Lawyer Argues Jesus Graduation Speech Case Before Appeals Court
By Lawrence Jones
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Mar. 12 2009 10:09 AM EDT
A lawyer representing a Colorado high school valedictorian who was told she needed to apologize for mentioning Jesus in her graduation speech or not receive a diploma argued her case before a federal appeals court Wednesday.
http://www.christianpost.com/Society/Court-cases/2009/03/lawyer-argues-jesus-graduation-speech-case-before-appeals-court-12/index.html
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Tenn. School Censors 'God' from Prayer Event Posters
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Tenn. School Censors 'God' from Prayer Event Posters
By Katherine T. Phan
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Mar. 05 2009 10:41 AM EST
An elementary school in Tennessee has been accused of censoring references to God from posters promoting an annual prayer event led by students.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that officials at Lakeview Elementary School in Tennessee last year ordered "God Bless the USA," "In God We Trust," and other phrases referencing prayer to be covered up. The words were printed on posters inviting students to See You at the Pole (SYATP), a nationwide prayer event held annually on the fourth Wednesday of September.
http://www.christianpost.com/Education/Public_edu/2009/03/tenn-school-censors-god-from-prayer-event-posters-05/index.html
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Egyptian Christian Burned Alive; Father Murdered Also
By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Mar. 10 2009 02:59 PM EDT
A young Christian man was suddenly set on fire by a Muslim man in Egypt after a rumor circulated that the Christian man had a relationship with the Muslim man’s sister.
Yasser Ahmed Qasim approached 25-year-old Sabri Shihata and poured gasoline on the Coptic Christian and then set him on fire, reported the Voice of the Copts on Friday. The young Copt tried to put out the fire by throwing himself into a nearby canal, but the burns were too severe and he later died.
http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2009/03/egyptian-christian-burned-alive-father-murdered-also-10/index.html
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Egypt Jails Christian Woman for Father's Conversion
By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Sat, Nov. 24 2007 09:37 AM EST
An Egyptian Christian woman has been jailed for her father’s brief conversion to Islam over 40 years ago which made her legally a Muslim despite her official papers stating that she is a Christian, her lawyer said Thursday.
http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2007/11/egypt-jails-christian-woman-for-father-s-conversion-24/index.html
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Egypt’s top religious advisor attempted Thursday to clear up controversy that had been building up this past week over his reported statement that Muslims are free to convert to other faiths.
Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, one of the most respected Islamic scholars in the world today, re-affirmed that Muslims have the freedom to convert to another religion, but that it would be a “grave sin.”
“Choice means freedom, and freedom includes the freedom to commit grave sins as long as their harm does not extend to others,” said Gomaa, according to Agence France-Presse.
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http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/Overseas/2007/07/egypt-s-top-islamic-scholar-clears-up-muslim-conversion-controversy-26/index.html
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Egypt in Uproar Over Christian Convert Case
By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Fri, Aug. 10 2007 02:06 PM EDT
An unprecedented legal battle involving a Christian convert has sparked national uproar in Egypt with the convert and people involved in the case facing multiple death threats, raids on their homes, and intense interrogation by the government. Christian convert Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy is in hiding – sleeping in different places each night – after Muslims mounted death threats against him for suing Egypt for refusing to accept his application to officially change his religion from Islam to Christianity on his identification papers.
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• Christian Convert Sues Egypt Over Legal Status
http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2007/08/egypt-in-uproar-over-christian-convert-case-10/index.html
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Church Rumors Incite Mob Attack in Egypt
By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Sat, May. 12 2007 09:49 AM EDT
A mob of Muslims in Egypt attacked Christians on Friday after being stirred up by a sermon and distributed leaflets that informed them that Christians were planning to build a church without permission.
Following a Muslim prayer meeting Friday, Christian homes and shops were set on fire and ten Coptic Christians were injured in clashes in the village of Bamha, about 15 miles south of Cairo, reported Agence France-Presse.
Hundreds of people from both faiths took up arms brandishing sticks, hatchets and hurling bricks and firebombs at one another.
“It’s a recurring problem,” commented Sameh Fawzi, an expert on Coptic affairs, according to Los Angeles Times. “Most sectarian conflicts that erupted in the past were due to fights over the construction of churches.”
http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2007/05/church-rumors-incite-mob-attack-in-egypt-12/index.html
And the stories go on....but oops, I think I upset the vetters of comments, because my comments on one of the stories was not published...Seems I don't fit in with their PCness.
“It’s a recurring problem,” … no shit Sherlock!!!!!!! Doesn’t matter where I roam…(on the internet) the same sort of persecution is happening to Christians everywhere. So much for all the 'Interfaith" gatherings of the egyptians huh. NB.
As an aside, I was required to go to the airport last night to pick up my grand daughter, and while waiting for the plane, which had been delayed, I got talking to a couple of people (as us Aussies will do) waiting on the same arrival. Now one guy and I had a lot in common, he had knife-scars on his wrist where he was attacked by 5 muslims a couple of years ago. He left the area of Northern/Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and moved out to South West Victoria as he just couldn’t handle his children being in such dangerous surroundings as the muslim groups had taken over the surrounding suburbs, blacking out all the windows of the –PUBLIC--swimming pool, the gangs, schools etc. Now, this area about a 30 minute drive south from me, is slowly being turned into an African/muslim town, creating conclaves and definitely not safe to be out of a night time as they congregate with their weapons of choice. .NOW, the other 2 women were together, and they honestly had no idea as to what is happening anywhere in the world, let alone their own backyard…I did ask where they lived, and they live in one of the ‘yuppified’ areas, where there are not too many muslim groups. They did not know of any of the stories as to what has been happening in Springvale, Sunshine, Sunshine West, Heidleberg, Broadmeadows, Glenroy, Flemington, East Melbourne, Footscray, or any other areas where the Muslims and other groups from Somalia, Sudan, etc. yes even Tongans and other islanders, who fight each others’ gangs, and then the African gangs fight the Islander gangs, are all placed, thus we get ‘gang wars’.
And as we were at an Airport, obviously the subject of cabs came up and these women just stood there jaw dropped… they had never heard of ‘a person’ being in Australia for a very short time ie.4 weeks, and driving cabs on cousins, brother’s etc Taxi Licence and not being able to speak more than 6 words of English, etc.
Now I was extremely careful not to use any “RACIST” terms as I am by no means a racist, as people who know me will attest to, and the other guy was not making any derogatory remarks either. I was following suggestions from people I get Blog/newsletters from who suggest ways of responding to people who are throwing the “Social Justice Issues” and “vilification spiels” and she “had never heard of any muslim proclaiming their hate for a white person,” and how “these people may have come from countries where they have been through so much hardship” rah rah rah!!!! To which I responded that is all the more reason for them to appreciate what they have come to Australia for….which would be a free life…free from war – oppression – starvation – brutality – etc. I stated that yes, I also believe in a ‘Social Justice’ for the peoples of the world, but I am sick and tired of losing my rights…rights to free speech, rights to enjoy the local swimming pools on a day I choose to go to, ….by this stage I was feeling my frustration building up, and saved by the people spilling out of the doors from the landing of the plane…these 2 women couldn’t get away from us fast enough. I commented to the guy, that these 2 women had obviously lived a very sheltered life, and know absolutely nothing other than their own little world.
I feel sorry for these women and people like them, they are in for a rude awakening, and one day they will think back to the conversation they had with me and this guy at the airport, and think and remember what we had said.
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