Archive for February 8th, 2009
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Attacks against women by the Hindu militant group Sri Rama Sene in Karnataka state, India, have caused a “complete breakdown of law and order”, says Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury, “We are taking a serious note of repeated attacks against women in Karnataka. The fascist elements are trying to create a communal divide [...]
Tags: Hinduism, India, Karnataka, Sri Rama Sene
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February 8th, 2009 | 7 Comments
A church in Batticola, Orissa, India, was burned to the ground last year during intense anti-Christian violence. A Hindu temple is now under construction on the site. The church in Batticola was rased to the ground and burned last August, at the beginning of the violence against Christians. Now, a foundation about one meter high [...]
Tags: Hinduism, India, Orissa, Persecution
Posted in Asia-Pacific, Christianity, Non-Christian Religions, Religious Liberty/Persecution | 7 Comments »
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Source: Shortpacked! by David Willis h/t: Christian Adams at Telegraph Blogs
Tags: Cartoons, Financial crisis, Superman
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February 8th, 2009 | 3 Comments
Dr Andrew Wakefield sparked a major international scare with his 1998 article purporting to find a link between autism and the triple vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). An in-depth investigation by The Sunday Times of London has discovered that his results were based on falsified data. The research was published in February 1998 [...]
Tags: Chutzpah, Health and medical, Methodology, The Lancet
Posted in Life Issues, Media and Journalism, Statistics, United Kingdom | 3 Comments »
February 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
Another outrageous act of official discrimination against Christians in the United Kingdom. A council in the north of England has removed a Christian woman from the roster of approved foster parents after a 16-year-old Muslim girl in her care converted to Christianity. The woman has taken care of more than 80 children in ten years [...]
Tags: Civil liberties, England, Marriage and family, Persecution, Tyranny, UK politics
Posted in Christianity, Life Issues, Religious Liberty/Persecution, United Kingdom | 4 Comments »
February 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
A small group of pro-abortion militants disrupted a presentation by a pro-life speaker at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. They did not attempt to engage the speaker in debate or, indeed, to discuss any issues at all. They just yelled and chanted so that no one else could discuss or debate anything. Here’s a video clip [...]
Tags: Abortion, Civil liberties, Cowardice, Education, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saint Mary's University
Posted in Canada, Life Issues | 4 Comments »
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The collect for today, Septuagesima, or the Third Sunday Before Lent, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer: O Lord, we beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through [...]
Tags: Book of Common Prayer
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