The country’s lack of religious freedom betrays its lofty rhetoric. The real aim of its ‘dialogue’ is to promote a global blasphemy law. By Donald H. Argue and Leonard A. Leo from the November 13, 2008 edition Washington – World leaders gathering at the United Nations this week for a special session of the General [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 13, 2008
Devotees Say Teen Is Buddha Reborn
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, AP RATANPUR, Nepal (Nov. 12) – The teenage boy revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha sat silently in the jungle as he blessed his devotees Wednesday with a light tap on the head, which they consider the touch of the divine. His face was still, his long hair spilled over [...]
November 13, 2008
Holiday Ads Ask, ‘Why Believe in a God’?
(Nov. 11) By ERIC GORSKI, AP – You better watch out. There is a new combatant in the Christmas wars. Ads proclaiming, “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake,” will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad [...]
November 11, 2008
“God will show the way to the White House” – Sarah Palin
November 10, 2008 Sarah Palin sat down with Fox News’ Greta van Susteren to discuss the 2008 campaign and her political future. The wide-ranging interview covered such familiar topics as the $150,000 spent on Palin’s wardrobe for the campaign, as well as the report that she was unable to name all the countries in North [...]
November 11, 2008
Monks brawl at Jerusalem shrine
BBC News, Sunday, 9 November 2008 Israeli police have had to restore order at one of Christianity’s holiest sites after a mass brawl broke out between monks in Jerusalem’s Old City. Fighting erupted between Greek Orthodox and Armenian monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Christ’s crucifixion. Two monks from [...]
