Christian Solidarity Worldwide calls for “immediate action” to stop “campaign” against Rohingyas in Myanmar
Christian Solidarity Worldwide have urged the United Nations to take immediate action to stop what it describes as the Myanmar military’s “campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people”. In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the UK-based religious freedom and human rights organisation called for the introduction of “targeted measures” to put […]
POSTAL SURVEY
Jesus said, this rule sums up the entire law – “Do to others what you would have them do to you”. PICTURE: David Adams What does this mean for the current debate over marriage in Australia? If I was a 15-year-old boy, struggling with my sexuality, what would I want my community to be for […]
Donald Trump’s childhood home becomes weekend retreat for refugees in charity stunt
Thomson Reuters Foundation Oxfam employees in front of President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York. PICTURE: Chris Gregory/Oxfam America. A group of refugees stayed at US President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York over the weekend as part of a stunt to highlight the plight of people feeling conflict and persecution around the […]
Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for “insulting” Islam’s Prophet
BosNewsLife A Pakistani Christian has been sentenced to death by a court in eastern Pakistan for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad in text messages, a human rights official, and his lawyer said. Nadeem James, 35, was detained in July, 2016, on charges of “blasphemy” when a friend accused him of sharing a poem ridiculing the Islam’s […]
SIGHT-SEEING: BEES AND THE BIBLE – AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PREVENT ‘COLONY COLLAPSE’
Writing from New Mexico in the US, BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at why Christians should care about the fate of bees…