An Indonesian court Monday sentenced a minority sect member to six months in prison for defending himself and others from a mob that killed three of his friends. Deden Sudjana, whose hand was nearly severed by a machete, was found guilty of disobeying police orders to leave the scene and attacking one of the assailants. […]
Indonesia Imprisons Victim of Religious Attack
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
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Missionary News Service Says Burma is Ethnic Cleansing
Posted July 1st, 2011 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
The Catholic missionary news service Fides said Thursday that Burma is carrying out ethnic cleansing against the mainly Christian Kachin ethnic minority near the border with China. Citing a local Catholic priest, Fides said in a news release that fighting had forced 20,000 people so far to leave their homes and the number is increasing […]
Conservative Candidates Gather at Religious Conference
Posted June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
A conference on religion and politics in Washington, D.C. has featured appearances by a number of possible Republican candidates for U.S. president, highlighting the powerful role faith plays in U.S. conservative politics. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, considered a frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, addressed the two-day Faith and Freedom Coalition conference Friday and […]
