Hopes dashed for release of pastor Andrew Brunson as Turkish trial to continue in October
World Watch Monitor Hopes were dashed for the imminent release of an American pastor jailed in Turkey on terrorism charges as a Turkish court on Wednesday ordered him to remain behind bars. The court scheduled Andrew Brunson’s next hearing for 12th October. Pastor Andrew Brunson, pictured in January. Some observers had believed that Turkey might […]
STRANGESIGHTS: #LEMONROLL; US BOSS REWARDS DEDICATED WORKER; AND, THE WORLD’S LARGEST FAMILY?
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
CASTING THE NET: WORLD POVERTY CLOCK
DAVID ADAMS takes a look at the World Poverty Clock…
Researchers find link between Trump tweets and spike in anti-Muslim hate
RNS It may be a law of nature: President Trump tweets something about Islam. Anti-Muslim hate crimes follow. That’s according to a working paper by University of Warwick researchers Karsten Müller and Carlo Schwarz. Their conclusions correspond with anecdotal reports collected by Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups, too. PICTURE: Illustration by Kit Doyle. “Whether it’s a […]
Guatemala’s orphanage children caged, abused – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children living in orphanages in Guatemala suffer physical abuse, with some locked in cages, researchers said on Monday in a report calling for improving ways of keeping children with their families. “Serious and pervasive abuses” were found in 13 private and government-run orphanages across the country visited by the Disability Rights International, […]
British adults have complex views on links between religion and violence, survey finds
More than 60 per cent of Britons think the teachings of the world’s religions are essentially peaceful but 70 per cent think that most of the wars in history have been caused by religions, according to new research. A poll looking at attitudes towards religion and violence among British adults also found that only 32 […]
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS: SEEKING UNITY, JD GREEAR ASSUMES PRESIDENCY
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on new Southern Baptist president JD Greear’s plans to take the denomination back to its bedrock mission of preaching the Gospel…
World’s poorest risk losing out as Brexit Britain pushes ‘aid for trade’
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women, young and disabled people risk being left out as Britain shifts aid spending to boost its own trade, experts said on Tuesday, with worries over Brexit already hitting the economy. A parliamentary watchdog and aid agencies criticised plans by Britain’s foreign aid agency, the Department for International Development, to focus on “trade […]
WOW!: BROKEN GLASS OF HOPE GROWN OUT OF RUBBLE
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches website, CLAUS GRUE speaks to Swedish missionary and art teacher Inger Jonasson about a project turning shards of glass into “Angels of Peace”…
Mob attack on church in Egypt encouraged by police promise, say sources
World Watch Monitor A mob attacked a church in Minya, Egypt, on 13th July protesting against its legalisation and received a police officer’s approval, World Watch Monitor has learnt from local sources. The only church in Ezbet Sultan Pasha village, where about 20 per cent of the population is Christian, was built in September, 2016. Apart from […]