Israeli Far-Rights Calls for Women to be Expelled from IDF

“Rabbis and parents will not send their sons to an army that recruits women to mixed units”
Back in 2005 Christian Zionist writer and WorldNetDaily columnist Hal Lindsey heralded the establishment in Israel of a “Sanhedrin”:
Two remarkable developments took place recently that are extremely relevant to students of Bible prophecy.
For the first time in 1,600 years, [...]

Ugandan Media: Rick Warren Denounces Gay Rights

The Kampala Monitor reports:
Dr [Rick] Warren said that homosexuality is not a natural way of life and thus not a human right. “We shall not tolerate this aspect at all,” Dr Warren said.
Warren was speaking in support of Ugandan Anglicans who intend to boycott the forthcoming Lambeth Conference, and this harsh rejection of tolerance for [...]

Jeff Steele Regrets “Mean-Spirited” We Want America Back Rallies

BBC Documentary explores Southern Gospel music
Last week the BBC broadcast White Gospel, a fascinating documentary exploring the American Southern Gospel musical genre. The programme began with nineteenth-century “Sacred Harp” singing in rural backwaters, and charted the development of various quartets and family groups up to the inevitably slick and big-money music industry of today. Along [...]

Christian Voice and Far-Right Group Protest Muslim Procession

UK news from Earlswood, Surrey, via This is Surrey Today:
Cultures clashed on Easter Sunday when Muslims marched in the streets to celebrate the birth of their prophet Muhammad…Shouting “Allah is great” and “Long live the Prophet” while waving Islamic flags, worshippers from across the country joined Surrey’s first Mawlid procession.
But in Brighton Road, the 450-strong crowd [...]

Rev Moon’s Zambian Archbishop: “Last Renewal of the Church is Coming”

From the Times of Zambia:
ROMAN Catholic Church (RCC) excommunicated Zambian prelate archbishop, Emmanuel Milingo, has said he is still committed to his ministry of healing and demon-exorcism.
…In response to a Press query, through an e-mail from South Korea where he is currently based, the 77-year-old Zambian cleric said the last renewal of the Church was [...]

Church Receives Farm from Mugabe in Return for Support

From Zimbabwe, a nice deal for the Apostolic Church of Africa:
Addressing hundreds of members of the Apostolic Faith Church of Africa in Lobengula Extension in Bulawayo, President Mugabe said there was need for indigenous influence to penetrate all facets of life, including the church.
…Earlier, the leadership of the church requested some assistance from the Government in [...]

China’s Religious Affairs Minister: Vatican Controls Cuba and Vietnam

Ye Xiaowen, China’s religious affairs minister, warns us of a Popish plot. AsiaNews reports:
“Cuba is administrated by them [by the Vatican]. Vietnam is administered by them. Among the socialist countries, only China has continued to ignore them”.
Ye also complains that the Vatican wants “the control and management of the Catholic Church in China”, which is [...]

Putin Activists vs Scientology

In the wake of the “Anonymous” internet war against Scientology, a further move against the Church, this time in Russia:
More than 700 activists of Rossiya Molodaya (Young Russia), a youth group, were joined by students and lecturers of Moscow’s Bauman State Technological University (MGTU) in a rally on Friday to demand that a Scientologist office [...]

Pope Baptises Former Muslim

A bit of Easter theatre, from the AP:
Italy’s most prominent Muslim, an iconoclastic writer who condemned Islamic extremism and defended Israel, converted to Catholicism Saturday in a baptism by the pope at a Vatican Easter service.
An Egyptian-born, non-practicing Muslim who is married to a Catholic, Magdi Allam infuriated some Muslims with his books and columns [...]

Xinhua: Many Countries Back China

From Xinhua, China’s government-approved news agency:
China garners broad international support over Tibet riots
And which countries are offering the “broad international support”? Xinhua’s choice of first place is rather weird:
A spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday strongly denounced the unsavory elements of their moves to seek “the independence of [...]