UN passes resolution endorsing gay rights
July 14, 2011
A United Nations (U.N.) body has affirmed homosexual and transgender rights for the first time, proponents of a recently adopted resolution say. The action came
Muslims take over 2 Christian villages in Nigeria
June 30, 2011
TAFAWA BALEWA, Nigeria — In two villages in Bauchi state’s Tafawa Balewa local government area in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria, most area Christians have been
Nigerian pastor, church secretary shot dead
June 30, 2011
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Muslim extremists from the Boko Haram sect shot and killed a Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) pastor and his church secretary
Egyptians want advice, not theocracy, survey says
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — Four months after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a new Gallup survey says a majority of Egyptians want religious leaders to
Arabic broadcast ministry celebrates 15 years
June 9, 2011
EASTON, Md. — While many are celebrating pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa known collectively as Arab Spring, a Christian broadcasting ministry
Blasphemy laws not likely to change with Egypt, Sudan
June 9, 2011
Shifting political winds in the North African countries of Egypt and Sudan will leave their mark on history, but local attitudes ensure one thing remains
Protestors in Egypt stop church from reopening
June 9, 2011
CAIRO, Egypt — Hundreds of Muslims, angered by the prospect of a government-closed church reopening in their neighborhood, protested outside the church May 19, causing
Christian sentenced beyond prosecutor’s request
June 9, 2011
ORAN, Algeria — Convicting a Christian convert for insulting the prophet of Islam, a judge in Algeria stunned the Christian community by sentencing him beyond
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