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Archive for February 14th, 2009

Indonesia: More divorces because of polygamy

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Indonesia has seen a huge increase in divorce during the past decade.  One reason is that more Muslim wives are rejecting polygamy.
An increasing number of Muslim women are choosing to divorce their husbands rather than continue in a polygamous marriage, data from national Islamic courts show.
[…]
Director General for Islamic guidance at the Ministry for Religious [...]

More bishops speak in support of school receptionist

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Yesterday, Archbishop of York John Sentamu decried public intolerance toward Christians and cited as a recent example the threatened disciplinary action against school receptionist Jennie Cain for asking friends to pray for her and her five-year-old daughter.
Now several more Church of England bishops have done the same.
The Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Rev David James, [...]

Muslim girl in baptism row was threatened with forced marriage

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Earlier this week, a council in the north of England removed a Christian woman from the roster of approved foster parents after a 16-year-old Muslim girl in her care converted to Christianity and was baptized. It is now alleged that the girl went into foster care after her father physically assaulted her and threatened [...]