On Aug. 16, Rimsha Masih, a young Christian girl with possible learning disabilities, was arrested on charges of “blasphemy” in Islamabad, Pakistan. Open Doors USA announced today it has launched a campaign on her behalf.
The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is launching inaccurate missives against religious freedom on school campuses again.
Given the recent backlash against Chick-fil-A and the Family Research Council shooting, it’s not hard to see the rise of religious hostility in the U.S.
Gunmen on Monday killed at least 19 worshipers at at Deeper Life Church in the town of Otite, Kogi State in Nigeria, about 155 miles southwest of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The Christians were conducting Monday night service at the time of the attack.
Fifty years ago, the Sawi people of Papua, Indonesia, were violent headhunters and cannibals, hostile to neighboring tribes and isolated from the outside world. Today, 85 percent of the tribe identifies itself as Christian, according to Pioneers-USA.
With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad possibly losing his grip on power and rebels making major inroads, a possible end to the bloody civil war may be in sight.
