Archive for August, 2010

News regarding Rifqa Bary has been scant these days. For those who do not remember, Rifqa is the young woman who moved to Ohio with her Muslim family from Sri Lanka. When her parents discovered her conversion to Christianity, they allegedly threatened her, whereupon she sought shelter and protection in Florida. But since she was [...]

When I first heard about this, my initial thought was, “This cannot be serious. Surely it must be a cruel and insensitive joke.” But then I read the story at The Christian Post, and verified it by going to the website of the so-called “church.” To my horror, they are serious. I cannot begin to [...]

From American Thinker and Campus Watch by Stephen Schwartz American Thinker August 3, 2010 John L. Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs and director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, is America’s best-known apologist for Saudi Wahhabism, the Turkish fundamentalist Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Islamist ideologies [...]

Eighteen months ago the Hudson Institute issued a report under a broad category of reports identified as “Perspectives for the New Administration.” The report was targeted specifically at the new incoming administration of President Obama and it set out to suggest specific initiatives the new administration should undertake to end religious persecution worldwide. As the [...]