Eighty per cent of religious discrimination targets Christians, conference hears
World Watch Monitor Christians are the victims in 80 per cent of acts of religious discrimination, despite only accounting for 30 per cent of the global population, a conference in Washington heard this week. The statistics, from the International Society for Human Rights, were presented on Tuesday at the 3rd International Conference on Religious Freedom – an […]
ESSAY: SPARE A THOUGHT FOR BETHLEHEM THIS CHRISTMAS AS POLITICS AND TOURISM COLLIDE
In an article first published on The Conversation, FREYA HIGGINS-DEBIOLLES, senior lecturer in tourism management at the University of South Australia, reflects on the impact of US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus…
Mercy Ships marks 30,000th surgery on ‘Africa Mercy’, 10 years after first
US ophthalmic surgeon, Dr Glenn Strauss, and the surgery recipient on board the Africa Mercy. PICTURE: Mercy Ships. Two milestones were marked on-board the floating hospital ship the Africa Mercy, currently docked in Cameroon, this week – the same week in which organisations all over the world celebrated the UN’s International Volunteer Day. US ophthalmic surgeon, Dr Glenn […]