Egyptian Muslim Radicals Destroy Coptic Christian Properties

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets Egyptian Coptic

 Pope Tawadros II, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church. 

By Mark Woods
Christian Today

Muslim radicals have attacked properties and homes belonging to Coptic Christians in Egypt after rumours circulated about a church being constructed.
According to International Christian Concern, the attacks took place in Manshiet El-Naghamish village located in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt.

More than 2,000 Coptic Christians live in the village, with the nearest church being over three miles away. When Christian villagers in El-Naghamish built a four-storey building to be used as a community centre, preschool and retirement home, Muslims in the vicinity assumed that the building would become a church. 

While the Christians in the village have applied for a permit to build a church, they are still awaiting approval from the government. Leaflets called on local Muslims to attack the community were distributed after the local bishop was asked to preside over a prayer meeting.

Samir Nashed, a Christian resident of El-Naghamish, told ICC: 

"On Friday [at] noon, November 25, following the Muslim prayers, a great deal of fanatic Muslim young men, some of them were carrying gas canisters and rocks while others came armed with automatic rifles, clubs, machetes and knives, they attacked Copts and Coptic-owned houses."

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito: Religious Freedom in ‘Greater Danger’ Than Free Speech

"It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there."

By Heather Clark
Christian News

During a recent speech in Washington for the national lawyer’s convention of the Federalist Society, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito opined that religious freedom might be “in greater danger” than the right to free speech.

“I am reminded of a song by the latest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature: It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there,” he said.

Alito pointed to a case out of Washington State that was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, in which the owner of a pharmacy was required to stock the morning-after pill despite his religious convictions regarding abortifacients.

As previously reported, in 2006, Ralph’s Thriftway owner, Kevin Stormans, received a call inquiring whether the location sold the morning-after pill. After replying that the pharmacy did not carry it, he began to receive anonymous complaints via phone and email. Ralph’s Thriftway was soon also picketed and complaints were filed with the Washington Board of Pharmacy, which launched an investigation.

The following year, the state passed regulations requiring that pharmacies stock and dispense the morning-after pill, and the legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed suit on behalf of Stormans and two of his pharmacists, Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen, who objected to the requirement because of their Christian faith.

The pharmacy had asked for the right to provide referrals rather than provide Plan B and Ella themselves, but while the regulations allowed for referrals for a number of reasons, religious protections were not included.

“It violates their religious beliefs to sell these drugs,” Alito outlined. “Instead of selling them, the pharmacy referred customers to one of more than 30 other pharmacies located within a five-mile radius.”

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Hijacking Christmas Turns Ugly

from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

Bill Donohue comments on three examples of Christmas being hijacked to make a cultural statement, some of which are offensive:

Those who want a new twist on the traditional crèche can buy a 10-piece Hipster Nativity scene that features Joseph sporting a lumberjack beard taking a selfie; baby Jesus and a peace-flashing Mary, holding a Starbucks cup, are included. The three wise men show up on Segways holding Amazon boxes full of presents; there is also a cow draped in a sweater with a "100% Organic" seal on it.

This depiction is more trendy than it is offensive.

A gun-rights activist in Columbia, South Carolina has hijacked Christmas to make his case defending the Second Amendment. It is the work of the Palmetto State Armory. Billboards are being displayed in several South Carolina cities, all of which feature assault weapons or shotguns, cribbing from Christmas themes and songs. "Do you hear what I hear?" and "All I want for Christmas is you" are two examples.

This depiction is more offensive than it is trendy.

Reality TV star Brandi Glanville posted a Facebook picture of herself squatting over baby Jesus, posing as if she were giving birth to him. It didn't go over with the public, which is why she deleted it from her Facebook and Instagram accounts.

However, Glanville refused to apologize. Instead, before she deleted the photo, she said, "Why is everyone so butthurt? I guess cause I'm an Atheist this doesn't bother me in the least bit. But seriously why should people need to 'respect' this religion while this religion is so disrespectful to everyone else? Get over yourselves. Seriously." She then tweeted, "People need to chill the f*** out and take a joke."

There is nothing trendy about this depiction, but it is egregiously offensive. It is also quite revealing. Glanville reasons that because she is an "Atheist" [notice she capitalizes her master status], it doesn't bother her that Christians are offended. Why would it? After all, that was exactly her point.

Not all atheists, of course, are haters, but increasingly many are. Glanville's stunt, and her response to critics, move her toward the top of the line.

Contact Glanville's agent: alec.shankman@abramsart.com

  

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Arson Destroys Pro-Life Pregnancy Center, FBI Investigating as Possible Hate Crime

Catholic News Live

The FBI is investigating whether a hate crime occurred when a suspected arsonist set fire to a pro-life pregnancy center on Wednesday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

FBI spokesman Frank Fisher told KRQE News that they are asking the public for help to identify the person who set several fires inside Project Defending Life’s Albuquerque office. He said someone set the fires deliberately, KOB 4 reports.

“Hate crime could be on the table, depending on what we find,” Fisher said.

The FBI released a video and images of a white car and its driver who parked near the office on Wednesday around the time when the fires were started.

However, the driver later identified herself as a pro-life volunteer who went to the chapel to pray and then left before the incident occurred, according to KOB 4. The volunteer said she was there around 11 p.m., and authorities estimate that someone started the fires around 12:32 a.m.

The Catholic-based pro-life organization is closed, and leaders said they are not sure when it will reopen. The building on San Mateo Boulevard NE sustained extensive damage from the fires. It is located across the street from a Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Another late-term abortion facility is about four miles away.

Dominique Davis, director of client services for Project Defending Life, told LifeNews that they do not know the full extent of the damage yet. She said they plan to meet with their insurance agent next week, but she estimated that the fire caused roughly several hundred thousand dollars worth of damage.

“While this intentional evil act was meant to scare us and inhibit us from doing our work, those who committed this crime can be assured it has not,” Davis said. “While our building may be finished, we are not, and we will find another place to set up.

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Mariam Ibraheem Secretly Read the Bible While Jailed for Apostasy; Says Muslim Cellmate Accepted Christ

by Samuel Smith
The Christian Post

WASHINGTON — Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian mother who was sentenced to death in 2014, revealed on Saturday that she secretly read the Bible at night while she was imprisoned for apostasy and trusted a Muslim inmate to hide the Bible from prison guards.

The 29-year-old Ibraheem, who was raised by her Christian mother but was considered by Sudanese courts to be a Muslim because it was her father's faith, became the center of an international human rights outcry after she was sentenced to death in May 2014 because she married a Christian man, Daniel Wani, an American citizen.

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Rising Islamist 'Hyperextremism' Poses Threat to Religious Freedom Worldwide, Says Report

By Hazel Torres
Christian Today

It's not just Islamist extremism anymore. With the ever increasing threat it poses to the entire world, the radical movement has now been given the name Islamist "hyperextremism."

The Religious Freedom Report 2016, released by the Catholic nonprofit organization Aid to the Church in Need, cited the rise of Islamist hyperextremism as a major threat to religious freedom worldwide and called for immediate action to combat its "toxic" effects, according to the Gospel Herald.

The report pointed out that one in five countries has experienced attacks triggered by Islamist hyperextremism in the last two years. This has boosted the number of refugees for 2015 to a record high of 65.3 million while leaving one in 113 people as refugee or asylum seeker, the report said.

Of the 23 worst-offending countries tagged in the report, 11 have experienced a decline in religious liberty.

"In seven other countries in this category, the problems were already so bad they could scarcely get any worse," the report said.

The report described Islamist hyperextremism as a radical system of law wherein those who do not agree with the extremists' beliefs are systematically killed.

In Iraq and Syria, the report said Islamist hyperextremism is clearly seen in the Islamic State (ISIS) efforts to eliminate "all forms of religious diversity." The same threat is present in some African and Asian Sub-Continent regions, it added.

Groups engaged in this kind of extremism are known for their cruelty to their victims, having well-funded networks and the ability to maximize the use of social media to advance their cause.

"The intention is to replace pluralism with a religious monoculture," the report said.

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Good Friday Axed by Indiana Mayor

from Bill Donohue, President
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights

Bill Donohue comments on Good Friday being censored by the mayor of Bloomington, Indiana:

Bloomington, Indiana Mayor John Hamilton stuck his middle finger in the face of all Christians by taking his axe to Good Friday. And he did so in the name of tolerance, diversity, and inclusion. He also nixed Columbus Day.

The name Good Friday offends the censorial mayor, and that is why he renamed it "Spring Holiday"; Columbus Day offends him as well, which is why it will forever be known as "Fall Holiday." He did not say why Martin Luther King, Jr. Day would not be renamed "Winter Holiday."

Let's be honest. Hamilton would not rename Martin Luther King, Jr. Day "Winter Holiday" because he does not want to offend blacks. He opted to rename Good Friday "Spring Holiday" because he doesn't mind offending Christians. Yes, it is just that simple.

"These updated names for two days of well-merited time off is another way we can demonstrate our commitment to inclusivity," Hamilton said. Inclusivity is a ruse—it is a multicultural weapon used to foster intolerance of our Judeo-Christian heritage. In actual fact, Christians are being excluded by denying recognition of a central day in their religious calendar.

If Hamilton were honest, he would simply cancel Good Friday and make it a workday. Instead, he exploits a Christian holiday so that government workers can freeload off the taxpayers in the name of celebrating springtime. There is no "well-merited" meaning to that contrived argument.

Mayor Hamilton comes from a home where religious bigotry is not only tolerated, it is celebrated. His wife is Dawn Johnsen, an Alt-Left extremist and anti-Catholic activist.

In 2010, the Catholic League waged a successful battle against her: Johnsen was forced to withdraw her name from nomination to head President Obama's Office of Legal Counsel. As I explained, "we have been on a relentless PR campaign alerting the public, and U.S. senators, to her anti-Catholic record. On April 9, our wish came true: she withdrew her name from nomination."

Why did we oppose her? On March 4, 2010, I wrote to every member of the senate asking just one question: "Are you aware that Dawn Johnsen, who will be voted upon by the full Senate, sought to strip the Roman Catholic Church of its tax-exempt status in 1988?" At that time, Johnsen supported an attempt by the ACLU and others to rescind the Catholic Church's tax exempt status because of its pro-life position.

The radical secular assault on our religious ethos must be fought every time the religious cleansers rear their ugly head. Now is the time to send Mayor Hamilton a message. Contact him at: mayor@bloomington.in.gov

     

The Catholic League is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination.  Use this link  for more information on the Catholic League.

In Denial About islam

by William Kilpatrick
Crisis Magazine

“The times they are a-changing.” ∼ Bob Dylan

Rival gangs battle in the streets and set fire to cars. Uncovered women are considered fair game. Molotov cocktails are hurled at police stations.

Syria? No, Sweden. For a long time, Sweden has been importing Middle Eastern immigrants into its small nation, and now it is experiencing many of the problems of the Middle East. The same thing is happening in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, and England.

It’s often said that we in America just have to look at history to understand the fate that may be in store for us. But it’s no longer necessary to consult history books. All you have to do is look at what’s happening right now on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Today, there is a new crisis, spawned by the older—a crisis of rupture. Throughout the culture—and even in some parts of the Church—we see growing separation from our heritage and guiding principles. The crisis whirls around the Catholic laity’s difficulty in standing by Catholic tradition and letting it animate ideas and action in the temporal order.  For more information, please use this link.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING :From All Of Us At Friends Of Liberty Blog's

Happy Thanksgiving From All Of Us Here At Friends Of Liberty,Voices for the Unborn,The Realistic Observer, While You Were Sleeping  and Persecution Unveiled Cause

And if your traveling over this Thanksgiving Holiday ,may the Lord see you safely to your destination. 

Twelve Daily Bites of Slaying the Giant:#1,Making an Impact

PEARL LEONA STURGIS·TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Twelve Daily Bites of Slaying the Giant:

1) Making an Impact: 2) Food for the Mind and Heart: 3) Finding the Root of the Problem: 4) The Shepherd and the Lost Sheep 5) A Basic Overview: 6) Psalms of Comfort: 7) The Good Samaritan  Making a Difference 9) Being a Mentor 10) Power of Small things: 11) Resources: 12) Warning Signs and Contacts: SharedHope.org

 Making an impact.

SharedHope.org

 “If you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death; those who go staggering to the slaughter; if you say, “Look, we did not know this” does not He who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not He who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will He not repay all according to their deeds? Proverbs 24:11 and 12:

While many Americans know that children are sold for sex overseas, too many believe that the United States is immune from this crime. The commercial sexual exploitation of children is indeed a reality in the United states. It is one of the worst forms of child abuse. Children deserve to live in a safe healthy and loving environment free from abuse or threat of violence. Unfortunately, there are criminals---both traffickers and buyers of sex---who do not believe in or adhere to such basic values. Christians are called upon by God to challenge injustice and cherish all children. 

Just as Jacob acknowledged the precious gift God had given him in his own children (Genesis 33:5) we should do the same, not only for our own children but for all children. They are each a gift and as with us, God has counted every hair on their head. (Matthew 10”30) How will we answer Him when He asks if we did all we could to protect them? This short booklet was created to provide christians with ways to make an impact. At the end of this resource you will find more information on research, videos, books and other resources that could be helpful in your activities and community efforts.

 SharedHope.org (unquote) PLSturgis: This is a little booklet I received in the mail which I would like to share with you daily to make an impact for these children.

About Slaying The Giant

(to be continued)

Food for the Mind and Heart:

To be Continued in the Next Daily Bites of Slaying the Giant:

How billionaire George Soros is trying to hijack the Catholic Church for his progressive agenda

September 1, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – The large sum of money billionaire George Soros put up to influence Pope Francis’ U.S. visit last fall before a presidential election year and to push the American bishops toward support for radical “social justice causes” was not the first time the leftist financier has used his wealth to try and negatively affect the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church has continuously withstood and will always survive more formidable opponents than Soros. But this fact is clearly lost on him, given his history of attempting to nefariously impact the Church by funding groups labeled “Catholic” that oppose fundamental Church teaching, his backing of anti-Catholic causes with the United Nations, and now as seen with the recent leaked document from his Open Society Foundations, his influence on high-ranking Church officials to advance his causes.

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U.S. ARMY: CHRISTMAS IS TOO 'RELIGIOUS'

“Nothing in the law that prohibits the military from taking part in the celebration of an international holiday that has been observed from the beginnings of this nation.”

World Net Daily

When Fox News Radio host Todd Starnes invited a U.S. Army acoustic band to perform at his annual radio Christmas show, the initial reaction from the military branch was enthusiastic but noncommittal.

The Fox Radio Christmas show is “a two-hour extravaganza filmed in Memphis – featuring special guest performers, celebrities, a full orchestra and the Bellevue Baptist Church Singing Christmas Tree, wrote Starnes, the host of “Fox News & Commentary,” which is heard on hundreds of radio stations.

Knowing his audience honors the military, he wanted this year to feature the Six-String Soldiers of the U.S. Army Field Band, a four-member group that performs American, folk, bluegrass and Irish music.

The U.S. Army Field Band is dubbed “the musical ambassadors of the Army.”
When the Army delayed responding, Starnes thought it was merely to check the calendar, but it turned out the investigation centered on the contents of his Christmas show.

He received a rejection letter.

“After reviewing your request, we have opined that the show is a religious event, and therefore we cannot provide official support based on restrictions in AR-360-1,” the letter read. “We value our relationship with you as well as FOX News and hope you understand our declination is guided by law and Army regulations.”

Starnes acknowledged his show proclaims Jesus as the reason for the season.

“In my defense, though, the reason my Christmas show is religious is because Christmas is in fact a religious holiday. I had no idea the Baby Jesus or Heralding Angels violated Army regulations,” he wrote.

Starnes’ friend Gov. Mike Huckabee, who was named ambassador to Israel on Friday, agreed, pointing out there is “nothing in the law that prohibits the military from taking part in the celebration of an international holiday that has been observed from the beginnings of this nation.”

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North Korean Defectors Say Over 75 Percent of Christians Do Not Survive Persecution

Activists protest in a candlelight vigil honoring the North Korean defectors

and human rights activists who have died or been imprisoned thanks to Chinese

repatriation policy at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC on Sept. 23, 2016

By Stoyan Zaimov
Christian Post

Human rights groups are reporting on new grim statistics from North Korea and its treatment of religious minorities, including Christians, revealing that more than 75 percent of those subjected to torture, imprisonment, and other punishments do not survive.

UPI reported on statistics from the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights, a South Korean nonprofit organization, which are based on the testimonies of defectors, identifying over 65,000 cases of religious persecution.

Close to 99 percent of 11,370 defectors in the study confirmed that there is no religious freedom under the government of Kim Jong-un, and what is more, over 75 percent of Christians who are punished for their faith do not survive.

"Most North Korean religious practitioners say they are either Protestant or Roman Catholic. More than 10 percent of interviewees said they are Buddhist," the article stated. 

"The interviews also reveal less than 23 percent of victims of religious persecution survive their punishment, according to defectors' testimonies."

Christians pray for starving North Koreans during 

a prayer session in Seoul March 1, 2012.

The statistics also showed that only 1.2 percent of those who fled North Korea admitted to engaging in secret religious activities, due to fear of persecution.

International Christian Concern, Open Doors USA, and Christian Solidarity Worldwide are just some of the persecution watchdog groups that have documented the horrific treatment of minorities in North Korea.

Report of North Korea's horrific religious persecution continues

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Iraqi Priests Celebrate Mass In Destroyed Church For First Time Since ISIS

Priests hold the first mass at the Mart Shmoni Church since it 

was recaptured from Islamic State.  Reuters   

By Carey Lodge
Christian Today

After more than two years of ISIS control, priests today held mass at the Mart Shmoni Church in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, for the first time since it was liberated.

Photographs showed priests inspecting the church, which had been ransacked by militants. Icons could be seen hanging off the walls, chairs broken and trash littered the floor.

Bashiqa was retaken from ISIS as part of the offensive to capture Mosul – ISIS' last stronghold in Iraq – that began on October 17.

Mosul and its surrounding towns and villages, many of which were occupied primarily by Christians, were overrun by ISIS in 2014.

Though many of these towns have now been liberated, it is still considered too dangerous for civilians to return. However, church leaders have begun to return to their churches.

On 30 October, dozens of Iraqi Christians celebrated mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, which was once home to Iraq's largest Christian population.

 "Today Qaraqosh is free of Daesh (Islamic State)," Syriac Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Butrus Moshe – who was born in the town – told worshippers.

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CHRISTIANS BEING KILLED FOR ORGAN HARVESTING

Elites Decide Who the 'Undesirables' Are

By Leo Hohmann
World Net Daily

New evidence suggests China is engaged in large-scale forced organ harvesting, killing prisoners of conscience, including many Christians, and selling their organs on the lucrative international market.\

Just as the establishment politicians and media in the U.S. tried to cover up and hide the Planned Parenthood trade in baby body parts after it was exposed by undercover journalists, the Chinese government and media have also denied any such trade exists in China.

But two investigators who have spent 10 years researching evidence of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China told the Canadian Parliament’s human rights subcommittee that the practice of killing for profit-driven transplants continues unabated in China, the Epoch Times reports.

International human-rights lawyer David Matas and former Crown attorney and cabinet minister David Kilgour presented the findings of their latest report, released in June, at a House of Commons hearing on Nov. 3.

Based on an analysis of more than 700 organ transplantation centers in China, the report indicated that Chinese hospitals have performed an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 organ transplants a year since the year 2000, and most of the organs were sourced from innocent prisoners of conscience — Uyghurs, Tibetans, home-church Christians and practitioners of Falun Gong meditation.

“For the last 15 years, as you all know, across China there has been regime-sanctioned pillaging and trafficking in the vital organs of prisoners of conscience, overwhelmingly from practitioners of Falun Gong, but also Tibetans, Uyghurs, and some house Christians, to fund an immensely profitable but despicable commerce with wealthy Chinese patients and organ tourists,” Kilgour said.

A billion-dollar industry

The profits generated from the selling of the organs is in the billions of dollars. Matas said the estimates are now even higher with updated figures on the volume of transplants involved each year.

He said the prices have gone up over time partly because of inflation, “and partly because there’s more of a cover-up and there’s enough of a focus that [the Chinese regime] feel they can charge a premium for doing this undercover work,” Matas said.

Matas told the committee that the demonization and mass detention of Falun Gong practitioners, combined with a long-standing practice of sourcing organs from death-row prisoners and hospitals’ need for funding, led to the mass killing of Falun Gong adherents for their organs, according to ChinaAid, an international non-profit Christian human rights organization committed to promoting religious freedom and the rule of law in China.

“Falun Gong practitioners became a ready, inexhaustible source of organs which can be sold to transplant tourists at exorbitant prices,” Matas said.

Hospitals with transplant centers, the report disclosed, indicate that organ transplants are their largest source of revenue. Kilgour told the committee the crimes being committed in China involve many players.

World Net Daily's story of organ harvesting continues

Washington State Supreme Court Hears Appeal of Florist Accused of Discrimination for Declining ‘Gay Wedding’

By Heather Clark
Christian News

Justices with the Washington State Supreme Court heard on Tuesday the appeal of a florist accused of discrimination by providing a referral for a regular customer’s request for the creation of floral arrangements for his same-sex ceremony rather than fulfilling the order herself.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson told the court that Baronelle Stutzman of Arlene’s Flowers may believe what she wishes in her heart and mind, but cannot live out her convictions when it comes to a public business.

“Ms. Stutzman for her religious expression is free to believe what she wishes,” he argued. “But when she engages in public accommodations and avails herself of the protections and benefits that come with being a business, there are of course responsibilities that flow from that.”

Ferguson compared the situation to being refused to be served at a restaurant.
“I’m Catholic, for example. If I go to a restaurant to celebrate the first communion of my young twins with my wife, the restaurant owner shouldn’t be able to say, ‘I’m sorry, Bob, we do not serve Catholics,'” he said.

But Stutzman’s attorney, Kristen Waggoner of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) told the justices that Stutzman does not refuse to serve homosexuals. She rather could not participate in a particular event, and would have been willing to offer flowers in general outside of having to create custom arrangements, which would make her personally involved in the details of the ceremony.

“It’s undisputed that Mrs. Stutzman would be more than happy to sell pre-arranged flowers, flowers out of the cooler,” Waggoner explained. “Anything but the custom arrangement that requires intimate involvement in creating the expression itself.”

Some Christians believe that being a part of a same-sex event violates the biblical command in 1 Timothy 5:22 not to be “partakers in other men’s sins,” as well as the command in Ephesians 5:7, “Be not ye therefore partakers with them.”

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muslims Force Hundreds Of Christians To Drink Filthy Sewage-Contaminated Water and Get Sick .....

                           .......In Revenge For Christians Nominating Christian Politician In Local Election

by Andrew Bieszad
Shoebat.com

Christians recently nominated their own political candidate for local elections in the Pakistani village of Jhang. They said it was because there were a lot of them in the area and they needed representation among the Muslims. In revenge, the Muslims have allowed and encouraged locals to dump their sewage right where the Christians get their water from. Hundreds of people have been affected and become ill from it:

Christian community residing in Jhang’s Christian Colony forced to drink water contaminated with sewage. Local Christians claim that contamination is deliberate and is a reprisal to nominating an independent candidate in the elections. The neighborhood is home to about 530 Christian families.

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These Teen Boys Converted From Islam To Christianity. Now They Are On The Run, Threatened With Death For Apostasy

School girls pray in front of a crucifix at their school in Kakoge, 

north of Uganda's capital Kampala in October last year. 

By Ruth Gledhill
Christian Today

Two teenage boys who converted to Christianity from Islam have been forced to go on the run in fear of their lives.

The Muslim persecution of the two Christian boys in Uganda is reported by Release International and Morning Stlar News.

Already, Muslims in their village in eastern Uganda's Kibuku district have set fire to the home of a Christian adult who had given them refuge. This man's house has been completely gutted.

The two boys, aged 16 and 17, fled in fear for their lives after their own parents threatened to kill them when they learned of their conversion to Christianity seven months earlier.

Apostasy is a capital crime in Islamic law. The Christian adult told an area pastor that he now believed the life of his own family is at risk and said he had lost everything

"I started receiving threatening messages in my phone accusing me of converting the boys to Christianity, as well as housing them in my house without the parents' permission, but I did not take it very seriously," he said, according to Morning Star News.

The arsonists left threatening leaflets behind, warning: "Be informed that we are not yet finished with you. Expect more, worse things are on the way."

Christian Today story of teen boys persecution continues


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Imam Who Hated Christians Dies, But Jesus Saves Him from Demons and Restores Him to Life

By Hazel Torres
Christian Today

An influential imam in a Middle Eastern country shared a stunning story on how Jesus Christ restored his life after he died.

More amazingly, Munaf Ali (not his real name) also revealed that Jesus came to his rescue when his soul was about to be taken away by demons after his physical body expired, according to God Reports.

What made his testimony even more compelling was his admission that before he died, he only had hatred for Christians and in fact had ordered his followers at the mosque to attack them.

While his body was being prepared for burial by his family, he shockingly returned to life, this time not as an Islamic extremist but as a Christian with a new message of salvation.

Following Friday prayers, the 45-year-old imam was reportedly returning home when he suddenly fell to the ground, lost consciousness and died.

Munaf said he realized his physical body was already dead. He then became aware of demons coming to take his soul away.

The imam said he shouted, "Get lost, you cursed demons of Allah. You have no right to take my soul!" He said one of the demons spoke, telling him, "No. It's our right to take your life. And you will be with us."

But as the demons were taking Munaf away, Jesus Christ suddenly appeared accompanied by a large group of angels who drove the demons away.

Then Munaf remembered Jesus telling him, 

"Listen, my son. First Adam disobeyed God and sinned against Him under Satan's influence. I am the second Adam, the Word of God and the Messiah Jesus, Son of the Most High. I was born of the virgin Mary, as a sinless Son of Man to redeem Adam and all of his descendants including you from sin and death."

Jesus continued:

"I was crucified and died as a ransom for all your sins to make you a child of God and citizen of heaven. I was raised from the dead and opened the gates of heaven to bring you back to eternal glory. Have faith in me and be my witness. I give your life back, for I have the authority of giving life."

At that time, Munaf's family members were already washing his body in preparation for his burial. His other relatives and friends were also in the hall.
Suddenly, Munaf opened his eyes and sat up on the washing table, shocking and frightening all the people around him.

"I was dead and demons tried to take my soul but Messiah Jesus came and gave my life back," he told them. He then proceeded to describe his literally life-changing experience.

Munaf immediately turned his back on Islam and became a bold witness for Jesus Christ. His family believed what he said and also embraced Jesus as their true Saviour and Lord.

Now, Munaf is being persecuted by the Muslim community he once led. He and his family were eventually forced to leave their home and their native country amid mounting death threats, according to Bibles4Mideast.

Website: christiantoday.com

Christians in Over 100 Countries Observe International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Church

By Heather Clark
Christian News

Christians in over 100 countries observed the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on Sunday by joining together to intercede for those who daily suffer for their faith in Jesus Christ.

“Scripture affirms that the Christian life is a call to glory through suffering,” says the World Evangelical Alliance of this day. “Accordingly, on a daily basis Christians around the world face persecution in various forms, including discrimination, physical assaults, violence and even death.”

“The Bible in Hebrews 13:3 command Christians to pray for those suffering as if they themselves were suffering,” it outlines. “In other words, the Bible calls us to not only remember those who suffer but also to identify with them in their suffering.”

2016 marks the 20th year of the coordinated Day of Prayer, which was launched in 1996 following widespread interest in an initial “Day of Prayer for Iran” sparked by the murder of a Christian leader in the country.

In realizing the extent of Christian persecution around the globe, various organizations now known as the Religious Liberty Commission released a statement determining to end “our own silence in the face of the suffering of all those persecuted for their religious faith.”

Now, Christians are praying for the persecuted in nations around the world on the first and second Sundays of every November. Resources for churches have been made available for free, including prayer points, devotionals, Sunday School materials, hymn sheets and more.

Release International created a video highlighting persecution in the South Asian County of Sri Lanka.

“Right now, we are considered almost like an underground church,” says Godfrey Yogarjah, the general secretary of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance in Sri Lanka, in the footage.

“The last few years, we’ve had churches attacked. We’ve had local government authorities closing down churches,” he explains. “We’ve had extremist groups like the Bodu Bala Sena, which is comprised of extremist Buddhist monks that have gone around attacking churches, closing churches, and sometimes the police have accompanied them.”

The organization also released a video earlier this year sharing the testimony of a persecuted pastor in Laos.

“The police screamed at me and got angry with me, and tried to force me to deny Jesus,” the pastor, only identified as Mac, shared. “In my mind, I was praying to God, ‘God, please forgive these police and please work in their hearts.'”

Christian Persecution and International Day of Prayer continues 

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MUSLIMS DEMAND LOCALS TAKE DOWN THEIR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THIS YEAR…

‘IT’S A VIOLATION OF ISLAM AND OFFENSIVE’

from Supreme Patriot

The worldwide politically correct push reached a new low this month when many towns in Sweden banned the use of Christmas lights on the street to avoid offending the millions of Muslim migrants that have flooded their country in the last two years.

A SVT report stated that The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) will not allow municipalities to erect Christmas street lights on light poles that the authority manages, which means that many towns will have no lights at all for the holiday.

“The change is a victory for those who want to tone down the reminder of the country’s Christian traditions, but according to the Swedish Transport Administration, the decision for the drastic change is ‘security,’” Speisa reported.

“Poles are not designed for the weight of Christmas lights, and we have to remove anything that should not be there,” said Eilin Isaksson, national coordinator at the Swedish Transport Administration, according to Infowars.

This argument that lights are too heavy and pose a safety risk is complete bogus, of course. Authorities in Sweden actually expect people to believe that lights normally held up by tree branches are now too weighty to be supported by metal poles. In reality, these lights have simply been banned to avoid offending Muslim “refugees.”

Article originally shared at SupremePatriot.com