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Archive for February 16th, 2009

Focus on polygamists in northern Idaho

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Winston Blackmore and James Oler, leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) colony in Bountiful, BC, have recently been charged with multiple counts of polygamy and are expected to enter pleas of not guilty in Creston this week.
The charges have brought renewed attention to a group of FLDS members [...]

Copts sue over attempt to Islamise Cairo

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Coptic Christians accuse Cairo Governor Abdul-Azim Wazi of changing historic street names to Islamic names without legal or historical justification. Dr Naguib Gebrael, advisor to Coptic Pope Shenouda III, has sued the governor and wonders if the committee in charge of naming streets has been infiltrated by Muslim fundamentalists.
Gebrael cited the example of Victoria [...]

Swedes troubled by sex-selection abortions

Monday, February 16th, 2009

A woman in Sweden has had two consecutive abortions, in both cases immediately after being told that her unborn children were girls.  This has medical authorities caught on the horns of a dilemma.  They do not want to appear to challenge a woman’s right to abort but are troubled by the woman’s apparent belief that [...]

Prayer rooms closed at Pakistan nursing school

Monday, February 16th, 2009

The administration of The Children’s Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, ordered closed a Christian prayer room used by nursing students. A Christian official then locked a room formerly used for the same purpose by Muslim nursing students.
In a rare development, a Christian hostel warden of a Nursing School located at the premises of the Children’s Hospital in [...]

Unmarried couples arrested in Operation Valentine

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Twenty-six unmarried Muslim couples were rounded up during Malaysia’s annual Operation Valentine sting. They were caught sharing hotel rooms in Kuantan.
State authorities carry out raids each year on Valentine’s Day in this Muslim-majority country, where sharia laws make it illegal for unmarried Muslims to meet behind closed doors, Mr Badaruddin said.
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“We don’t agree with [...]