Religious freedom ‘essential goal’ in normalising relations with Sudan, says US commission
World Watch Monitor A new report highlights the lack of religious freedom in Sudan and says improvements in this area remain “an essential goal” for the US before relations between the two countries can be fully normalised. A delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent, bipartisan advisory body, visited Khartoum and North Darfur […]
SNAPSHOT: MT KILIMANJARO
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BOOKS: DIVING INTO PRAYER’S DEEPER WATERS
DARREN CRONSHAW reads Cynthia Bourgeault’s book about “centring prayer”…
Disappointment over Australia’s ‘toothless’ anti-slavery law
Thomson Reuters Foundation Australia on Thursday became the latest country to tackle the scourge of modern slavery with proposed new legislation that campaigners instantly dismissed as toothless. A global drive to end slavery by 2030 has seen a rash of new laws, the release of landmark data and a UN call for action, with Britain’s […]
Australian Christian Lobby urges Senate to reject euthanasia bill
The Australian Christian Lobby has urged the Senate to reject a bill which would give the governments of the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory the power to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Introduced by Liberal Democrats Senator David Leyonhjelm, the Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) bill will be debated and voted in August after […]
MIDDLE EAST: 70,000 SYRIAN ARMENIANS HAVE FLED DURING THE WAR, AND FEW WILL RETURN
ZARA SARVARIAN, in an article first published by World Watch Monitor, reports on how many of Syria’s Armenian community have left the country for Armenia following the conflict there while others have remained…
South Sudanese churches welcome top leader’s agreement, but warn conflict has expanded
South Sudanese churches have welcomed the signing of a permanent ceasefire agreement by the main rivals, while cautioning that many other such pacts had also been dishonoured. President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, the main opposition SPLM-IO leader, signed the declaration agreement in Khartoum on 27th June, raising hope for an end of the conflict, […]
Essay: Children need attention, not addiction
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER reflects on growing concerns over the use of drugs to “medicate” children’s behaviour in the UK…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – LET THERE NOT BE…!
BRUCE C WEARNE starts his look at the Epistle of James chapter three with an examination of why he says not many should be “teachers”…
Religious and secular groups unite to declare freedom of belief is a right
World Watch Monitor An alliance of religious and secular charities has launched an online campaign to raise awareness of the right to freedom of religion or belief. “Believe it or not, it’s my right!” is the slogan of the movement launched on Tuesday by the European Platform against Intolerance and Discrimination, whose members include Christian, Jewish, Bahai, […]