Christianity

It’s Time the West Admitted it has Sacrificed Free Speech in Favour of Banning ‘Insults’

Tim Stanley highlights the chilling case of Finnish MP and former Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, whose prosecution by the state for her traditional Christian views on sex shows free speech in the West is dead.
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How Long Before a U.K. Christian Politician Gets the Finland Treatment?

As the Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen begins her trial at Helsinki's Court of Appeal on Thursday for her Christian belief in traditional marriage, the silence from Western political leaders is deafening, says Julian Mann.
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The Unsettling Settlers

Unimpeded Jewish settler violence has left the Palestinian people in desperation. “Between 2010 and 2019, nearly 3,000 Israeli settler attacks killed at least 22 Palestinians and injured 1,258 others across the occupied West Bank.” “Data collected by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that there have been at least 570 attacks against […]

The Unsettling Settlers

Unimpeded Jewish settler violence has left the Palestinian people in desperation. “Between 2010 and 2019, nearly 3,000 Israeli settler attacks killed at least 22 Palestinians and injured 1,258 others across the occupied West Bank.” “Data collected by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that there have been at least 570 attacks against […]

Christian Councillor Investigated and ‘Cancelled’ by Conservative HQ for Speaking His Faith

A Christian councillor faces an investigation by the Conservative Party for expressing his religious beliefs on social media, which has led to his suspension, job loss and ‘cancellation’ by six organisations.
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Converting to Christianity, Islam: Does It Prove Anything?

Religious conversions later in life are generally greeted as evidence that something terrible must have happened to the converter. The Onion published a satire in 2016, ridiculing Paul D’Amatol, who took up a life of Christian piety in late middle age. It must be ‘drugs or maybe he killed someone in a car accident. Something […]