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Meriam Ibrahim and Faith McDonnell

Ken Blackwell,   The “War on Women” theme has become a campaign perennial in the U.S. We hear it charged that anyone who does not support sex selection abortions is somehow engaged in a war against women. No matter that the vast majority of those “selected” for death in these horrific procedures are female, that is, […] Read More →

Is the Islamic State Really Un-Islamic?

Jonah Goldberg  “Now let’s make two things clear: ISIL is not Islamic. No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL’s victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state.” — President Barack Obama in his address to the nation on Wednesday. About the second point reasonable people can […] Read More →

War on Christianity Still Alive and Well in America

David Limbaugh  Many reject the notion that a good segment of our popular culture and of our political class is at war with Christianity. But this is a real war — not a phony one, such as the left’s manufactured “war on women.” This hostility toward Christianity is a global phenomenon. Radical Muslims are targeting, […] Read More →

Clarification: Progressive Gay Muslims story

 In a story Aug. 2 about Muslims challenging religious taboos, The Associated Press reported that Muslim writer Tanzila Ahmed published an anthology of love stories. The story should have specified that her work was published in an anthology that included other love stories. A corrected version of the story is below: Muslim movement accepts once-taboo […] Read More →

Muslim movement accepts once-taboo causes

 Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay. Akersim, 26, is part of a small but growing number of American Muslims challenging the long-standing interpretations of Islam that defined their parents’ world. They believe that one can be gay and Muslim; that the sexes can pray shoulder-to-shoulder; that […] Read More →

Obama’s LGBT Executive Order Endangers Religious Liberty

Todd Starnes  President Obama signed an executive order Monday barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity – ignoring the pleas of Christian and other faith leaders to include an exemption for religious organizations. “Thanks to your passion and advocacy and the irrefutable rightness of your cause, our government […] Read More →

GUILTY: For Just Being Christian

Kevin McCullough  The Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, Kimberly Driscoll, is actively attempting to destroy Gordon College. Dissatisfied with the Christian college, practicing its own beliefs, last week Driscoll began to take out her hostility against them. The angry tone of the actions taken against the school reveal a few things that are important for the […] Read More →

Obama: The Muslim Hero

Jeff Crouere  According to a six month Gallup survey, President Obama is very popular with only one group of Americans, Muslims, registering an astounding 72% approval rating. It is a much different story among all Americans as the President scores a weak 43% approval rating. This new data is from a survey of Americans with […] Read More →

Liberals Hate Religion Because Government Is Their God

Kurt Schlichter  The liberal attack on religion stems from envy, greed, anger and hate, just like every other precept of liberalism. Liberals envy the loyalty and devotion that religion inspires. They hunger greedily to have it for themselves. Mostly, they are angry because the religious dare to defy them and to reject the ugly and […] Read More →

Faith offers valuable connection for Southern Dems

 The South is considered the country’s most religious region, and Democrats hoping to reverse Republican gains there are finding their faith to be a valuable way to connect with voters. Religion always has been a personal matter, so candidates vary in how much they’re willing to talk about their faith. In Kentucky, Democratic U.S. Sen. […] Read More →

God Redacted from High School Graduation Speech

Todd Starnes,  Brooks Hamby never wanted to be a rabble-rouser. He just wanted to thank Jesus in his high school graduation speech. But the Brawley Union School District in Brawley, Calif., said the references to Jesus and prayer in Brooks’ graduation speech were “inappropriate” and violated “prevailing legal standards.” School officials rejected three versions of […] Read More →

Armed & Dangerous: The Terrorism of the LGBT Radicals

Joanne Moudy  When the word ‘terrorism’ is used today, most people equate it with Muslim extremists, radical bombings and hijacked aircraft. But there’s another form of terrorism happening right here in America, and the perpetrators are out to destroy the very fiber of our Judeo-Christian heritage and U.S. Constitution. Welcome to the bloody LGBT battlefield […] Read More →