Is the Quran or Bible the Word of God? Christianity or Islam?

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Leaving Islam and death for apostates

It is not permissible to spill the blood of a Muslim except in three instances I mentioned in a previous post that it has been difficult for me to find out what the “official” position of Islam is on apostasy.  Death for apostates seems to have been the explicit teaching of Muhammad, On the authority [...]

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Pakistani Pastor Assaulted

We are to, “Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3).  The following is from Worthy Christian News: By George Whitten, Worthy News International Correspondent PUNJAB, PAKISTAN (Worthy News)– Five young men severely assaulted a pastor in Punjab, Pakistan [...]

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What is the Islamic position on apostasy?

What is the Islamic position on apostasy? I’ve had a difficult time finding the “official” position. On the one hand, there are many examples of apostates being put to death. Muslims who convert to Christianity live in fear for their lives such as Maher El Gohary and his daughter, Dina. They converted to Christianity and [...]

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Indonesia: Record number of anti Christian attacks in 2010

We are to, “Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3).  The following is a story from Asia News: Between January and July, 28 incidents were recorded compared to 18 for the whole of 2009 and 17 for 2008. [...]

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Suspected Islamists Shoot Five Christians to Death in Pakistan

We are to, “Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3).  The following is from Compass Direct News: Muslim extremist groups had threatened church for two years.  SUKKUR, Pakistan, July 29 (CDN) — A dozen masked men shot five [...]

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Two Pakistani brothers accused of “blaspheming” Muhammad were gunned down

The number of Christians being accused of blasphemy in Pakistan has spiked in recent months.   On July 19, two Pakistani brothers accused of “blaspheming” Islam’s prophet Muhammad were gunned down by suspected Islamic extremists in Faisalabad, the country’s third-largest city. Read more here.  

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Muslim Indonesian Groups Target Christianity with Sharia Law

Time magazine ran an article back in April about Christianity’s surge in Indonesia. …More surprising, though, is the boom in Christianity — officially Indonesia’s second largest faith and a growing force throughout Asia. Indeed, the number of Asian Christian faithful exploded to 351 million adherents in 2005, up from 101 million in 1970, according to the Pew [...]

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Middle East Christians Share Faith, Despite Risks

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” (Hebrews 13:3).    Below is a reminder of our need to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who share our faith but not our freedoms:

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Muslim converts to Christianity in the Netherlands live in fear

People think that threats aimed at Muslims who’ve become Christians only happens in Muslim countries like Morocco or Iraq. Not so.

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NYC Bus Ads Offer Muslims Help to Leave Faith

Should Muslims have the religious liberty and freedom to leave their religion?  Can Islam say there is no compulsion in religion if Muslims do not enjoy this freedom? “Fred Farrokh, former Muslim and executive director of the Jesus for Muslims Network in New York City, notes that the Quran does preach that faithful Muslims should [...]

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