Dear friends, 1) You may click the following links to listen to Lord Monckton interviewed on 2GB Radio with Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt, also to read a recent article…
By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent – 28 Jun 2014
A Christian health worker has begun a legal challenge after being disciplined by the NHS for praying with a Muslim colleague.
Victoria Wasteney, a senior occupational therapist in one of the country’s most racially diverse areas, was also accused of bullying the colleague after giving her a book about a Muslim woman who converts to Christianity.
In addition, senior managers told Miss Wasteney that it was inappropriate to invite the woman to a community sports day organised by her church.
The complaints led to Miss Wasteney being suspended on full pay for nine months.
Three charges were upheld against the 37-year-old Christian at an internal disciplinary hearing in February and five charges were found to be unsubstantiated. She had to accept a final written warning at work which will remain on her records for 12 months, as well as accept a range of other requirements designed to stop her discussing her faith and beliefs with colleagues.
Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) Last Sunday Pr Daniel ministered in two different churches in QLD. As he shared the Word of God and some powerful testimonies of what…
Dear friends & family in Christ,
We’re posting the following RUAP media release for your prayer and action.
Please contact PM Tony Abbott and your local MPs to make your voice heard.
http://saltshakers.org.au/take-action/parliamentmps
General Immediate Media Release 2nd September
STOP COUNTER CULTURES IN BRITAIN, and embrace our way of life and freedoms, says PM David Cameron
In his statement PM David Cameron also said that Britain has been fighting Islamic terrorism for decades. While all people are welcome to Britain to enjoy our freedoms and values, we cannot accept a counter culture and way of life.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, recently stated that ‘Multiculturalism’ has brought us honour killings and Sharia law in Britain.
Today from his office in Hallam, the RUAP National President Daniel Nalliah stated, “Unfortunately, it might be a bit too late for Britain. The good book called the bible states, ‘What you sow is what you reap.’ Well, Great Britain sowed the seeds of Multiculturalism, and today they are reaping a counter culture called Islam. True Islam has no respect for any other culture or religion, and does not, and will not, accept Western Democracy, Freedom of Speech or our way of life.
Our slogan at Rise Up Australia Party is to Keep Australia Australian. I was very encouraged recently to hear PM Tony Abbott using another term called ‘Team Australia’. The bottom line is that if people immigrate to our country Australia, then they need to integrate into the Australian way of life and culture. If they are not prepared to do this then they need to go back to where they came from. Adhering to Australian values is not an option or a choice, it is a duty to all who live in Australia.
Many ask me, ‘Is it too late to turn the ship around in Australia?’ I believe we can turn it around if we act quickly and intelligently now. When I say now, it means now, not tomorrow. It is that urgent.
Dear friends & family in Christ,
You may click the following links to read various media reports about The World Congress of Families organised by Endeavour Forum and held at Catch The Fire Ministries Centre in Hallam (Melbourne) on Saturday 30th August.
All of the major TV media outlets should also broadcast on this evening’s news as there were also present and personally interviewed Pr Daniel.
We’ll send you a more detailed report early next week with more media reports and photos.
Following is a report from Rise Up Australia Party.
Dear friends & family in Christ You may click the following links for more excellent media coverage of last week's 'Public Assurance of Cooperation' co-signing agreement between Australian Christians (AC),…
Dear friends & family in Christ, You may click the following links for media coverage on yesterday's 'Public Assurance of Cooperation' co-signing agreement (attached) between Australian Christians (AC), Democratic Labor…
By John Stonestreet , Christian Post Guest Columnist – June 26, 2014|
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case ended earlier this year, and a decision is expected within days. And in the meantime, this Christian-owned business has had to make its case to critics of corporate religious freedom outside the courtroom too—even to some inside the Church.
Last Tuesday writing in “The Week,” Christian author and columnist Jonathan Merritt argued that we should stop calling Hobby Lobby a “Christian business.” Because in Hobby Lobby’s case, he says, he smells a strong whiff of hypocrisy.
The H.H.S. mandate, part of the Affordable Care act, requires employers to provide abortion-inducing drugs in their insurance policies. Hobby Lobby president, Steve Green, along with leaders of other Christian businesses, not-for-profits, and institutions have been fighting it in court for almost as long.
“We’re Christians,” Green told me, “and we run our business on Christian principles.”
Smith was right, except for his statement that this was in the Qur’an. Child marriage is obliquely referred to in the Qur’an’s dictum that the three-month waiting period for divorce applies even to women who have not yet menstruated (65:4), but Muhammad’s marriage to six-year-old Aisha is not in the Qur’an. Nevertheless, few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage:
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)” (Bukhari 7.62.88).
Another tradition has Aisha herself recount the scene:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah”s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah”s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age. (Bukhari 5.58.234).
Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) We strongly encourage all Bible-believing Christians in the Melbourne area to make their best effort after church morning services this Sunday 10th August,…
Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) Click the following link for a must watch 5 minute video of Andrew Bolt exposing the Pro-Islam Anti-Israel bias around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8GkE1EY_QA&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop…
Dear friends & family in Christ, We’re forwarding the following clarification email that we recently received from the Victorian Government regarding the allegations of prayer, bibles, Christian activities, etc. being…
Dear friends, We’re pleased to bring to your attention that the official launch of Rise Up Australia Party – Victorian Division will be held from 11am – 12:30pm on Monday…
Dear friends, 1) You may click the following link to read an excellent newspaper article from the Gippsland Times in Sale, Victoria, about Rise Up Australia Party contesting the Victorian…
May 12, 2014 – Erik Eckholm – The New York Times
Alan Sears, who has run the Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom since its founding 20 years ago, turned to a picture of Abraham Lincoln in his office here and noted the decades of blood and tears it took to abolish slavery.
“I think there is no question that one day, this country will again recognize that marriage is between a man and a woman,” said Mr. Sears, a former top official in the Reagan Justice Department.
The comparison may or may not prove apt, but these are heady days for Alliance Defending Freedom, which, with its $40 million annual budget, 40-plus staff lawyers and hundreds of affiliated lawyers, has emerged as the largest legal force of the religious right, arguing hundreds of pro bono cases across the country. It has helped shift the emphasis of religious freedom enshrined in the Constitution. For decades, courts leaned toward keeping religion out of public spaces. Today, thanks to cases won by the alliance and other legal teams focused on Christian causes, the momentum has tilted toward allowing religious practices with fewer restrictions.
The group last Monday celebrated a major victory in the Supreme Court, where a client, the Town of Greece, N.Y., won the right to open council meetings with mainly Christian prayers.