Daniel Blake

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• Dec 18, 2007

  Concerns Raised Over Alleged Vow to Enforce Islamic Law in Kenya

  Raila Odinga, the current frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election in Kenya, has promised to implement strict Islamic Sharia law if he receives the Muslim vote in the predominantly Christian country and is elected president.

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  Dec 13, 2007

  Christian Aid: U.S. Must Be 'Named and Shamed' at Climate Conference

  The time is coming for the governments of the United Kingdom and European Union to “name and shame” the United States, a U.K.-based Christian agency claimed, for what it calls “blatant attempts to derail any meaningful international agreement on climate change.”

• Dec 13, 2007

  Swedish Church Backs Gay Weddings

  The Swedish Lutheran Church has declared that it is in favor of allowing homosexual couples to have weddings in church, although it recommended that the word 'marriage' be used only for heterosexual unions.

• Dec 11, 2007

  Efforts to Protect Baptist Pastor in Turkey Boosted After Terrorist Hit-List Discovery

  Local police have upped their efforts to protect a Baptist pastor in Turkey after his name was discovered on a hit list carried by three suspected terrorists.

• Dec 11, 2007

  Fear Campaigns Force Iraqi Christian Women to Wear Islamic Headscarves

  Christian women in Iraq’s second largest city are being threatened and intimidated into wearing the traditional Muslim headscarves, according to reports.

• Dec 11, 2007

  Indonesia Megachurch Forced to Halt Activities to Prevent 'Social Tensions'

  Local authorities in Indonesia are blocking a Catholic priest from celebrating mass in a bid to avoid “social tensions” after a group of Muslims challenged the legal status of his 4,000-member megachurch.

• Dec 11, 2007

  Indonesia Megachurch Forced to Halt Activities to Prevent 'Social Tensions'

  Local authorities in Indonesia are blocking a Catholic priest from celebrating mass in a bid to avoid “social tensions” after a group of Muslims challenged the legal status of his 4,000-member megachurch.

• Dec 10, 2007

  Fear Campaigns Force Iraqi Christian Women to Wear Islamic Headscarves

  Christian women in Iraq’s second largest city are being threatened and intimidated into wearing the traditional Muslim headscarves, according to reports.

• Dec 9, 2007

  Efforts to Protect Baptist Pastor in Turkey Boosted After Terrorist Hit-List Discovery

  Local police have upped their efforts to protect a Baptist pastor in Turkey after his name was discovered on a hit list carried by three suspected terrorists.

• Dec 6, 2007

  First Episcopal Diocese Set to Take Final Vote on Split

  The 9,000-strong Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in California will vote this week on whether or not to secede from The Episcopal Church.