In October 2007, a Sharia court in Kano, Nigeria, sentenced Sani Kibili to three years imprisonment for blasphemy against Islam. The case was manifestly unjust because Mr Kibili is a Christian and should not have been brought before a Sharia court in the first place.
Open Doors UK has released a statement with the welcome [...]

The Taliban offered peace in Swat, northern Pakistan—for a price.
The head of the hardline Tahreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) group and spiritual leader of Taliban militants in Swat, Sufi Mohammad, says he will ensure an end to fighting if the government enforces Sharia law in the region.
It’s a deal, say government officials, and Taliban terrorists celebrate [...]

Canadian MP Irwin Cotler (Lib – Mount-Royal) is speaking in London this week at an international conference on anti-Semitism.  Ruth Gledhill has obtained an advance copy of Mr Cotler’s speech.  Here are the opening paragraphs.
Global Antisemitism:  Assault on Human Rights
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What we are witnessing today – and which has been developing incrementally, sometimes imperceptibly, and even [...]

The collect for today, Sexagesima, or the Second Sunday Before Lent, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer:
O Lord, God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Epistle: [...]