MIDDLE-EAST: THE CHALLENGES FACING WOMEN FROM DISPLACED CHRISTIAN MINORITIES
World Watch Monitor reports on the challenges facing women in the Middle East – particularly those within minority Christian communities in Lebanon who have had to flee their homes in Syria or Iraq…
STRANGESIGHTS: A SHEEP’S EYE VIEW; LAWRENCE (OF JORDAN); AND, ROBBY BEATS THE MALTESE FALCON AND MARILYN…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Iraq and Philippines Christians join Red Wednesday religious freedom solidarity display
World Watch Monitor Landmarks in the UK, Ireland, Iraq and the Philippines were floodlit in red yesterday to highlight the persecution of faith groups for their “peacefully held beliefs”. The “Red Wednesday” initiative is in its second year and has been pioneered by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). This year it is also […]
Australian Christian Lobby says Victorian Government has embraced a “culture of death” as assisted dying bill passes Upper House
The Victorian Government has crossed an ethical line and embraced a “culture of death”, the Australian Christian Lobby said today after the State Parliament’s Upper House passed a controversial voluntary assisted dying bill. The bill was narrowly passed the in Legislative Council after a marathon debate with MPs, who were given a conscience vote, voted […]
Algerian church closed for ‘illegally printing Bibles and material intended for evangelism’
World Watch Monitor A church in Algeria’s north-western town of Aïn Turk has been closed down by local authorities. The church, affiliated to the Protestant Church of Algeria (known as EPA, its French acronym), was sealed off by police on 9th November. Authorities in Oran claimed the church had been used to “illegally print Gospels […]
Former Australian Government Minister Philip Ruddock to head review of religious freedom protections
Former Australian Federal Government Minister Philip Ruddock will chair a panel charged with reviewing protections for religious freedom, the Turnbull Government has announced against the backdrop of a continuing debate over the same-sex marriage bill and freedom of religion. Amid ongoing concerns that religious freedom protections contained in the bill to legalise same-sex marriage – which […]
WOW! COFFEE GROUNDS HELPING TO POWER BUSES IN LONDON
DAVID ADAMS reports…