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Preacher defiant over rogue mosque

A Muslim preacher in Manchester  – Abid Hussain, above  – has refused to stop using two joined-up semi-detached houses as a mosque and to knock down an ‘eyesore’ extension at the back. The city’s...

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Anti-gay Indiana outlet forced to close

Crystal O’Connor, above, is fast becoming a poster girl for the religious right in America following news that her family has had to shut their Indiana pizza parlour which won’t do the catering for gay...

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Another ‘persecuted’ Christian case fails

An employment tribunal has ruled that an NHS trust was right to discipline occupational therapist Victoria Wasteney, above, for offering to pray for a Muslim colleague and giving her a Christian book....

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American military is ‘hostile’ to Christians

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee yesterday accused the Obama administration of having ‘an open hostility toward the Christian faith’ – and urged prospective military recruits not to enlist until...

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Christianity’s decline: gays are to blame

News dominating religious (and other media) this week is the sharp fall of the number of people identifying as Christians in the US. A recent Pew Research Center survey showed that the number of...

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Judge’s ruling is ‘an attack’ on faith-heads

A judge in Northern Ireland ruled today that a Christian-run bakery discriminated against a gay customer by refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan – but politician Paul Givan, above,...

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Twisting the facts over church shooting

This we now know about yesterday’s horrific shooting at a black church in South Carolina that claimed nine lives: the alleged terrorist is 21-year-old  Dylann Roof, pictured above, who has been...

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Pastor faces jail for calling Islam ‘satanic’

Northern Ireland preacher James McConnell, 78, who last year branded Islam as ‘Satanic’, could be jailed for up to six months for contravening NI’s 2003 Communications Act. According  to this report,...

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US preachers prepare for jail or death

Twenty-one days before the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of gay marriage, a warning was sounded by Mormon radio host Glen Beck that thousands of pastors were willing to die if same-sex unions became...

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Big cash bonanza for nasty Oregon bigots

An estimated $210,000 has been raised to cover damages that Aaron and Melissa Klein – former owners of Sweet Cakes bakery in Oregon – were ordered to pay to a lesbian couple who were refused a wedding...

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Gay wedding cake would ‘displease God’

The Colorado Court of Appeals yesterday ruled that the owners of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, violated the state’s public-accommodations law when its owner, Jack Phillips, above, refused...

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‘I’m a Muslim and I can’t serve booze’

A Muslim flight attendant, Charee Stanley, above, claims she was suspended by a US airline company for refusing to serve alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith. According to this report, in a bid...

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In Germany, Muslims dash to ditch Islam

Muslims seeking asylum in Germany are converting to in droves to Christianity. Most, according to this report, say true belief prompted them to accept Jesus. But there’s no overlooking the fact that...

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Kim Davis free – but could be jailed again

US District Judge David Bunning yesterday freed Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, but attached a caveat to his release order that Davis may not be willing to accept. Bunning’s new order says Davis cannot...

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Bus driver compares homosexuals to Nazis

Canadian bus driver Jesse Rau, above, is a committed Christian … and a blatant liar! The Calgary transit employee is now in search of a new job after being sacked for posting Nazi-related content on...

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‘Stay strong’, Pope tells Kim Davis

‘Persecuted’ Christian Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has gained a new fan: Pope Francis. According to Davis’s attorney, Mat...

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‘We don’t want your sort in Australia’

Troy Newman, a deranged American anti-abortion activist who has called for doctors who perform terminations to be executed for murder, has been blocked from entering Australia. Newman is the head of...

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Devout Christian unfit for GCHQ position

Back in 2009, Charles Storey, above, was turned down for a job at top secret British intelligence base, GCHQ, after he told interviewers his devotion to God outweighed his loyalty to the state. Storey,...

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Rapture’s coming; no need for edukashin

The all-Republican Texas Supreme Court will decide whether homeschooling families must impart educational basics to their children or be allowed to keep them in ignorance until second coming of Jesus...

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Pastor Swanson’s cow dung threat

Pastor Kevin Swanson’s National Religious Liberties Conference, staged in Des Moines, Iowa, may now be over, but derisive laughter over some of the things the loon told delegates continues to to...

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