Posts Tagged ‘afghanistan’
Features
Through writing, Afghan women find freedom
In the virtual space created by The Afghan Women’s Writing Project ( AWWP), women have the freedom to write about whatever they want and they can receive mentoring by a volunteer team of teachers and authors. The war was going...
News
Turkish Women protest proposal to limit abortion
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish women's groups are demonstrating in support of abortion rights, in response to the prime minister's call for tightening abortion regulations. "Prime minister, keep your hands off women's bodies," ch...
Christians in Egypt blamed for voting by Islamists
The official results of the first round of the Egyptian presidential elections were announced today, and the run-off will be between Mohamed Morsy, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, and Air Marshal Ahmad Shafik, former Presiden...
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Big names are no-shows in first GOP presidential debate
Only five presidential hopefuls showed up at the recently-held first Grand Old Party presidential debate, all of them ranking 2.5 percent or lower in the Winthrop Poll that was taken last month. The candidates who showed up wer...
Arts & Culture
Evangelist says Muslims’ view of Quran Burning is akin to crucifying Christ
An evangelical pastor and book author from Minnesota said recently that Muslims value the Quran in the same way as Christians value Jesus Christ. John Piper, pastor of Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, wrote...
UN compound in Afghanistan attacked, 20 dead
Muslims in Afghanistan overran recently a UN compound leaving 20 dead, two of them beheaded, because of the “Christian” leader of a 12-member cult that burned a Quran. The peaceful city of Mazar-i-Sharif became the scene of wha...
News
Afghanistan postpones trial date of Christian convert facing death penalty
The trial of a disabled man in Afghanistan who faces the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity was postponed recently to November 28. Said Musa (also spelled Sayed Mossa), 45, who is married with six children,...
News
After Fatwa, Pastor in Pakistan Beaten with Bricks
Convert, a former fighter in Afghanistan, had protested Islamic attack. SARGODHA, Pakistan, November 5 (CDN) — Muslim extremists in Islamabad on Monday (Nov. 1) beat with bricks and hockey sticks a Christian clergyman wh...
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Christian aid group, IAM, undeterred by massacre in Afghanistan
A Christian aid group will not be deterred from its work despite the recent massacre of nine of its members and one nonreligious sympathizer on a mountain in northern Afghanistan. Dirk Frans, executive director of International...
Commentary and News
Christian leader calls for a separate Christian province in Pakistan
A Christian leader in Pakistan called recently for the formation of a separate Christian province in the country, according to the Pakistan Christian Post. Nazir S. Bhatti, head of the Pakistan Christian Congress said recently...
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