International
“I Was a Stranger” – Adventists to Observe World Refugee Day on June 18
On Saturday, June 18, 2016, the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be observing World Refugee Day.
International
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Civil Rights
Canada: Fundraisers planned for Alberta pastor punished for expressing beliefs
You may recall that Pastor Stephen Boissoin got himself in hot water with the Alberta Human Rights Commission when he wrote a letter to the…
Current Events
Promoting Religious Liberty: Whither the Obama Administration? (Doug Bandow – Huffington Post)
EXCERPT: The Obama administration has talked much about increased engagement and improved outreach abroad. But it has neglected to offer eff…
Current Events
A Muslim American Reflects on Osama Bin Laden’s Death (Washington Post)
EXCERPT: By Arshad Chowdhury Osama bin Laden’s many victims include, first and foremost, those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, and their g…
Church and State
Vatican calls for global authority on economy – Reuters
Excerpt: VATICAN CITY,Oct 24 (Reuters) – – The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a “global public authorit…
Current Events
Taliban say they killed aid worker for spreading Christianity (AP/Reuters)
The woman, a British citizen, worked with handicapped Afghans and was killed in the western part of Kabul as she was walking to work around…
Current Events
In Nigeria, escalating religious conflict impacts Adventist Church (ANN)
Adventist News Network– Jan. 23, 2012 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Gilbert Weeh/ANN staff The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria is seein…
Free Speech
RUSSIA: “We still cry when we remember the burned books” (Forum 18)
A Tatarstan court had to reject the prosecutor's suit to have a further 18 books by or about the Turkish Islamic theologian Said Nursi decla…
Current Events
New law in Russia ends jury trials for ‘crimes against state’ (LA Times)
Reporting from Moscow -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paused in the last, quiet hours of a dying year to sign into law a controversial…