Month: December 2017

Three Kinds of Anti-Semitism at Play in UK (The Telegraph) Dissatisfaction with Clerical Rule Helps Spark Demonstrations Around Iran (BBC News) Egypt Says Muslims Who Die Defending Churches Are Martyrs. One Just Did. (Christianity Today) Appeals Court Rules Bakers Must Pay $135,000 for Not Making Wedding Cake (Daily Signal) What Google Knows about Being Human (ERLC) 9 …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, Dec. 30 Read More »

Nine Shot Dead in Coptic Church Attack Near Cairo (Christianity Today) These Will Be the 10 Most Populated Countries in 2018 (Time Magazine) Evangelicals a Much Smaller Minority in Canada than in US; Still, Alliances with Catholics Can Make for Their Version of “Religious Right” (Macleans) Despite 100,000 Signatures on “True Marriage” Petition, Opposed to Same-Sex “Marriage,” …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Friday, Dec. 29 Read More »

Bangladeshi Man Faces Possible 14 Years in Prison for Internet Posting Critical of Islam (The Jakarta Post) 3 Things You Should Know about Religious Freedom and the Church in China (ERLC) Federal Agents Found Fetuses in Body Broker’s Warehouse (Reuters) Are Christians Crying Wolf About Mistreatment and Marginalization? (The Stream) Rhinos, Rabbits, and the Challenges of Multiplying a …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Wednesday, Dec. 27 Read More »

Queen’s Christmas Messages Becoming More Explicitly Christian with Talk of Her Personal Faith (The Guardian) Robert Mugabe’s Successor in Zimbabwe Attends 2-Hr Christmas Eve Service at His Methodist Church (The Herald) First Christmas Services in Mosul in Four Years, Following Terror Reign of ISIS (The Japan Times) New York City Votes to Ban Homosexual & …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Tuesday, Dec. 26 Read More »

US Should Aid Religious Minorities Abroad Directly, without Going through the UN (Fox News) Church of England Clergy Trained to Help Flock Cope with Terror Trauma (The Telegraph) Christians Worldwide Prepare for Holidays with an Eye on Security (Reuters) One Does Not Simply Leave Evangelicalism (Christianity Today) 9 Things You Should Know About Christmas Traditions (The Gospel …

Selected News Stories from Around the World* — Saturday, Dec. 23 Read More »