Indian Christians jailed for ‘forcible conversion’
August 31, 2006
JABALPUR, India — A group of 45 to 50 Dharma Raksha Sena Hindu extremists mobbed Pastor Vinod Karsal, 50, Aug. 14 as he visited another
Inmates at private prisons gain religious rights
August 31, 2006
On Aug. 16, a federal judge in Mississippi extended the right to free religious worship behind bars to prisoners housed in private facilities. U.S. District
Grenade explosion kills five in Indian temple
August 31, 2006
CHENNAI, India — At least five people were killed and 35 injured when a grenade exploded Aug. 16 at a Hare Krishna temple in northeast
FDA approves nonprescription sales of ‘morning-after’ pill
August 31, 2006
After a three-year-long debate, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved wider distribution of a “morning-after” contraceptive, angering some religious conservatives and anti-abortion
Indonesians get stay of execution
August 31, 2006
The execution of three ethnic Indonesian Christians has been “stayed indefinitely,” a representative of International Christian Concern said Aug. 23. The three men, Fabianus Tibo,
Alabama Christian Coalition third to split from national group
August 31, 2006
Alabama’s chapter of the Christian Coalition of America dropped out of the national organization Aug. 23, declaring it has drifted from its founding conservative principles.
Pakistani Christians attacked in landgrab attempt
August 31, 2006
SHARAQPUR, Pakistan — In an attempted landgrab, Muslim attackers have terrorized a predominantly Christian village in Pakistan’s Punjab province over the first weeks of August
Southern Baptists send $650,000 in aid to war-torn Israel, Lebanon
August 31, 2006
As the United Nations mobilizes troops to maintain a fragile ceasefire, Southern Baptists are stepping up relief efforts in Lebanon and Israel, funneling more than
