'Economic War' being waged in Kazakhstan to crush Baptists
May 15, 2007
Members of a network of Baptist churches in Kazakhstan that refuse to register with the authorities because they believe it leads to state interference in their activities have complained to Forum 18 News Service of increasing fines which they believe are designed to crush their activities. Full Story...Pakistani Christians threatened: 'convert to Islam or die'
May 15, 2007
Christian residents of Charsadda in the Northwest Province of Pakistan received a threatening letter with an ultimatum of 10 days to convert to Islam or face dire consequences and bomb explosions. Full Story...
Confiscated Church Properties in Jiangsu Returned After International Pressure
May 15, 2007
The PSB in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province returned all of the confiscated items to the two house churches. The PSB officers told the two church pastors Cui Chengnan and Liu Riguo that the increasing international pressure after CAA's report and the fear of negative impact of the foreign investment in that area made them do so. Full Story...
Judgment Against NOW in National Abortion Class Action Suit
May 15, 2007
U.S. District Judge David Coar handed down a "final judgment" for pro-life activist defendants in the landmark national class action lawsuit, NOW v. Scheidler. The court's ruling marks the definitive rejection of claims by the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the nation's abortion providers against the defendants. Full Story...
United States Supreme Court Asked to Review Voucher Case
May 15, 2007
Lawyers for an extremely gifted child filed a petition for review with the United States Supreme Court today. If review is granted, hundreds of thousands of extremely gifted children may be able to receive school vouchers to fund their special learning needs. Full Story...
Illinois Librarians Fight Porn Filters with Internet Shutdown
May 14, 2007
Taxpayers are footing the bill for a planned protest by Illinois librarians against a proposed internet filtering bill. On May 8th, the Illinois Library Association (ILA) issued an "action request" calling for a coordinated protest against the Internet filtering bill. Full Story...
Dalit woman emerges electoral winner in India's largest State
May 14, 2007
Even as India is celebrating the 150 years of the first revolt of independence against the British in 1857 the lady called as Sister Mayawati is to become Chief Minister in India's largest state- Uttar Pradesh (UP). This is the state that has traditionally given India most of her Prime Ministers. Full Story...
IRD Appalled as Pakistan Takes 'Two Steps Backward' in Religious Freedom
May 14, 2007
In a meeting this week of the National Assembly, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a coalition of six pro-Taliban religious parties, introduced an apostasy bill demanding death for men who convert from Islam and life in prison for women. Full Story...
UCLA Student Magazine Reports Local Planned Parenthood Disguising Statutory Rape
May 14, 2007
Student reporter Lila Rose posed as a 15 year old, entered a Santa Monica Planned Parenthood and announced that a 23 year old man had impregnated her, according to the Advocate, a student magazine at UCLA. Full Story...
Christians Beaten in Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, India
May 14, 2007
At approximately 8:00 p.m. on May 2, Mrs. Annapurna (35) was b eaten by Hindu militants in the town of Ramayanpet in Uttar Pradesh state. Mrs. Annapurna assists her husband, Pastor Bakhthula Anand, in the church activities of the Bethesda Prayer House in Ambojipeta. Full Story...
LEARN Demands Full Investigation of Planned Parenthood Abortions
May 11, 2007
Pastor Clenard H. Childress Jr, Northeast Regional Director of LEARN(Life Education And Resource Network-BlackGenocide.org) appearing at Planned Parenthood of South East Michigan and joined by members of Operation Red Sea, local pastors and Michigan State director of American Family Association issued the following statement: Full Story...
Pro-lifers Charged Again in Nebraska
May 11, 2007
Members of Rescue The Heartland were cited for unlawful picketing during a prayer vigil on Tuesday, May 2, in the neighborhood of abortion worker Sherry Hron, a long-term employee of the infamous partial-birth abortionist LeRoy Carhart. Full Story...
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