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Want a Sex Slave? Memorize The Quran

6/30/2015

Source: Christian Headlines
Author: Carrie Dedrick

ISIS militants are reportedly holding a Quran memorization contest to celebrate the Islamic festival of Ramadan. According to advertisements for the contest, the top three winners will be awarded with a female sex slave.

Men who place in fourth through tenth place of the contest will be given a cash prize.

The Christian Post reports the contest began Sunday (June 21) and will conclude June 27. It is being held in mosques within the terrorist group’s Syrian caliphate.

A Clarion Project report said that Quran memorization contests are not an uncommon way to celebrate the Muslim holiday.

"Ramadan is a time of year where Muslims are meant to rejuvenate their faith. Memorizing the Quran is considered a pious and worthy thing to do and many memorization competitions are held around the world, especially during Ramadan, the report said.

However, ISIS’ version of the contest is deplorable, not only for its “prizes,” but also for the Quran passages it selected. ISIS picked out the most “warlike passages of the entire Quran,” according to the Clarion Project.

6 Men Arrested for Heckling Joel Osteen

6/30/2015

Source: Christian Headlines
Author: Carrie Dedrick

Six men were escorted out of a service at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church on Sunday (June 28) and arrested for heckling. The Washington Post reports the men interrupted Osteen’s sermon by yelling and calling the televangelist a liar.

The hecklers were members of the Church of Wells in Texas, a small church with a history of controversy, according to ABC News.

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Muslim Inmates Suing For Special Accommodation

6/30/2015

Source: IJReview
BY JENNIFER VAN LAAR

Inmates at Miami-Dade County jails have been complaining for months that the meals they’re receiving behind bars are not halal, and therefore a violation of their constitutional rights.

According to News 10, seventeen Muslim inmates claim jails stopped serving halal meals in October 2014. And despite complaints and protests they’re still served non-halal meals, including during this month of Ramadan.

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White House requiring religious groups to hire gays to receive state funds?

6/25/2015

Reuters US President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender gala in New York, on June 17, 2014.

Source: Christianity Today
Author: Jonah Hicap

The White House will reportedly implement a policy to require charitable humanitarian groups, including religious groups, to accept LGBT applicants to qualify for government funding.

Citing an unnamed source, the US-based Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), which the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as an anti-LGBT hate group, said the new policy is linked to President Obama's Executive Order 13672 issued last July, which prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Bibles for Iraq

6/24/2015

Bibles For Iraq
Website:
http://biblesforiraq.org

Contact: Michael Marcavage
Email: biblesforiraq@christiannews.net
Phone: (888) 868-4560

Address:
2037 Chestnut Street, #30000
Philadelphia, PA 19103

You've seen the horrifying images of men, women and children being savagely ravaged by terror in Iraq. You may wince at the photographs of the brutal beheadings of American, British and Japanese innocents. You may be appalled by the video footage of the Egyptians and Ethiopians being mercilessly marched to their death. You may feel anguish over the pictures and other evidence revealing the mass slaughter of Iraqi citizens. And you may grieve over the exodus of Christians and other religious groups by the thousands, as well as the dire poverty that now plagues these displaced refugees.

Perhaps you've wondered how you can help make a difference in Iraq for such a dark time as this. How can you care for the oppressed and hurting? Most importantly, how can you make an eternal difference in the lives of the Iraqi people?

U.S. cities running out of water

6/24/2015

(Photo: Rich Pedroncelli, AP)

Source: USA Today
Author:Thomas C. Frohlich

The nine cities with the worst drought conditions in the country are all located in California, which is now entering its fourth consecutive year of drought as demand for water is at an all-time high. The long-term drought has already had dire consequences for the state's agriculture sector, municipal water systems, the environment, and all other water consumers.

Based on data provided by the U.S. Drought Monitor, a collaboration between academic and government organizations, 24/7 Wall St. identified nine large U.S. urban areas that have been under persistent, serious drought conditions over the first six months of this year. The Drought Monitor classifies drought by five levels of intensity: from D0, described as abnormally dry, to D4, described as exceptional drought. Last year, 100% of California was under at least severe drought conditions, or D2, for the first time since Drought Monitor began collecting data. It was also the first time that exceptional drought — the highest level — had been recorded in the state. This year, 100% of three urban areas in the state are in a state of exceptional drought. And 100% of all nine areas reviewed are in at least extreme drought, or D3.

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Doctor Will Kill Healthy 24-Year-Old in Euthanasia Who’s Thought of Suicide Since She Was a Kid

6/23/2015

Source: Lifenews.com
Author: ALEX SCHADENBERG

The Belgian euthanasia insanity continues with the case of a 24-year-old healthy woman (Laura) who will die by euthanasia this summer for psychological reasons.

The June 19 DeMorgen article by Simone Maas explains (google translated):

She has good friends, loves good coffee and theater. And she has felt that she wanted to die ever since childhood. Laura (24): “Life, that’s not for me.” This summer, euthanasia will end her life full of inner conflict, depression and self-destruction.

I met the West Flemish Laura at the presentation of the book ‘Libera me’ euthanasia for psychological reasons. Writer Lieve Thienpont is one of the psychiatrists who gave Laura a positive opinion for euthanasia.

Euthanasia for psychological reasons is done when a psychiatrist agrees that the psychological pain that a person is experiencing cannot be relieved in a way that the individual finds acceptable.

That means, Laura may be treatable, but Laura has decided that the only acceptable “treatment” is death.

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A Genocide of Christians is Underway - and the West Sleeps

6/20/2015

Source: Israel National News
Author: Giulio Meotti

Every year, more than 100,000 Christians are murdered just because of their faith. This means that 11 Christians are murdered every hour. The numbers are contained in a new document presented by John McAreavey, president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Bishops of Dublin. A genocide of Christians is under way.

In many Middle Eastern cities, from Aleppo to Mosul, the Islamists have dealt with each and every Christian by displacing, killing or forcibly converting them, and just like the Nazis painted the Star of David on the Jewish homes, the jihadists have painted the “N” letter on Christian houses to identify them before destroying them.

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Transgendered Regret: Sex Change Recepient Speaks Out

6/19/2015

Source: CBN News
Author: Rebekkah Kemp

Former Olympian Bruce Jenner has been hailed a hero by some in the LGBT community for his recent sex-change surgery and name change to Caitlyn.

But one man who has changed sexes twice says that the transgender movement has left a trail of misery in its wake.

Author and speaker Walt Heyer has experienced sex-change regret first hand.

"The surgery fixed nothing - it only masked and exacerbated deeper psychological problems," Heyer wrote in a recent article on Public Discourse.

Read entire story HERE

ODUSA President Discussing Rise Of Christian Persecution

6/18/2015

The persecution of Christians is not limited to the middle east. A new report by the human rights group, China Aid, shows that a tidal wave of brutal religious oppression is sweeping across Communist China. Its 2014 Annual Report of Religious and Human Rights Persecution in China issued just days ago revealed that there was a 300% increase in the cases of religious persecution last year.

“Although the Chinese persecutors might be described as tame compared to the atrocities of the jihadists or so-called ‘holy warriors’ in Arabia and Africa, the China Aid report suggests that Christians have become a target of choice on a global scale,” according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.

The statistics confirm that notion. David Curry, president of Open Doors, which keeps track of nations based on the severity of persecution, has reported that the targeting of Christians worldwide reached historic levels in 2014 and that this year things may get even worse. Open Doors estimates that there are some 100 million Christians around the world who are in fear of their lives just because they believe in Christ.

“In regions where Christians are being persecuted as central targets, the trends and issues we track are expanding,” Curry said.