IRANIAN AUTHORITIES DETAIN ‘JESUS’ ACTOR AND TWO OTHER ARTISTS
7th October, 2014 Activists and Christians are concerned over the whereabouts of three Christian artists detained in Iran, including an actor who played the role of Jesus in an Iranian language film on the life of Jesus Christ. Shahram Ghaedi, who starred in the Iranian ‘Jesus’ film, and artists Heshmat Shafiei and Emad Haqi were […]
ONGOING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN WILL “HAUNT” THE NATION UNLESS STOPPED NOW, SAYS UN OFFICIAL
7th October, 2014 Ongoing sexual violence in the world’s newest nation – South Sudan – will "haunt" the nation for "generations to come" if it is allowed to continue, according to a senior UN official. Zainab Bangura, the special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, told a press conference that after the […]
BOOKS: TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT MATTHEW’S “GREAT COMMISSION”
DARREN CRONSHAW reviews Teaching all Nations: Interrogating the Matthean Great Commission…
INDIA: MODI SAYS NOTHING AT HOME OR ABROAD ABOUT RISING SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
ANTO AKKARA and JEFF THOMAS, of the World Watch Monitor, report on the new Prime Minister’s silence over rising violence towards religious minorities – including Christians – in the world’s most populous democracy…