Afganistan: Must Converts to Christianity hide from family and friends?

Suppose a person becomes a Muslim in America or England, leaving behind their Anglican or Roman Catholic heritage? Would they have to hide from family and friends for fear that they would be killed?

Or, suppose that a Muslim in Afghanistan became a Christian. Would they have to hide from family and friends for feat of death? 

Here is one person's story, in Afghanistan, resulting from that kind of fear.

 

Can Islam and Christianity, Mulsims and Christians, life together peaceably?

I'm writing this as Pope Francis I is visiting Jordan, Israel and Palestinians on the West Bank.

My questions is this, Can Muslims and Christians life together in peace, or must we see an ever-ongoing circle of distrust and violence?

CBN gave a lot of coverage to the case of the "Brave German Woman" who had to be ushered out of a Lutheran Church because she shouted against an imam who was participating in a Christian service. Read about it here

Frontpage Magazine shows how wide the gulf is between the two faiths by focusing on a conference called "Voices for Justice & Peace in the Holy Land" at Christ the King Catholic Church in Pleasant Hill, California, a massive complex with plenty of room for the workshops that made up the bulk of the conference. Hatem Bazian, who is listen in the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center's "Muslim 500: The World's Most Influential Muslims," claims that there is a coordinated attempt in the U.S. to "demonize Muslims and create a reflexive hate, and [to] keep them out of civil society." Islamophia, he says, is creating greater sympathy for Palestinian view points in the USA. Read more

Coptic Christians in Egypt are facing on-going difficulties as CBM reports, with shocking details in this story

Not all is "bad news" though. Bethlehem Bible College maintains a very significant ministry with an excellent record of keeping peace between Palestinian Christians and Palestinian Muslims. Click here for your YouTube video

Jerusalem: Temple Mount now is a Central Concern as a Flashpoint

This is a new flashpoint

"Of late, the number of Israeli politicians not embarrassed to call the conflict a “war of religion” has been growing.

By doing so, they cooperate with those on the Palestinian side who want to turn it into a religious conflict rather than a territorial-national dispute.

The issue of the Temple Mount, which to date has not taken center stage in the conflict’s agenda, is paving its way into becoming a main topic on both the Israeli and Palestinian agendas." 

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Recent views from Israel

Israel continues to swirl with news and diverse opinions. 

"Jerusalem is not up for grabs" Read here

 What does the failure of Kerry's peace initiative between Israel and the Palestinian Authority mean for the future? Read here

With the regime in Damascus moving towards a very partial (regional) victory, what does this mean for sectarianism in Syria, and consequently for Israel? Read more

Why is there no possible peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority? Read more

Who needs the other more - Israel or the USA? Read more

Planned construction on the Temple Mount may be going too far Read more




 

Turkey: How Erdogan won and the MHP party lost.

A wonderful set of graphics to explain the low voter turnout, Erdogan's victory and the weakness of the MHP (Nationalist) party.

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In addition, Erdogan won 55% of the women's vote in the election. How did he do it? Read more

Pinar Tremblay argues that (1) Women in traditional societies vote for a more conservative party; (2) The AK Party has been deliberately cultivating its approval of women through its social policies; (3) women's grassroots social groups have been cultivating these policies since the early 1990's; and (4) some women are more likely to vote for a candidate if the male member in the household tells them so - a controversial thought!