Christians news headlines 31/03/09

President Obama's Easter card

There is a card currently for sale at Target that displays a proud picture of our country’s highest elected official, President Obama, with the words “On Easter, there is nothing more important than HOPE!” Reading it, I actually paused to reconsider my impression of the man because he is right. On Easter (as well as any other day), “there is nothing more important than HOPE!” more....

Archbishop voices concerns to BBC

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the BBC not to neglect Christians in its religious programming. more....

N. Korean Christian: Situation Inside is 'Very Bad'

While international attention is focused on North Korea’s rocket threat, a citizen living inside the country raised another concern that often is overlooked. more....

Third Day 'Revealed' in New Christian Music TV Series

Gospel Music Channel debuted a new original series over the weekend that brings fans up close and personal with their favorite Christian artists. more....

Muslim-Majority Morocco Expels 5 Christian Missionaries

The overwhelmingly Muslim, North African country of Morocco expelled five Christian missionaries for “illegally” trying to convert Muslims, the Interior Ministry said Sunday. more....

Iran Detains Christian Women

Two Iranian Christian women have been detained because of their Christian activities, supporters of the Iranian Christians said Tuesday, March 31. more.....

Bluetree Becomes Christian Music's Best Selling New Artist of 2009

Ireland-based worship band Bluetree has become the Christian music industry’s best selling new artist of 2009 after taking the top position on the Christian Retail and Praise & Worship charts for a fourth consecutive week. more....

Muslim Attacks Coptic Church and Sexually Molests a Coptic Girl

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Egypt arrests Turk with ancient Coptic relics: report

Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said.The 72-year-old traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle three Coptic bibles, two illustrated papyrus scrolls and fabrics dating back to the 6th century. more.....

Coptic cleric feels award-winning book promotes bias against faith

The choice was not easy, because of the distinctly high quality of all six short listed novels," said Lebanese literary scholar Youmna Al Eid, who chaired the jury. "The winning novel is highly rich in its own realm. It poses questions about time and faith with implications for the era in which we are living," she added in a citation. more....

Muslim Attacks Church and Sexually Molests a Coptic Girl

In another series of the recurring incidents of churches being attacked by mentally deranged Muslims, and for the second time within 12 weeks, the same Muslim impinged on the church of St. George in Mansheyet Eltahrir, Ain Shams. more....

Boycott of Egypt's Christian Copts Un-Islamic: Muslims

CAIRO — An online campaign for boycotting Coptic businesses in Egypt is drawing fire from scholars and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's biggest opposition group, as a violation of the tenets of Islam and a threat to social fabric. more.....

Egyptian Union in Europe Accuses Coptic Organizations of Targeting Egyptian National Security

The Egyptian Union in Europe has accused Coptic organizations of targeting Egyptian national security by inciting the American administration against Egypt, especially prior to President Mubarak’s visit to the United States next month. more....

International Coptic Council Demands Abolition of Article II of the Constitution; Calls for Separating State from Religion

They believe in the independence of organizations and activists in all courses of action, and they affirm the inevitability of that edifice that is to unite all ranks. They want the words of the Copts to be heard and to be effective, in the hope to resolve their chronic problems." more....

The monastic community of Ethiopia

The following is a description of the life of the Ethiopian monastic community (nefru gedam), based on visits to 18 major monasteries and lengthy interviews with the monks. It is remarkable that from one end of Ethiopia to the other the life of the monasteries is essentially the same, varying only in degrees of strictness. It is possible therefore to typify that life. more....