Bible college bombed in Sudan
By Online Thursday, February 9, 2012
(Source: Samaritan’s Purse)
A Bible school supported by Samaritan’s Purse was destroyed on February 1 in the latest bombing raid to hit South Kordofan, a Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan (for more on South Sudan, click here). Eight bombs were dropped in the area of Heiban Bible College during the school’s first day of classes. According to eyewitness accounts, the bombing required a sustained effort with at least four flyover passes.
A New Crime Wave at American Universities: What has China to do with State U?By Christian Newswire Tuesday, February 7, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C., The following commentary is submitted by Dr. Michael A. Milton.
A sinister wave of crime is sweeping American university campuses. Even the most prestigious universities like Vanderbilt University in Nashville are not exempt. Indeed, these types of criminal activity have spread like a hideous contagion to state universities, SUNY Buffalo being the most recent site. And the most alarming part of it all? The criminals are those who are running the schools. No, I am not talking about white collar crimes. I am not talking about violence. I am talking about what Dr. Michael M. Jordan of Hillsdale College has called “pedagogical crime”—that is educational crime—which can result in his sobering phrase: “cultural suicide.”
Ugandan convert to Christianity flees countryBy Online Thursday, February 2, 2012
(Source: Compass Direct News)
A convert to Christianity who was formerly a member of a Muslim extremist group has fled Uganda and is in hiding in Kenya. Hassan Sharif Lubenga, 54, was was a sheikh and a member of a violent Islamist group. In June 2011, after dreams and visions in which Jesus appeared to him, Hassan made a full commitment to follow Christ.
Extremists have been threatening Hassan since 2007, when he first began to speak of dreams and visions of Christ. Dangers peaked when Muslims saw him visiting a church. By April 2010, one of his four wives poisoned him because of his budding faith in Christ, leaving him unconscious. Due to increasing hostility, Hassan fled to Kenya in July 2011. Upon returning to Uganda in September, he learned that extremists and his former colleagues were threatening to kill him.
Overseas Chinese Christian Businesswoman Who Visited House Churches in China is Kidnapped, TorturedBy Christian Newswire Friday, January 27, 2012
LOS ANGELES, A Chinese Christian businesswoman from Canada who visited China late last year was kidnapped and tortured by Chinese state security agents after she visited two persecuted Chinese house churches during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, ChinaAid has learned.
Update: Ugandan girl tortured by her father for her faith walks again
By Online Thursday, January 26, 2012
Update: Ugandan girl tortured by her father for her faith walks again
(Source: Compass Direct News)
A 15-year-old Christian girl in Uganda is slowly regaining the use of her legs after her father, in an attempt to make her convert back to Islam, confined her in a small room and deprived her of adequate food and water.
Susan Ithungu was locked in a room for six months after accepting Christ as her Saviour in 2010 (for more information, click here). She weighed just 20 kilograms when she was finally rescued after her brother informed neighbours of his sister’s life-threatening condition. The two children lived alone with their father who was arrested last fall when the girl was removed from the home by police and hospitalized for more than a month. Susan’s father was quickly released, however, and remains unapologetic for the abuse. Susan now lives in a rented house in an undisclosed location.
“Well-wishers have been paying the house rent and buying me food and clothing,” said Susan, who added that she has forgiven her father. A church member, Biira Dreda, left her own four children with family to care for Susan. Susan has begun to walk with support, but cannot squat or stand upright due to the amount of time she spent immobilized. She hopes to return to school soon, but remains in very fragile condition.
Please pray that Susan will continue to make progress in her physical and emotional healing. Pray that she will regain full use of her legs and will be strong enough to continue in her studies. Pray that her brother and her father will see Christ’s love in Susan and that they will be brought to salvation. Please pray for Biira; pray that her love and compassion for Susan will be rewarded with abundant blessings.
Iranian-Born American Writer Amil Imani speaks out against Satanic IslamBy Sher Zieve Monday, January 23, 2012
For many years, Amil Imani has stood against the brutal and patently evil onslaught of Islam which continues to attack the population of his former country Iran—and now the world. Early on, Amil realized the inherent dangers associated with Islam. He and his family were able to flee the country after the Islamic revolution that was foisted upon Iran and in a recent phone conversation, Amil advised me that Iran had—culturally and historically—never been a Muslim nation until they were invaded by Islam…which was largely due to former Democrat US President Jimmy Carter He also very correctly advises his audience that the Left and Islam are part of the same insidious cabal.
Update: Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan fasting, praying and forgivingBy Online Thursday, January 19, 2012
(Source: VOM-USA, Atlas Shrugs)
Asia Bibi, a Christian wife and mother sentenced to die for allegedly committing blasphemy against Islam, says she has forgiven those who are persecuting her (for more, click here). She recently told a Pakistani journalist, who asked her a list of questions prepared by an American journalist, that she spends her time praying and fasting for her family and other persecuted Christians.
Asia is confined to a cell and is allowed to go outside 30 minutes each day. She sees her two daughters and husband one hour each week. Asia told her interviewer one of the prison workers recently tried to strangle her, and she must prepare her own food since it is feared she will be poisoned if workers in the prison prepare it. Life for All is supporting her family and has hired a lawyer to try and overturn the conviction. She says she is hopeful that she will be released, but there is a bounty of about $8,000 offered by the Islamic clerics to anyone who will kill her. Asia says she is content that her future is in God’s hands and she will accept His will.
Please pray that Asia’s young daughters and husband will rely on the Lord as a source of strength and hope. Pray that Asia’s forgiving heart will be used by God to inspire others to forgive and show love. Please pray that the ongoing petition for Asia hosted by VOM-USA at www.CallForMercy.com will help lead to her release.
Find out more about the trials facing Christians in Pakistan at the Pakistan Country Report.
New Rock Band, Madison Rising Shows Our Country Finally Heading Into The Right Direction?By Warner Todd Huston Sunday, January 15, 2012
News from the band Madison Rising…
Could a pro-American and openly conservative rock band charting in the top 100 on both iTunes and Amazon.com be a sign that our country is starting to move in the right direction? Maybe so, given the fact that Madison Rising, a phenomenal new band lead by a Navy veteran Dave Bray is climbing rock charts while promoting the principles of liberty, independence, smaller government and personal responsibility.
For Polish Americans, Christmas is more than just one day
By Frank Milewski Thursday, January 12, 2012
Brooklyn, N.Y. .. In America’s Polish community, Christmas is more than just one day. It’s a season. They don’t merely sing about the twelve days of Christmas. They observe them.
When the Downstate New York Division of the Polish American Congress holds its annual Christmas party – the “Oplatek” – it customarily does it on the twelfth day, Epiphany Sunday.
Epiphany Sunday commemorates the visit the Wise Men from the East paid to the “Little Town of Bethlehem.”
Deviating a bit from the script this year, however, one of the visitors who came to the Polish American Congress “Oplatek” was someone from the West. The Northwest, to be precise.
Convert from Islam whipped in public in SomaliaBy Online Thursday, January 12, 2012
(Source: Compass Direct News)
A Somali convert from Islam was paraded before a cheering crowd recently and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a “foreign religion.” Sofia Osman, a 28-year-old Christian from Janale city in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, had been taken into custody by al Shabaab militants in November.
The public whipping was meant to mark her release. She received 40 lashes on December 22 while jeered by spectators. ” was whipped 40 lashes ... but she didn’t tell what other humiliations she had suffered while in the hands of the militants,” an eyewitness said, adding that the whipping left her bleeding. “I saw her faint. I thought she had died, but soon she regained consciousness and her family took her away.” The whipping was administered in front of hundreds of spectators after Sofia was released from her month-long custody in al Shabaab camps.
In the days after the punishment while Sofia was nursing her injuries at her family’s home, she would not talk to anyone and looked dazed, a source close in touch with the family said. “Please pray for her quick recovery,” the source added.
Pray the Lord will completely heal Sofia of all physical and emotional injuries. Ask the Lord to protect her from further harm. Pray that she will rest in the knowledge that the Good Shepherd walks with her through this difficult time (Psalm 23). Pray her faithful testimony will be used as a witness for the gospel. Pray for all Christians in Somalia.
To post a prayer for Sofia, please visit our Persecuted Church Prayer Wall. To learn more about persecution in Somalia, visit the Somalia Country Report.
Three Fundamental Mistakes in Dealing with IslamBy Daniel Greenfield Thursday, January 12, 2012
We made three fundamental mistakes in our dealings with Islam. First, we assumed that the only politically acceptable answer was also the right answer. This is the most common mistake that politicians make.
Stop religious cleansing of Christians, says Jewish human rights groupBy B’nai Brith Monday, January 9, 2012
TORONTO, – B’nai Brith Canada has reiterated its call to action to speak out against the persecution of Christians following the repeated and concerted attacks by militant Islamists against the Christian community in Nigeria. This follows on the latest attack on Christians in Northern Nigeria during their prayer services.
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