THOMSON, Ill., June 29, 2017 /Christian Newswire/ — Facebook has rejected a new family-friendly Fourth of July video that recounts America’s Christian heritage, because it doesn’t follow the company’s “advertising policies for advertising adult products or services.” The short animated video, produced by Heirloom Audio Productions founder Bill Heid, warns that the nation’s future depends on…
06/29/2017 Lebanon (Newsweek) – On the morning of June 27, 2016, Yosef Farris awoke, like most in the Christian town of Qaa, around 4:10 am to the sound of an explosion. A policeman, he rushed toward the town center. On the way, he heard a second explosion. Then a third. By the time he arrived at…
Survivors of Bloody Bus Attack in Cairo Reveal What Really Happened by George Thomas : May 30, 2017 : CBN News “America also makes clear to its friends, allies, and partners that the treasured and historic Christian Communities of the Middle East must be defended and protected. The bloodletting of Christians must end, and all…
Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor May 10 2017, 12:01am, The Times The Christian governor of Jakarta has been jailed for two years for blasphemy in an unexpected court victory for conservative Muslims in Indonesia, the world’s biggest Islamic nation. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian, best known by his nickname Ahok, was immediately taken…
Courtesy of AsiaNews.it Beijing (AsiaNews/CHRD) – A court in Xinjiang convicted five Christians on 18 April for “gathering a crowd to disrupt social order”, sentencing them to three to five years in prison. The ruling by the Chongji City People’s Court follows a trial on 27 October 2016. All five, who are ethnic Han Chinese,…