The Muslim Brotherhood is consolidating its power in Egypt. The moderate Islamist party won 47 percent of the 508 seats in the People’s Assembly and 59 percent of the 180 elected seats on the Shura Council. (Another 90 lawmakers will be appointed to the Shura Council, the country’s upper house.) The more radical Salafist al-Nour […]
Persecution of children
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s Religious Liberty Commission has released a report detailing the nature and effects of religious persecution on children. Entitled The Overlooked Demographic: A Report on the Impact of Religious Persecution on Children, the 23-page document briefly considers recent situations in which children have suffered violent attacks or difficult social repercussions because […]
Book not dead
Contrary to expectations, sales of printed books in the US were up significantly in January 2012 compared to January 2011, according to a report from the Association of American Publishers. Sales of e-books grew even more quickly. Sales were particularly strong for “religious” (mainly Christian) books, with e-book sales up 151 per cent in January […]
Conscience rights
Premier Alison Redford of Alberta’s Conservative government has criticized the opposition Wildrose Party for its support of “conscience rights of health-care professionals.” Redford said that doctors should be forced to commit abortions and prescribe contraception even if it goes against their beliefs and that requiring professionals to provide professional services to everyone was a matter […]
Death by any other name
The Assembly of Québec Catholic Bishops issued a statement March 29 in response to a report of the Quebec government’s Dying with Dignity commission. The statement praises the report’s recommendations to improve palliative care (care for the dying) but criticized its support of “medical aid in dying.” The report supported practices similar to those in […]
Underground Christians
The Mohabat Christian News Agency reports that some members of Afghanistan’s Parliament have become Christians. Despite repression of Christians in the Islamic country, there are suggestions that an underground church in Afghanistan is experiencing some growth, particularly among the young.
A Syrian situation
According to a story by Barnabas Fund, reported by Assist News Service, almost all of the 50,000 to 60,000 Christians in the city of Homs in Syria have fled as fighting continues between the troops of President Bashar Assad and anti-government forces. Those who fled have said that opposition forces, including Muslim extremists from other […]
Colson hospitalized
Chuck Colson, 80, was listed in critical condition after emergency surgery in a Washington, DC, hospital on Saturday, March 31 to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain. He had collapsed the evening before while speaking at a conference in Virginia. Colson was special counsel to US President Richard Nixon […]
Homes without children
There is a growing movement in Canada of women complaining that they were coerced into giving up their babies in church-run homes for unwed mothers from the late 1800s to the 1980s. Some are complaining that they were never informed they could keep their babies and go on social assistance. There have been calls for […]
Right to criticize
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Paul Jeffrey ruled March 30 that Bill Whatcott has a right to criticize homosexuality. Whatcott was arrested by campus security at the University of Calgary in 2008 for distributing a pamphlet called “Truth about homosexuality.” The university then indefinitely banned him from the campus. In November 2011 provincial court […]
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