Today the European Court of Human Rights ruled that although a BA staff member, Nadia Eweida, could wear her cross to work, a nurse, Shirley Chaplin could not. Moreover, a sex therapist,…
In January 2011 demonstrations across the Middle East captured the imagination of people around the globe: young, idealistic, and articulate Arabs filled the squares and called for democracy and…
Dr Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s new, democratically-elected President has disarmed his critics with an olive branch: his first appointments will be a Christian and a woman. This is the kind of…
The High Court has ruled that prayer should be banned from meetings of a local council. The decision paves the way for the phasing out of similar traditions in Britain’s…
Is Britain clamping down on freedom of conscience? The latest case involving a clash of religious values vs secular culture is the subject of my blog today for the Daily…
If they were Jews, the international community would call for urgent UN action. But the more than 40 Nigerians killed on Christmas Day were not Jews; they were Christians. The…
Christians are frozen out, argue young people on The Thaw
Christianity is being completely frozen out of America. Why can’t I pray in school? … Why are they taking God out of my history books? Watch The Thaw…
Don’t mess with Jewish women, my Bible taught me
By Adam LeBor Sex, murder, betrayal: the story of Yael, recounted in the…
Salafis use Egypt’s blasphemy law to persecute Christians
Who’s the best guardian of Muslim values? Around the Islamic world, political parties and factions…
For Christians in Pakistan, religious freedom remains a hopeless cause
It’s still unofficial, but polling results from Pakistan’s general election suggest that the Nawaz Sharif…
America’s Christians: a persecuted minority?
“It’s become something of a sport to attack Christians in this nation.” Todd Starnes, host…