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USA: faith, love and hope in chaos
07 Oct 2016
Pastors and faith leaders in Charlotte are offering hope and spiritual healing in the wake of the killing of Keith Lamont Scott, a black man shot by a black police officer. Police said a gun was…
Pakistan: Aasia Bibi appeal next week
07 Oct 2016
Lift up in prayer Aasia Bibi’s upcoming appeal at the Supreme Court, which is due to take place in the second week of October. Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death after drinking water meant…
Global: making a difference 1
07 Oct 2016
This is Dawn’s story: ‘When I was 12 the Vietnam crisis occurred. My parents, who at the time lived in Ontario, Canada, helped the Vietnamese ‘boat people’ through a small Bible study group. This grew from…
Global: making a difference 2
07 Oct 2016
If the world won’t take the refugees, then 6-year-old Alex will. At least, he has offered to take in one Syrian, the child photographed last month while he sat in the back of an ambulance, his…
Islamic criminal law
07 Oct 2016
Islamic law originated on the Arabian peninsula in the 7th century AD, a jurisprudence shaped by specific circumstances and therefore limited to individual cases. It is barely compatible with the requirements of a modern, technological society,…
Poland: law banning all abortions?
30 Sep 2016
Currently, abortion is illegal in this predominantly Catholic country except in cases of rape, incest, if the life of the mother is in danger, or in cases of severe foetal deformities. Polish legislators are considering a…