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  • CNN: ISIS: Behind the mask
    April 3rd, 2017

    With his blue eyes, brown hair and beaming smile, young Michael Delefortrie looked every inch the angelic altar boy.

    But fast forward twenty years, and Michael had changed his name to Younnes, traded his Christian faith for Islam, and the sleepy Belgian suburb he'd grown up in for the front lines of ISIS' war in Syria.

    Now, back in Belgium, he still expresses open support for the group’s warped ideology and says he wishes he could return to the group’s self-proclaimed Islamic State.

    "I regret coming back," he told me. "I want to live under the caliphate."

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  • talkRADIO: Pakistani Christians accused of lynching 'offered pardon if they convert to Islam'
    April 3rd, 2017

    A large group of Pakistani Christians facing trial for the alleged lynching of two Muslims in 2015 were reported to have been offered acquittal so long as they convert to Islam.

    A total of 42 men have been convicted over the deaths, which occurred in the wake of suicide bombings on two churches in Lahore which killed at least 15 people. They were convicted on terrorism charges in February.

    It has been alleged that the lynchings were carried out to avenge the church bombings, with witnesses describing how an out-of-control mob descended on the two men, who were thought to be Taliban associates.

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  • BBC: Ayaan Hirsi Ali cancels Australia tour over 'security concerns'
    April 3rd, 2017

    A former Dutch MP and prominent critic of conservative Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, has cancelled a speaking tour of Australia and New Zealand citing security concerns.

    The Somali-born author was to appear on Australian TV on Monday before starting her tour, titled "Hero of Heresy".

    But she pulled out due to "a number of reasons including security concerns", event organiser Think Inc said.

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  • Christian Institute: Percentage of LGBT staff at BBC six times higher than in population
    April 3rd, 2017

    The BBC employs a disproportionate amount of LGBT people and bases its employment quota on the notoriously flawed Kinsey report, it has emerged.

    A freedom of information request, seen by The Christian Institute, reveals that 11.5 per cent of BBC bosses and 10.6 per cent of staff are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual.

    This is despite the fact that only 1.7 per cent of the UK population is lesbian, gay or bisexual according to the latest study by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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  • Reuters: Germany dismisses 'Islam law' as integration debate resurfaces
    April 3rd, 2017

    Germany has no plans to introduce an 'Islam law' codifying the rights and obligations of Muslims, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing an idea floated by allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of federal elections in September.

    Merkel, who will seek a fourth term in what is expected to be a close-fought ballot, has come under fire for opening Germany's doors to refugees, more than one million of whom - mostly Muslims - have entered the country over the past two years.

    Seeking to boost support for the chancellor's conservatives, senior Merkel ally Julia Kloeckner stoked the integration debate at the weekend by calling for stricter rules for Islamic preachers and a ban on foreign funding of mosques.

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  • SpringerLink: Prenatal exposure to progesterone affects sexual orientation in humans
    April 3rd, 2017

    Prenatal sex hormone levels affect physical and behavioral sexual differentiation in animals and humans. Although prenatal hormones are theorized to influence sexual orientation in humans, evidence is sparse. Sexual orientation variables for 34 prenatally progesterone-exposed subjects (17 males and 17 females) were compared to matched controls (M age = 23.2 years). A case–control double-blind design was used drawing on existing data from the US/Denmark Prenatal Development Project. Index cases were exposed to lutocyclin (bioidentical progesterone = C21H30O2; MW: 314.46) and no other hormonal preparation. Controls were matched on 14 physical, medical, and socioeconomic variables. A structured interview conducted by a psychologist and self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data on sexual orientation, self-identification, attraction to the same and other sex, and history of sexual behavior with each sex.

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  • LifeNews: 40 Days for Life Prayer Campaigns Have Collectively Saved 13,000 Babies From Abortion
    April 3rd, 2017

    With just a week to go in this 40 Days for Life campaign, we bring you good news. 362 babies have been spared from abortion (that we know of)!

    Not only that … the total number of children saved since 40 Days for Life started as a coordinated campaign in 2007 has now reached more than 13,000! Praise God for what He has done!

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  • Christian Today: Words of Jesus to be emblazoned on London buses this Easter in new evangelical campaign
    April 3rd, 2017

    The words of Jesus will be emblazoned on London buses this Easter, in an evangelical campaign aimed at winning hearts and minds and raising 'hope' among people in the capital.

    The 'Quote Jesus' bus campaign will feature on 75 of London's trade-mark Routemaster buses for two weeks from 10 April.

    The buses will carry quotes of Jesus including: 'Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die', 'In my Father's house there are many mansions' and 'I am the way, the truth and the life'.

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  • Telegraph: University students told essays will be marked down if they fail to use 'gender-sensitive' language
    April 3rd, 2017

    Students at Hull University are being told to use gender neutral language in their essays – or risk losing marks. 

    According to documents obtained by the Sunday Times, students are told to "be aware of the powerful and symbolic nature of language and use gender-sensitive formulations. Failure to use gender-sensitive language will impact your mark."

    The document, which was released following a Freedom of Information request, was part of a course on religious activism being taught at the university.

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  • Mail: Church crisis as generation of older helpers is dying out
    April 3rd, 2017

    The Church of England is facing a crisis because a generation of older women who keep its parishes going are dying out, according to academic analysis out yesterday.

    It said that 70,000 female lay churchgoers now entering their eighties and nineties have been an essential volunteer army who have furnished and cleaned churches, provided the tea and the catering, raised money, and supplied the congregations for midweek services.

    But there is no evidence that a new generation is stepping forward to replace them, the research said.

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