Religion - Page 9
In Europe, God Is (Not) Dead
Stockholm - Late last year, a Swedish hotel guest named Stefan Jansson grew upset when he found a Bible in his room. He fired...
Obama – Clinton – McCain : Pope to interfer in US politics…
Pope Benedict XVI will highlight his anti-abortion message when he arrives in the US in a fortnight on a visit that breaks with the...
‘Fitna’ faces international criticism
The World Islamic Call Society (WICA) and the Libyan Islamic People's Command Monday condemned the attack against Islam by a Right Dutch MP through...
Release of Fitna the Movie met with calm
The much controversed Geert Wilders film « fitna » has been released online. The Dutch Prime minister rejected Geert Wilders’ views in a statement...
Catholicism more powerful in Scotland
The Catholic Church has become closely associated with an open and positive attitude toward Scottish independance
Part of the growing interest in the country’s national...
A long list of Christian Zionists running the United States
All Jews are not Zionists, and all Zionists are not Jews. Starting with Bush, Cheney, and Ashcroft - plus many in Congress such as...
“Judaism’s Sexual Revolution : Why Judaism (and then Christianity) Rejected Homosexuality”
When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it changed the world. The Torah’s prohibition of non-marital sex quite simply made...
Church of Scientology buys castle in Jo’burg
The Church of Scientology has acquired the famous Johannesburg landmark, the Kyalami Castle, to be the home of its new advanced spiritual retreat.
This marks...
Better living conditions for Nigerians
President Umaru Yar'Adua Sunday pledged to achieve significant improvement in the living conditions of Nigerians in the shortest possible time, according to his Eid-El-Maulud...
Kadhafi’s anti-bible speech causes massive uproar
Libyan leader Muammar Kadhafi has attracted outrage from Christians in Uganda, over his remarks that any Bible and Tora (Old Testament) that do not...
Politicians branded ‘gay’ by pastor
The Zanu-PF election campaign sank to unprecedented levels of moral depravity yesterday when a party aligned pastor suggested that MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was...
Pressure on christian churches in Algeria
The Algerian christian church has been under immense pressure from islamists for several years now.
by Kaci Racelma our correspondent from Algiers....
Deadline for Austrain hostages extended
A deadline set for Sunday midnight by al-Quaeda militants who abducted two Austrian tourists has been extended, to give more time for their demands...
Crackdown on Egypt’s Brotherhood personnel
The Internet has proven to be one of the Muslim Brotherhood's main means of attracting attention, but a government campaign to arrest its editors...
Dutch row over Geert Wilders’ anti-islam film
The Netherlands are again in the controversial limelight with islam. The populist member of parliament (MP) Geert Wilders is getting ready to show FITNA,...
Islamic Organisation sets up watchdog against blasphemy
The secretary general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Ekmeledinn Isahnoglu, Tuesday announced the setting up of a rights watchdog to "curb...
Islamic Solidarity Fund now operational
A microfinance programme of about 500 million dollars for the Least Developed Countries of the Islamic Ummah has been adopted by the governing body...
Divorce rates up, marriage down in Egypt, Islamic world
Marriage and divorce have surfaced across Egypt and the Islamic world as a major social problem, as a result of rising divorce rates. Local...
Increase of sect-related violence in DRC
The violence that has claimed several lives in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, after clashes between a religious sect and the national police, could...
Catholic – Muslim Conference announced
Pope Benedict is to hold an unprecedented meeting with Islamic leaders and scholars in Rome in November following an agreement reached on Wednesday to...
Egypt: First woman “maazun” causes stir in islamic world
The appointment of Egypt's first female that is authorised to conduct Muslim weddings has sparked a debate over the role of women in Islamic...
Government silent over anti-islamic film
Parliament is already brewing controversy in the Islamic world, less than one month before it is planned to be aired on television. The film...
Keeping a hymen intact to avoid being labeled a “whore”
Certain muslims weigh a woman’s integrity by virtue of their virginity, thereby, prompting those who may have succumbed to carnal pleasures to find ways...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali soon a french citizen ?
France supports Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Dutch Minister who has received death threats for her views on radical islam. Paris is examining how...
Sudan : A british School teacher judged for offending Mohammed
A british teacher appears before court, this Thursday, at Khartoum, to have allowed her pupils to name their class teddy bear Mohammed. Gillian Gibbons,...
HIV-positive pastor shouts from the pulpit
Rev Maxwell Kapachawo is the only known pastor in Zimbabwe who publicly admits to being HIV-positive; he is also encouraging any of his peers...