The attack upon Christians, not only in the church of Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad on October 31 but also in Nigeria, Indonesia, Algeria, Egypt and elsewhere, is a form of Islamic interpretation of Shariah law.
In the News
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November 12th, 2010
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November 12th, 2010
A woman is set to make history in the UK by acting as a surrogate for her brother and his homosexual partner, which will make her the mother and aunt of the same baby.
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November 12th, 2010
The Dorset women were last week hailed by the BBC as figureheads of ‘a reinvented religion’, as the corporation’s news channel devoted considerable airtime to the festival.
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November 12th, 2010
A Christian woman has been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan. Asia Bibi was convicted of insulting Mohammed while working in a field with several Muslim women in a village southwest of Lahore.
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November 12th, 2010
A fire brigade has removed all religious references from its remembrance service after complaints from staff.
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November 12th, 2010
Mohammed is now the most popular name for baby boys in Britain, according to new data released by the United Kingdom's Office of National Statistics (ONS) - reflecting the growing influence there of Islam.
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November 12th, 2010
A specific type of adult stem cells transplanted into the leg muscles of injured young mice not only repaired the muscle damage but triggered changes in the muscle tissue that made it resistant to normal aging.
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November 12th, 2010
Attacks in Iraq leave some resigned to the fact that a safe future for Christians in the Muslim world is impossible. Do you agree? And even if you do, is the best response?
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November 11th, 2010
Killing an animal by cutting its throat without stunning is, in fact, illegal in this country. However, there is a legal loophole allowing this if it is being done for religious reasons — in other words, for the production of halal or kosher meat.
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November 11th, 2010
British youngsters have become the greatest consumers of cocaine in the developed world, according to a major international study.