Category: International Relations

Southern Sudan to Secede, One Way or Another

September 3, 2010 by ZacKester

may vote to secede from the . . . north if an independence referen[dum] scheduled for January is delayed, a former top Southern Sudan official said Thursday.

Our current administration is still "AWOL" on the current state of Sudan. 

"Christian Charity to Stay in Afghanistan Despite Murders"

August 10, 2010 by ZacKester

Ten members of a medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the team said Saturday.

Real-Time US National Debt Clock

May 27, 2010 by ZacKester

US Debt Clock.org. Check it out. Almost every number about our debt you would want to know.

European Parliament Blasts Religious Intolerance in Pakistan

May 25, 2010 by ZacKester

European Parliament passed a resolution on May 20 condemning religious intolerance in Pakistan.

Democrats Apologize For the American People

May 24, 2010 by Jeff Gallant

In agreeing with the Mexican President's take on the new Arizona law, the President seems to also agree on its underlying criticism of Americans. "Americans who champion life, liberty, and limited government are not just the loyal opposition; they are deemed potential terrorists, and are derided with considerably more intensity than the actual terrorists."

France Makes Way for Grand Mosque

May 24, 2010 by ZacKester

Moves by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government to ban the full-face veil have raised tensions between France's political class and its five million strong Islamic minority, with many Muslims feeling stigmatised. . .

Ritual Human Sacrifice on the Rise in Uganda

April 6, 2010 by ZacKester

In 2009, "[a]t least 15 children and 14 adults were killed so that their body parts could be used in ceremonies carried out by witch doctors who in many cases persuade paying customers that the sacrifices will bring them wealth or good health." "The U.S. Read more »

The Construction of Churches Halted in Indonesia

March 31, 2010 by ZacKester

In a country where Christians and Muslims, for the most part, coexist peacefully: Read more »

Turkey Pulls Envoy After Genocide Labelling

March 5, 2010 by Joseph Vanderhulst

The House Foreign Affairs Committe has just voted, 23-22, to approve a non-binding resolution to label the systematic killing of over one million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire around WWI a "genocide." Turkey has pulled its ambassador from Washington, while Armenia has praised the vote. It should be recalled that the term "genocide" was actually coined in 1943 to describe the massacre of the Armenians.

Chinese Military Officers Urge Challenge to US Dominance

March 2, 2010 by Joseph Vanderhulst

A recent book by a Chinese officer calls for China to step up and make a bold surge to become "world number one." Do we have another Carthage/Rome rivalry brewing? Will the rivalry inspire peaceful competition, or disaster?

Freedom of Worship Does NOT include Freedom of Religion

February 10, 2010 by ZacKester

[T]he broad emphasis on spreading "freedom of religion" that the president used when he spoke in Cairo last June is being subtly replaced by the more limited concept of "freedom of worship," [which] . . . implies something overseas dictators view as controllable, manageable - the right to gather, pray, sing.

In Cyber War, US Treads Lightly With China

January 15, 2010 by Joseph Vanderhulst

The Obama Administration has become silent over the mounting Cyber War with China. All evidence suggests that the attacks are increasing, are vast in scope, and are costing our economy billions of dollars. One of the biggest attacks in history took place last month, and there has been no public response from the U.S. government. This is a new war that needs to be taken seriously.

Iraqi Muslims Violently Attack Christians, Again

December 30, 2009 by ZacKester

Around 100 armed [Shiite Muslims from the minority ethnic group known as] Shabaks . . . tried to enter St Mary Church but church guards reportedly blocked them from entering, leading to a conflict and an exchange of gunfire that left four Christians wounded.

Religious Liberty Protected in England?

November 18, 2009 by ZacKester

In an unusually evenhanded application of asylum regulations "a British immigration tribunal, in an appeal from a decision by the Home Department, granted asylum to an Afghan national who had come to Britain aboard a hijacked airliner in 2000 and subsequently converted from Islam to Christianity in Britain." Read more »