Islamic world of the abuse of Bibles and other items important to Christians emerge from time to time, but generally have little impact - in contrast to the wave of Muslim anger sparked by a Newsweek report, since retracted, of Koran desecration by the U.S. military.

"The Muslims respect the Koran far more than Christians respect the Bible," says Danny Nalliah, a Sri Lankan-born evangelical pastor now based in Australia.
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Hating the Religious Right--Weekly Standard
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Hating the 'Religious Right'
Hugh Hewitt
The Weekly Standard

THE TERRI SCHIAVO TRAGEDY has been seized on by long-time critics of the "religious right" to launch attack after attack on the legitimacy of political action on the basis of religious belief. This attack has ignored the inconvenient participation in the debate--on the side of resuming water and nutrition for Terri Schiavo--of the spectacularly not-the-religious-rightness of Tom Harkin, Nat Hentoff, Jesse Jackson, and a coalition of disability advocacy groups.

The attack has also been hysterical. After Congress acted--ineffectively, it turned out--Maureen Dowd proclaimed that "theocracy" had arrived in the land. Paul Krugman warned that assassination of liberals by extremists was not far off. And the Internet frenzy on the left was even more extreme.

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Life of Fear for Arab Christians
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"Christians, natives of Arab countries, are escaping their countries of origin," says Iraqi columnist Majid Azaza. "The reason is the harassment to which they are subjected by government agencies on the one hand, and extremist groups on the other hand, in countries they have inhabited for thousands of years."
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Maher: Christians Have "Neurological Disorder"
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TESTING THE FAITH

Bill Maher: Christians have neurological disorder

Says parents 'drill' religion into kids' heads using biblical 'fairy tales'

Television personality Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," says Christians and others who are religious suffer from a neurological disorder that "stops people from thinking."

Appearing as a guest on MSNBC's "Scarborough Country" this week, Maher told host Joe Scarborough:

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"Hate Crime Laws" and Christians--WND
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TESTING THE FAITH

Hate-crimes law infringes on 1st Amendment?

Group decries 'ethnic intimidation' charge against Philly Christians

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

A pro-family group in Pennsylvania is taking to task legislators who promised that adding "sexual orientation" to the state's hate-crimes law would not infringe upon the First Amendment rights of Christians.

The American Family Association of Pennsylvania points to the arrest and charging of five Christian who evangelized at a Philadelphia homosexual event. One of the charges the protesters face is "ethnic intimidation," possible only because "sexual orientation" was added to the hate-crimes law in 2002.

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Tyranny of the Minority--Hal Lindsey
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Tyranny of the minority

To secularists and scoffers, a Christian is somebody who believes in fairytales. A Christian who regularly goes to church has the added burden of having to be able to check his brains at the door. The disdain with which the secularists view Christians is nowhere more apparent than in the rantings of the liberal left about the "red states" and their simple-minded philosophy of being for God and guns, but against gays (the "God, guns and gays" formula as articulated by Howard Dean before he lost the nomination).

After the election, some brilliant satirist drew up a map that joined the blue states to Canada and labeled the red states as "JesusLand." It is unclear whether it was intended as an insult or a compliment, so I chose to take it as the latter.

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Christians in the Crossfire--Malkin/WND
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Christians in the crossfire

Yes, it's maddening when politically correct bureaucrats ban nativity scenes and Christmas carols in the name of "diversity" and "tolerance." We are under attack by Secularist Grinches Gone Wild. But the war on Christmas in America is a mere skirmish.

Around the world, a bloody, repressive war on Christians rages on.

In Iraq, Islamist rebel troops have declared open season on Christian churches, priests and missionaries. In February, four American pastors were traveling in a taxi near the capital when terrorists ambushed them. Rev. John Kelley – pastor of Curtis Corner Baptist Church in rural Rhode Island and a former Marine – was killed in the attack. The missionaries were starting up a new church south of Baghdad.

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Christian Persecution: When Will the World Notice?
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Persecution of Christians: When Will the World Notice?
By Robert Spencer

The latest outrage in Egypt has been, like all the others, almost universally ignored by the international media and human rights groups. Wafaa Constantine Messiha, wife of a Coptic priest in Egypt, was abducted by jihadist Muslims and forced to convert to Islam. The Mubarak regime has done nothing. This is no isolated incident: Wilfred Wong of the Jubilee Campaign, a Christian human rights group, notes that “the attempts to force Christians to convert to Islam in Egypt are on the increase and the methods are getting increasingly varied and well organized. Some of these forced conversions are carried out by Muslim individuals, with the help of their friends, while others are being conducted by well funded groups.”

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It's Open Season On Christians
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Open Season on Christians
by Rabbi Daniel Lapin

One-time girlfriend of quirky California Gov. Jerry Brown in the '70s, singer Linda Ronstadt has been busy lately. She dedicated her song "Desperado" to Michael Moore and his bogus-mentary, "Fahrenheit 911," she got herself tossed out of the Aladdin casino in Las Vegas, and she gave an interview to a newspaper. Although I doubt this was her intention, she has actually taught us three lessons: One, she and many of her fellow entertainers do have a religion, I'd call it "secular fundamentalism." Two, it's open season on Christians, the last unprotected minority in America. Her third lesson, well, I'll tell you that in a minute.

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Iran Terrorizes Christians--Christianity Today
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Bearing the Cross: Out-of-Control Clerics

Official scourgings and vigilante "enforcers" in Iran terrorize Christians.

An Iranian christian fled his country last September after authorities in Tehran lashed him for leaving Islam and evangelizing Muslims. Identified only as Hooman, upon his release he escaped to Turkey with his Muslim wife.

"He had been whipped, and the authorities were going to deal with him in an even more severe manner," says Abe Ghaffari, executive director of Iranian Christians International (ICI). "He was persecuted by vigilantes as well. A motorcycle rider stabbed him and tried to kill him."

Apparently the vigilante was a member of the terrorist group Hezbollah, Ghaffari says, "but in Iran they are like local enforcers."

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Mocking Christians In Hollywood--Falwell
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Mocking Christians in Hollywood

A new film is coming under criticism from a Christian film and television organization because it mocks Christianity and depicts those who follow Christ as foolish and irrational.

According to Ted Baehr, founder of the Christian Film & Television Commission ministry, the film "Saved!" which will be released on May 28, purposely ridicules Christians. I watched the movie trailer for this film today and was saddened to see that the Christian characters are portrayed as virtual nitwits.

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How Fundamentalist Christians Are Viewed
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To understand what is happening in the Middle East, you must first understand what is happening in Texas. To understand what is happening there, you should read the resolutions passed at the state's Republican party conventions last month. Take a look, for example, at the decisions made in Harris County, which covers much of Houston.
The delegates began by nodding through a few uncontroversial matters: homosexuality is contrary to the truths ordained by God; "any mechanism to process, license, record, register or monitor the ownership of guns" should be repealed; income tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and corporation tax should be abolished; and immigrants should be deterred by electric fences. Thus fortified, they turned to the real issue: the affairs of a small state 7,000 miles away. It was then, according to a participant, that the "screaming and near fist fights" began.

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Christianity Under Fire--Falwell/WND
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Biblical Christianity under fire

Recent circumstances have led me to believe that Christians in America are increasingly at risk of becoming not just perpetual objects of ridicule, but potentially of being openly persecuted and punished for their beliefs by those pressing the absurd "tolerance" agenda.

One needs to look no further than the recent verbal assaults on President Bush, who is outspoken about his Christianity, to see how secularists are seeking to condemn him because of his sincerely held beliefs.

In author Bob Woodward's new book, "Plan of Attack," President Bush is quoted as saying he prayed "for the strength to do the Lord's will" before committing the nation to war in Iraq.

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Believers Tortured To Abandon Christianity--WND
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FAITH UNDER FIRE

Believers tortured to abandon Christianity

Communist regime using painful drug injections, says report

(c) 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Vietnam's communist government is torturing Christians of the ethnic Hmong minority into abandoning their faith, according to documentation by a Washington, D.C.-based human-rights group.

A letter written by Zong Xiong Hang, a Hmong Christian, describes the use of painful drug injections administered by Vietnamese military personnel to force Hmong in Na Ling village in northwestern Lai Chau province "to not believe in Jesus," according to the Center for Religious Freedom at Freedom House.

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Anti-Religion "Grinches"--Falwell
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Anti-religion 'Grinches'

Jerry Falwell

The anti-religion Grinches are out in full force this Christmas season. In fact, Christmas has become a dirty word in many areas of society as groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State continue to instill their vision of a Godless public square on our nation.

Mathew Staver, president and general counsel for the Orlando, Fla.-based Liberty Council, is on the front lines of the religious freedom battlefield. He has reported on just a few religious freedom outrages going on right now.

In Wisconsin, for example, public school officials have mandated that students must amend "religious" words in Christmas carols they will sing during a concert. The students have been prohibited from using words that refer to "Jesus" or "God" and instead must substitute "secular" words and phrases.

In Michigan, public school officials recently separated all "religious" books on the holidays (Hanukkah and Christmas) and placed them in a separate room. These books are now out of sight and out of reach of the students, Mr. Staver said.

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The Offensiveness Of Christianity--Limbaugh
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The 'Offensiveness' of Christianity

David Limbaugh

It amazes me that people can still, with a straight face, deny that Christians are the subjects of systematic discrimination in this country. Every time I turn around there's more evidence.

Since my book "Persecution" was released I've seen enough additional examples to give me a good start on a sequel, not that I've decided to write one at this point. But I continue to encounter liberals who pooh pooh the idea that it is even possible to discriminate against a majority group.

No matter how much proof you show them, they wave their hands dismissively and say, "Those are just loony examples of kooks out there that certainly aren't representative of any widespread discrimination." Well, if that's the case, why do we keep seeing these cases in the news?

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Jewish, Muslim Symbols OK, Not Christian
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Mom Sues School to Allow Nativity Scene--Fox News

NEW YORK - If a Christmas tree can stand in a school's halls during the holidays, then a model of baby Jesus and his manger should also be welcomed, contends a Queens, N.Y., mother who is going to court to prove her point.

Andrea Skoros (search) sued the New York City public school system after being told her kids' Nativity scene could not be a part of the holiday display although a Hanukkah menorah (search) and the star and crescent representing Islam could be exhibited.

A federal judge in Brooklyn Thursday held a procedural conference on the suit and Skoros hopes the ban will soon be overturned.

School officials say that all displays must be secular in nature and chose a Christmas tree to symbolize the holiday but Skoros said this a double standard.

"I felt that it is only fair if they are going to display the menorah, which is a religious symbol, that they also display the Nativity scene instead of just snowmen and stockings and Christmas trees."

While school officials wouldn't discuss the lawsuit, legal briefs field said it has "drawn an appropriate line between secular holiday decorations those that are purely religious."

The New York Civil Liberties Union (search) agreed: "The Constitution prohibits government from promoting religion, any religion, and that means that public schools can be in the business of promoting religion," Donna Lieberman of the NYCLU said

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The War On Christianity--Hal Lindsey
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War on religion ... or just Christianity?
(c) 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

The Supreme Court is about to hear a challenge from a former divinity student who was denied a state scholarship because he wanted to study for ministry. The Court appears deeply divided over the case of Joshua Davey, who lost a state merit scholarship when he declared theology as his major.

The Supreme Court is split. At least four justices seem to agree that the state of Washington was within its rights to deny the money to Davey. The other four seemed, according to legal experts, to side with Davey. The swing vote is Sandra Day O'Connor, as is often the case.

The Davey case is critical, since the high court ruled last year that it is constitutional to allow parents to use public money to send their children to private religious schools. So, in this case, the question isn't whether the government can use public money to underwrite religious education. The Court has already decided it can.

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Liberals Treat Christianity As Cancer--Limbaugh
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Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com

In his new, best-selling book, "Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity," David Limbaugh exposes the outrageous bias and discrimination against Christians. Read Part I in this series, Intolerant 'Liberals' Wage War on Christianity.
The extremity of the war against Christianity was manifested in Madison, Wis., where transit authorities sought to honor the late Mother Teresa by putting her image on the metro pass in April 2003, a distinction later planned for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi.

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Fashionably Blasting The Gospel -- Falwell
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Fashionably blasting the gospel

(c) 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

There is a growing effort in America to malign the gospel of Christ and assail those who embrace that gospel.

At the forefront of this blatant endeavor is the attack against actor/director Mel Gibson, whose film "The Passion", an unambiguous recounting of the final hours in the life of Christ, is being reproved by leftist Jewish organizations that accuse the film of being anti-Semitic.

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Could Bible Be Banned In America?--Hal Lindsey
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Will the Bible be banned in America?

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Certain parts of the Bible are already being banned from public display in America. An Alabama Judge has been ordered to remove a two-ton stone display with the Ten Commandments on it from the courthouse.

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