Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Europe, US Parting Ways Over Peace Process
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
In what appears to be a growing divide between US and European approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the European Union this week expressed support for the Palestinian position that Israeli concessions made since the Camp David talks should…
Plot Uncovered For Sarin Gas Attack in London Subways
Posted on Monday, August 27, 2001
Britain's security services have discovered a plot by an unidentified "Middle East group" to perpetrate a terrorist attack on London's Underground rail network using the highly lethal sarin gas.
Nigerian Churches will Challenge Islamic Law
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
LAGOS, Nigeria (Compass) -- Disturbed by some northern Nigeria states' widespread declaration that they are Islamic states and have adopted Islam as the state religion, Nigerian Christian churches have resolved to go to court to challenge what they…
New Human Rights Council in Peru Tackles Plight of Innocents
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Compass) -- In late June, the government of Peru initiated a special task force, the National Human Rights Council, which is charged with freeing persons wrongfully imprisoned as terrorists.
Dutch weigh legalized euthanasia even for children as young as 12
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (BP)--Pro-life activists in the Netherlands are facing an uphill struggle as they mobilize opposition to a government proposal to legalize euthanasia and "assisted suicide" -- even for children as young as 12.
Earth Day Joins Easter — A Sign of Our Times?
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
“The emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost instantaneously throughout the world… has spurred a renewed investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This panreligious perspective may prove especially important where our global…
Deadly Ebola Virus Strikes Close to Home for Uganda Missionary
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
KAMPALA, UGANDA (November 1, 2000) -- Former Canadian grid iron and nightclub singing star Peter Simon Turko, who is now a pastor in Kampala, Uganda, ministering to homeless children and those infected with the AIDS virus, has written…
Netherlands legalize Euthanasia
Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2001
The Netherlands has become the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia, after the Dutch senate formally approved a bill allowing mercy killing.
Religious Freedom in the Classroom Disputed in Chile
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
SANTIAGO, Chile (Compass) -- The issue of religious discrimination is in the public spotlight in Chile, due to the case of San Pedro de la Paz, a town some 300 miles south of Santiago. There a Baptist lawyer…
On Cults, Leaders and Politics in China
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ANHUI "Here we only have one registered church, which is packed out with people standing in the courtyard. However, since the church was opened, none of the accounts listing all the believers' donations have ever been made public…
Egyptian Christian’s Verdict Delayed another Month
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ISTANBUL, May 9 (Compass) -- An Egyptian criminal court stalled again today on delivering a verdict against Shaiboub William Arsal, the Coptic Christian defendant in the highly-publicized El-Kosheh double-murder trial.
Egyptian Court Releases All 89 El-Kosheh Defendants
Posted on Friday, August 24, 2001
ISTANBUL, December 8 (Compass) -- A criminal court in Egypt's Sohag governate yesterday released without bail all 89 defendants charged in the New Year's massacre in El-Kosheh village, promising a final verdict against the suspects on January 9.
Barak Re-Enters Political Fray With Right-Ward Tilt
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak delivered on Monday his most outspoken comments yet on the violent Palestinian intifada since it drove him from office last February, insisting there should be no more negotiations with PLO chief Yasser…
Arab/Islamic Threats Against Israel Never End
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
In recent days, Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has defended Islamic suicide bombings as a "democratic right," a leading Egyptian newspaper urged Palestinians to kill Israelis everywhere, and Saddam Hussein has called on Jordan to open its borders to…
Ancient Israel, the Zodiac, and the Sun God
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
The latest edition of Biblical Archaeology Review asks an interesting question: Did some ancient Jews observe the Zodiac and worship Helios, the Greek sun god? Raiders News Update believes 2 Kings 23: 11 and similar verses prove this…
What’s Really Happening In Indonesia?
Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2001
A militant fundamentalist group from Idaho is spreading terror across the Midwest-and federal troops are siding with the attackers.
Islamic Glee
Posted on Saturday, August 4, 2001
This is one of the most difficult reports I have ever written. I debated waiting a bit to send it out, due to the deep grieving that is still gripping my native land as decaying bodies are dug…
How Things Really Work …Again
Posted on Friday, August 3, 2001
We had hoped that Shimon Peres' seemingly irrational appointment of Carmi Gillon as ambassador to Denmark would open up his role in the Rabin assassination. So far, that has not happened, but it will. Instead, and from the…
