Month: January 2005

‘JOHN316’ License Plate Deep-Sixed by State Agency

By Allie Martin January 27, 2005 AgapePress A Vermont man has sued that state’s Department of Motor Vehicles after his application to have a personalized license plate with a Christian message was rejected. Last April, Shawn Byrne submitted an application for a personalized plate inscribed with ‘JOHN316.’ In May, he received a letter from the

Scalia Encourages the Foolish Church

Scalia Encourages the Foolish Church And If You Stay Active, You Will Need the Comfort He Brings By Matt Friedeman, PhD January 27, 2005 AgapePress Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave a humdinger of an indispensable speech for people of faith who are wondering when they are ever going to catch a break from their

New Studies Say Teens May Be Hardwired for Religion

Christianity Has the Truth About Community — But Are We Living Up to the Biblical Model in the Lives of Our Children? Feature by Ed Vitagliano January 27, 2005 (AgapePress) What if we could find something that would make teenagers less likely to become involved in crime, drug and alcohol abuse, and premarital sex? And

Dawa in Public Schools

Public schools are an ideal arena for Dawa. With an open-minded mindset that is prevalent among students and most teachers, as well as the fact that the next generation’s attitudes towards various ideas and concepts are developed in school, Dawa in public schools is a necessity. We should use every opportunity possible to sensitize non-Muslim

History ReWrite

January 27, 2005 Egyptian Newspaper: UN Marks the ‘So-Called Holocaust’ Rewrite a nation’s history and you can control its future. (IsraelNN.com) An Egyptian newspaper, Al-Ahram Al-Messa’i, commented today on what it called Israel’s ‘investment’ in ‘the so-called holocaust’ and the United Nations session commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The newspaper complained

Hajj pilgrim returns from Mecca, slits daughter’s throat

January 27, 2005 Hajj pilgrim returns from Mecca, slits daughter’s throat One would think, if all the ‘This is Not Islam’ talk is to be believed, that somewhere along this man’s pilgrimage to Mecca or in his work at the Islamic Affairs Ministry he might have picked up the idea that he shouldn’t do this

“Jihadists” living in Oregon, FBI says

January 26, 2005 Sneer quotes in the original AP headline. (Thanks to Kemaste for the link.) Anyway, so much for the idea that there are no more secret cells in the U.S. (Of course, it may be that the spokesman in that story was using ‘Al-Qaeda’ in a restricted sense, contrary to the common tendency

Despite testimony of official abuse, UNCHR fails to censure China

Chinese Christians Testify of Persecution before UN Commission Despite testimony of official abuse, UNCHR fails to censure China by Xu Mei NANJING, China Compass For the first time in history, Chinese Christians gave evidence of persecution in April at a special meeting called by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) in Geneva. Several

Paris Church Will Go to Court for Right to Worship

Michael Ireland ASSIST News Service PARIS, FRANCE (ANS) Representatives of the Paris Elim Church will be going to court in order to continue worshipping in their current location. Paris Elim church representatives are going to be in court on Wednesday, January 19 and Friday, January 28, 2005. “The local government is trying to chase the

Future of the African-American church vote

A black Christian leader says there is evidence from the recent election that more and more blacks are starting to realize that the Democratic Party does not represent their core values on a number of important issues. This past weekend, a panel of black religious conservatives held a forum to discuss the future of the