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The State Department – citing United Nations reports, NGOs, and media organizations specializing in North Korea coverage – found that Kim Jong-un’s regime regularly employed “arbitrary executions, political prison camps, and torture amounting to crimes against humanity” against anyone suspected of adhering to any faith, but targeted Christians in particular throughout 2017.
View More North Korea Using Executions, Torture Against ‘Serious Threat’ of Christianity
An Illinois high school valedictorian has hired a lawyer after claiming that school officials demanded he remove all religious references from his graduation speech.
View More Valedictorian Ordered To Remove Jesus References From Speech
A church in Pennsylvania has thrown itself into the nationwide debate on gun laws by announcing they will be hosting a blessing ceremony for couples with an AR-15 assault rifle.
View More Church To Hold A Controversial Blessing Ceremony For AR-15s
Christian street preachers in Washington state who received prior approval of their public evangelism efforts but were nevertheless charged criminally under the guise of violating a noise ordinance won dismissals with the assistance of a nonprofit First Amendment legal defense group.
View More Criminal Charges Against Street Preachers Dismissed
A Muslim website based in the Canadian city of Calgary has published an article defending the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) claiming that there are medical benefits if part of a woman’s genitals are removed, and saying it is justified by Islam.
View More Canadian Muslim Website Publishes Article Claiming ‘Medical Benefits’ of Female Circumcision
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is “very concerned” at the sight of growing tensions on the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, where…
View More U.S. Very Concerned By Temple Mount Tensions
Masked militants riding in three SUVs opened fire Friday on a bus packed with Coptic Christians, including many children, south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 26 and wounding 25, the Interior Ministry said.
View More Terrorists Massacre Coptic Christians in Egypt, Killing at Least 26
‘Generational Sins’ features expletives and references to child abuse and alcoholism: “We live in an R-rated world, and covering up the darkness won’t bring it into the light,” says executive producer Thurman Mason.
View More Faith-Based Film Filled With F-Bombs
Christians in Sydney, Australia, are being advised to hide their crosses after an Arabic-speaking gang shouting “F*** Jesus!” attacked a couple on a train while…
View More Australian Wearing Cross Beaten By Muslim Gang Shouting ‘F*** Jesus!’
Work ends on $4 million renovation of Edicule in Church of the Holy Sepulcher, with pilgrims now able to see stone of ancient burial cave for first time • Restoration funded by World Monuments Fund, PA President Abbas, Jordan’s King Abdullah, and others.
View More Jesus’ Burial Shrine in Jerusalem Restored in Time for Easter
In a cavernous warehouse where Israel stores its archaeological treasures, an ancient burial box is inscribed with the name of Jesus.
View More In an Israeli Warehouse, Clues About Jesus’ Life and Death
A Fred’s store in Murfreesboro, TN displays Easter crosses made from Mr. Pibb’s packages.
View More Fred’s Store Displays Easter Crucifixion Made From Mr. Pibb’s
Excavations in the cliffs of Qumran, by the north-west shore of the Dead Sea, have revealed a 12th cave believed to have concealed the Dead Sea Scrolls, an ancient collection of religious texts.
View More 12th Dead Sea Scroll Cave of Qumran Discovered
The United Nations envoy for gay rights has declared that when there is a clash between homosexual rights and religious liberty it must be recalled that “freedom of expression and religious freedom are not absolute rights and may be limited if necessary.”
View More UN Gay Rights Envoy: Religious Freedom ‘Not an Absolute Right’
A parish priest in the south of Italy enraged parishioners by dressing the Virgin Mary in a Muslim burqa for his church’s Christmas Nativity scene, adding a boat full of refugees and a rainbow flag in place of the star of Bethlehem.
View More Priest Dresses Mary and Joseph In Muslim Garb, Causes Outrage