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Home: Current Issues: Persecution: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Persecution: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Beyond tolerance - Michael CorenWhen the same-sex marriage issue was being debated before parliament and the courts, many of us argued that the entire issue had ceased being about toleration long ago but was now about affirmation. Read more... Blasphemy - Dinesh D'SouzaAll this fuss over blasphemy got us thinking. We riot in the West, but not over religion. Racism, economic inequality, and environmental concerns can all whip a crowd into discontent — even violence. But blasphemy? Read more... Blessed Jakob Gapp - Robert RoyalThe Nazis gave various reasons for imprisoning these clergymen: stirring up the masses, spying, aiding prisoners, suspicion of treason, behavior unfriendly to Germany, support of Jews, insulting the Fuhrer or National Socialism, or sometimes no reason at all. Read more... Bloodbath in the Making - Gregory StantonToday 800,000 Africans from Darfur, Sudan, have been driven from their homes by Arab militias, supported by Sudanese government air strikes, in the worst case of ethnic cleansing since Kosovo. Read more... C.S. Lewis in the Dock - Joe SobranIn the November issue of The New Yorker, Adam Gopnik, often an interesting and intelligent writer, belittles Lewis's work in a way I can describe only as catty. Read more... Can We Talk? - Daniel HenningerWho says the world lacks leaders? After again expressing his "respect" for Islam, Pope Benedict XVI at his weekly Vatican audience two days ago moved one of his knights forward on the global chessboard of Islamic politics. Read more... China and Sudan Lead Nations Cited for Religious Persecution - NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTERChina and the Sudan topped a list of seven nations the State Department said are of “particular concern” because of their poor treatment of religious believers. Read more... China’s nemesis - Fr. Raymond de SouzaHaving never met the Dalai Lama, I am not sure why he appears to be giggling so often. Read more... Christian in a Muslim World - Julia Duin“I pray that the Christians in Muslim lands get the same freedom as Muslims get in Christian lands,” Shehadeh told us at the press conference. “There are Muslim centers all over the United States but no churches in Saudi Arabia or many of the Gulf states.” Read more... Christian Martyrs of the 21st Century: The Reckoning Continues - Sandro MagisterThanks to John Paul II, the Catholic Church has become aware of the fact that the experience of martyrdom is still extremely relevant. The "brief century," marked by totalitarianism, has left behind itself a long trail of Christian blood. But the third millennium also opens with the sign of martyrdom: a martyrdom with many faces that shows itself increasingly as a "global" experience. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 19-Aug-2008 - 00:06:15
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