By Luiza Oleszczuk, Christian Post – “The eviction of a Christian congregation from a private villa used for worship gatherings for the past seven years has some observers speculating whether Kuwait’s Islamist politicians are beginning to actively target non-Muslim groups.
An American contractor for the U.S. Army in Kuwait, also a Christian, contacted The Christian Post in mid-April, saying that The Lighthouse Church (TLC) he attends was having difficulty renewing its lease. The man, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, said the lease was then suddenly terminated without explanation.
A villa church tied to the TLC congregation was later told by the landlord it had to pay an exorbitant fine each month to use a facility it had been renting, according to the Christian contractor. Church leaders reportedly decided not to argue and moved out.
Both congregations, affiliated with the National Evangelical Church in Kuwait, have found temporary…
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Joel Richardson recently did his first radio interview about his new book “Mideast Beast: The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist”, and:
“As a special for the radio show, for the next month or so, I am making both my new book (signed) together with my newest DVD set (four sessions) ‘The Return is Near’ available for a really great discount.”
His new book, as well as the DVD teaching series, will undoubtedly reinforce what a growing number of “Euro-centric” Christians are now beginning to suspect regarding the role of Islam in the Last Days. Highly recommended for all students of Biblical eschatology — for those already familiar with the Middle-Eastern/Islamic End-Time Paradigm, and particularly for those who still embrace a European/Roman Catholic End-Time Paradigm.
To order, please visit Joel’s Trumpet …
Qur’an Sura 8:12b, “… terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.”
“Let the Qur’an Speak“, but not if you’re an infidel under Islamic rule. Only a select few within the Ummah have the power to give life to the image of the Beast that it may speak, and we’re seeing all too often the broad road of ruin that “Allah’s word” has left in its wake. Despite the increasing destruction, anyone who dares to repeat the “holy words of Allah” for any other reason than to empower them could be viewed as blaspheming his prophet, his “religion of peace” — indeed the very image of Allah himself — and be killed for it …
By Rana Tanveer – “LAHORE: A cleric in Sialkot district disrupted a Saturday mass, abused the pastor and is now threatening to register a blasphemy FIR against him…
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By Nirmala Carvalho – “Srinagar (AsiaNews) – An ‘planned’ attack, with the clear goal of ‘scaring to death the Christian community. The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir must act to ensure security for the faithful and places of worship’, says Sajan George, president of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), reacting to AsiaNews to the arson attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Srinagar, two days ago. The main entrance was completely destroyed, but the timely intervention of a security guard prevented the fire from degenerating. Cameras captured two attacker who targeted the Church in the evening (20.30 hours the local, ed) their names are still unknown. All Christian communities in the valley of Kashmir have expressed solidarity with the Catholic Church.
The films show two men taking advantage of the temporary absence of the security guard. In those moments, the attackers threw petrol and other flammable…
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If the prospect of having a nation now considered one of the world’s largest religious freedom offenders leading NATO wasn’t disconcerting enough, then consider the fact that Turkey — a country whose own government even today continues to deny its responsibility for the genocide of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, whose own media even today openly vilifies Christians and whose own Prime Minister even today makes the demonization of Israel a central feature of his political discourse — is actively working to double the size of its military, now “upgraded” with new technology that will allow Turkish warplanes and ships to target Israel as an enemy who must “pay the price.” If this doesn’t give us all cause for serious concern, then nothing will …
By Albert Thompson, WND – “WASHINGTON – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization could be heading for a power shift, based on the impact…
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The next “technical glitch“ will enrich uranium even higher. I wouldn’t be surprised if they start blaming it on “Stuxnet” …
BBC – “UN nuclear inspectors have found traces of uranium enriched at 27% at Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, a confidential report obtained by the BBC suggests.
The report by the nuclear watchdog IAEA comes a day after Iran and world powers held talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Iran says the aim of the Fordo site is to enrich uranium for civilian use up to a maximum of 20%, and the latest readings could be accidental.
Analysts say 27% would bring Iran closer to making weapons-grade uranium.
The latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency says Iranian officials told inspectors that the production of such particles ‘may happen for technical reasons beyond the operator’s control’.
Iran insists its nuclear work is purely peaceful, but Western countries…
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“PARK CITY — A couple tells police they returned home from a business trip to find over 100 fish dead, floating in their private pond.
It happened at 4 Hidden Splendor Court, located in the Thaynes Canyon neighborhood of Park City. Authorities are trying to determine if the fish had been poisoned and if the homeowners were the victims of a crime.
The pond is fed by a mountain spring and it is unclear if the water that flows into the pond is organically contaminated.
When the homeowners, Shan Ingleby and Loretta Paulus, returned from their trip at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday, they found fish either dead or thrashing about. They said the water level was slightly low, so they started filling it with a hose and the fish seemed to calm down. But by morning, they said, the bottom of the pond was covered with dead fish.
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By Nick Needham, WBTV – “CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – The city of Charlotte is investigating what may have killed hundreds of fish in Briar Creek.
The city discovered the dead fish in Briar Creek near Chantilly Park on Monday after several people reported it to the city’s Storm Water Services Department.
‘All of our water quality tests are normal,’ said Jennifer Frost with Storm Water Services. ‘The heavy amount of rainfall we’ve seen this week has helped clean out whatever was there.’
Frost said there are no water advisories in effect for the creek or its surrounding tributaries.
Frost said the city typically sees large amounts of dead fish when oxygen levels in the water become too low. This can occur naturally or from a chemical introduced into the water, Frost said.
The nearly 3 inches of rain that has fallen in the area since Monday has caused oxygen levels…
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By Claire Bigg, Mariyat Shapsug – “Hardly a day goes by in Sochi, Russia’s picturesque Black Sea resort, without a dead dolphin washing up on the beach.
With the tourist season just kicking off, the unexplained deaths have yet to draw much scrutiny.
But environmentalists are increasingly alarmed. The dolphin carcasses are also turning into a real holiday spoiler for vacationers drawn to the region’s scenic beaches and pristine vistas.
Russian tourist Aida Kobzh was shocked to discover a group of dead dolphins last week at her local beach in Sochi.
‘Everyone stood there and stared at the dead little dolphins lying belly up. Poor creatures!’ Kobzh says. ‘There were some on the beach but also in the water, they were floating there, dead.’…
The dolphins started washing up along Russia’s Black Sea coast several weeks ago. They have also been spotted on Ukrainian shores.
Environmentalists are now talking about…
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By Meredith Ley, WSAV – “STATESBORO, GA — Just one year after the largest fish kill in Georgia history, more fish have been found dead along the Ogeechee River banks–prompting a swimming and fishing advisory in Bulloch and Effingham counties.
Nearly forty thousand fish died in the Ogeechee River last year. A textiles company — King America Finishing — was found to be at least partly to blame.
Here is the breakdown:
King America was fined one million dollars for illegal dumping of several chemicals not allowed in its permit.
Those include formaldehyde and ammonia.
The dumping had been going on for five years.
Just after our story aired this Monday on news three at six a viewer called and said he had seen more dead fish at 301 landing.
The Ogeechee Riverkeeper spent most of yesterday searching the river, and found more.
Then Thursday, the DNR was out at…
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Times of Israel – “CAIRO (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood made an early show of confidence as vote counting began in Egypt’s landmark presidential election on Thursday, saying its exit polls showed its candidate in the lead in the race to succeed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.
Exit polls by several Arab television stations also suggested the Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi was ahead of the pack of 13 candidates. The reliability of the various exit surveys was not known, and a few hours after the end of two days of votes, only a tiny percentage of the ballots had been counted.
But the swiftness of the Brotherhood’s claim showed its eagerness to plant its flag and establish in the public eye that Morsi had at least won entry into a second round vote. There are five prominent candidates, but none is expected to win outright in the first round. A run-off between…
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Associated Press – “ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As oyster growers prepare to harvest their maturing spat in the coming weeks, things are not looking good.
An unusually rainy fall lowered salinity levels in Pasadena creeks and rivers, apparently causing massive die-offs among young oysters planted as part of the state’s efforts to reinvigorate the oyster population of the Chesapeake Bay. In some areas all the spat planted were wiped out.
‘It’s a very serious situation,’ said Chris Judy, manager of the Marylanders Grow Oysters program. ‘We don’t want to see our oysters die. In in the four-year history of the program, this is the first time we’ve had such an event, so it was very unusual.’
Spat, larva that settles and begins to develop a shell, need water with a certain salinity — typically at least four parts-per-thousand. Heavy rains in late August and September made the water too fresh for…
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I’m sure the fact that he was Jewish had nothing to do with it …
EJP – “SANAA (AFP)—A leading member of Yemen’s dwindling Jewish community, who was stabbed in Sanaa on Tuesday by a Muslim accusing him of witchcraft, has died in hospital, the community’s rabbi told AFP.
‘Harun Zindani has died from his wounds,’ said Yahya Yussef Mousa, calling
on the authorities to protect his co-religionists.
The cleric said Zindani was stabbed in the head and back by a vendor of the local narcotic known as qat, who attacked him from behind shouting: ‘You Jew, you have hurt my business with your sorcery.’
The assailant, Abed Ahmed al-Harbi, was restrained after the attack by passers-by and other shopkeepers, who held and eventually handed him over to the police.
The son of the victim, Yahya Zendani, told AFP the attacker was unknown to his father and had no quarrel…
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Ansar Al-Sharia Demonstrators: “Obama, Obama, we are all Osama! Obama, Obama, we are all Osama! … ”
Speaker: “Some Tunisians and some Muslims are afraid of the jihadists. We must ask: How come? Because the enemies have distorted the enemies of the jihadists, presenting them as the enemies of the Muslims. We say: No! Every Muslim is a jihadist …”
Ansar Al-Sharia Demonstrators: “Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!”
Speaks: “… We are all jihadists, supporting Jerusalem and elevating the word of Allah … Let us all cry ‘Allah Akbar’ together, so that Obama the ape can hear us … Let America hear us! … We are coming, we are coming! … Hear us, Obama!”
Islam’s Messiah “al Mahdi” isn’t the only thing that remains hidden today. Yet again, the “prophets of Persia” have concealed Truth by touting the false and poorly written “Gospel of Barnabas” in an effort to promote Islam. Unsurprisingly, while Iran claims the book “predicts” the coming of the “prophet” Mohammed, it neglects to disclose the fact that, among other things, written in Aramaic on the front cover is an inscription revealing that “this book is written on the hands of the monks of the high monastery in Nineveh, in the 1,500th year of our Lord.” Spelling errors, Qur’an contradictions and historical inaccuracies aside, if predicting the coming of Islam’s prophet nearly 900 years after the fact can somehow be twisted in an effort to advance the cause of Islam, then anything can.
“Christian” archaeology undermines the Qur’an. “Jewish” archaeology undermines the Qur’an. Even “Islamic”…
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RIANOSTOVI – “A new massive wave of deaths among the extremely endangered saiga antelope has been registered in northern Kazakhstan, the Agriculture Ministry’s press service said on Thursday.
The ministry said earlier that 540 saiga carcasses had been found in the Kostanai region of Kazakhstan.
‘Aviation monitoring today … discovered a new concentration of saiga deaths with the approximate number of dead animals reaching beyond 400,’ the ministry said.
Last year, at least 12,000 saiga died in western Kazakhstan, presumably from pasteurellosis infection and from overeating. In November 2010, Kazakhstan introduced a ban on saiga hunting.
The latest statistics put the number of saiga in Kazakhstan at 85,500. The country spends $800,000 annually to prevent the animals’ deaths.
Saiga were virtually exterminated in the 1920s but then increased their numbers in the Soviet Asian republics in the 1950s. The animals mostly became endangered because of hunting and the high demand…
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By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun – “Something’s rotten on the Baltimore area waterfront. Fish are washing ashore by the thousands in a mass die-off that officials say appears to be caused by a weather-driven worsening of the pollution that chronically plagues the Chesapeake Bay.
State investigators expanded their probe Wednesday into what they believe are algae-related fish kills in Marley, Furnace and Curtis creeks in Glen Burnie, raising the estimated death toll there tenfold, while finding a new batch of finny carcasses in a Dundalk creek.
Jay Apperson, spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment, said the agency’s fish-kill investigators estimated anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 fish of several species dead in the three creeks in northern Anne Arundel County. Only a day before, Apperson had said investigators figured there were about 6,000 dead.
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To understand how truly ridiculous such a mindset is, simply go back to 1944 and change out “Muslim” and “Islam” for “Nazi” and “Germany” …
By Colin Flaherty, WND – “MSNBC’s new golden girl was in a pickle: If someone sees a black person committing rape or domestic violence, should he report it if it makes black people look bad?
Or if Muslims see wife-beating, genital mutilation and childhood sexual abuse, should they just keep it to themselves, because saying something gives ammunition to the ‘Islamophobes’?
The questions appear to be simple. But they posed a challenge for the host of the new ‘Melissa Harris-Perry’ show when guest Mona Eltahawy talked about her Foreign Policy magazine cover story about abuse of women by men in the Muslim world.
Eltahawy speaks from experience: She had her arms broken in a demonstration in Egypt and was tortured and raped in an Egyptian…
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I hereby introduce to you the so-called “useful model for new Arab regimes“ …
Times.am – “Today [the] head of the Armenian science department of ‘Noravanq’ educational foundation, expert on Turkey Alistakes Simavoryan and expert of the same foundation Vahram Hovyan met journalists and referred to the topic of religious intolerance against Christians in Turkey.
According to A. Simavoryan now 120,000 Christians live in Turkey now and 59,000 of them are Armenians. There are also sects in Turkey, for example, [Jehovah’s Witnesses] and Mormons. There are Armenians among them as well.
As the expert noted Turks are afraid that their country may become a Christian state, but according to him [this] is not possible. According to the speaker Turkey will lead anti-Christian politics in coming 30-40 years as well and it will be especially directed to the Armenian Community.
‘The social inquiries in Turkey show that 40%…
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By Sam Jones, The Guardian – “Yemen is facing a food crisis of ‘catastrophic proportions’, with almost half the population going hungry and a third of children in some areas severely malnourished, aid agencies have warned.
A coalition of seven humanitarian organisations – Care International, International Medical Corps, Islamic Relief, Mercy Corps, Merlin, Oxfam and Save the Children – is urging the international community to step up aid before Yemen slides further into poverty and political instability.
The Middle Eastern country’s already precarious state was highlighted on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a military parade, killing more than 90 people and wounding at least 220. The bombing, one of the deadliest in recent years, was a setback in Yemen’s battle against al-Qaida-affiliated Islamists and has heightened concerns over a country in the frontline of the US global war on militants.
The aid agencies – which point out that the…
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27 April 2012
Dario Kenner, La Paz
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It is hard to believe but today a secondmarch against a proposed road through the indigenous territory and national park TIPNIS (National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Sécure) set off on its way to La Paz. Around 300 people, including representatives of indigeous movements CIODB and CONAMAQ, left the Amazonian town of Trinidad at 4.30pm. The first march between August and October 2011 covered over 350 miles on the same route (see map).
Why is there a second march after President Evo Morales approved a law on 24 October 2011 banning any road through the TIPNIS? This blog reported in January that the Bolivian government has never changed its aim of building the road despite the political crisis caused by the first anti-road march. Indigenous leaders are angry at the government attempt to carry…
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