Evangelicals from the dark side: Terrorism filling a spiritual void?

Evangelicals from the dark side: Terrorism filling a spiritual void?

There is so far no evidence to suggest that Alton Nolen, the man who is accused of beheading a coworker in Moore, Okla., Thursday, has any formal connection with terror groups. Yet there is also little doubt that Mr. Nolen was deeply sympathetic toward extremist Muslim groups, posting rambling Islamist invectives, photos of Osama bin […]

Christianity was finished in Iraq even before the advent of ISIL

Christianity was finished in Iraq even before the advent of ISIL

IRBIL — In the part of his Sept. 10 speech on confronting the Islamic State that probably drew the least attention, President Obama mentioned the need to help Christians and other minorities, expelled from cities and villages in northern Iraq, return from where they came. “We cannot allow these communities to be driven from their […]

Kurdish forces reportedly liberate Christian villages overrun by ISIL

Kurdish forces reportedly liberate Christian villages overrun by ISIL

Several Christian villages that were overrun by members of [Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (or Syria)  ISIS were recaptured by Kurdish peshmerga forces after a clash in northern Iraq that resulted in the death of a senior commander in the terror group on Tuesday. Reports from the AFP and AINA highlighted the victories. In […]

Apocalypse? No, an ‘unraveling’ of what had passed for civilization

Apocalypse? No, an ‘unraveling’ of what had passed for civilization

NY Times Op-ed It was the time of unraveling. Long afterward, in the ruins, people asked: How could it happen? It was a time of beheadings. With a left-handed sawing motion, against a desert backdrop, in bright sunlight, a Muslim with a British accent cut off the heads of two American journalists and a British […]

British Imam warns Americans: ‘Sharia is coming to a place near you’

British Imam warns Americans: ‘Sharia is coming to a place near you’

Breitbart.com London Imam Anjem Choudary declared, “Sharia will be implemented in America, it’s coming,” and “Sharia is coming to a place near you” while defending the actions of ISIS on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Choudary reacted to the murder of journalist James Foley by saying, “If the Americans bomb and murder hundreds […]

Hollywood stars condemn Hamas hatred

Hollywood stars condemn Hamas hatred

Close to 200 Hollywood stars, including Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, have signed a statement condemning the “ideologies of hatred” of militant group Hamas, and called for peace and justice in Gaza. “We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss of life endured by Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza. We are pained by the […]

Whatever happened to: ‘Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain?’

Whatever happened to: ‘Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain?’

The name of Jesus Christ was recently on the tongue of one of the world’s most famous Buddhists, Tiger Woods. The champion golfer had just stretched his long arms and readied his powerful shoulders for what he hoped would be a Tiger-classic shot on the 18th hole at the British Open. His mind was riveted […]

A Sudanese mother’s courage inspired millions of Christian women

A Sudanese mother’s courage inspired millions of Christian women

Meriam Ibrahim, arrested last August in Sudan and sentenced to death after being accused by family members of apostasy and adultery, was not only pressured to recant her Christian faith and thereby nullify her marriage, but was kept in shackles while giving birth to her second child in prison. “I am a Christian and I […]

‘Defining issue of our time’: Christian leaders back Israel in war with Hamas

‘Defining issue of our time’: Christian leaders back Israel in war with Hamas

Dozens of Christian faith leaders from the greater New York area united at the Faith Exchange in New York City on Friday to express their support for Israel in its current conflict with the Palestinian Hamas group. Israel and Hamas are currently involved in a violent and ongoing clash that one religious leader attending Friday’s […]

Not sacred: Jonah’s tomb, Shi’ite shrines obliterated by ISIS

Not sacred: Jonah’s tomb, Shi’ite shrines obliterated by ISIS

ISIS militants took sledgehammers to Iraqi tombstones – smashing them to pieces. The rebels, who are members of the Islamic State terror group, were filmed attacking centuries-old graves in the north-west city of Mosul in Ninevah province. Donning balaclavas and black coats, they swung sledgehammers into the tombs, causing pieces of dust and stone to […]