India’s Christians fear rise in persecution under BJP

17 May 2014  |  Cath Martin – Christian Today

After the BJP’s historic election victory this week, Christians in India have mixed feelings about the future and how the country’s new leaders will impact on freedom of religion.

The last week has been a massive turnaround for the once struggling opposition party that suffered defeats in the last two elections.

Taking them to victory was the charismatic Narendra Modi, who International Christian Concern reports has feigned ignorance about past Hindu nationalist attacks on minorities.

There are serious concerns among Christians, with one pastor, Ronald John, telling ICC the “persecution of Christians will increase under the BJP-led government”.

“Christians already are gripped with fear and concern over the election results. Hindu nationalist groups will take advantage of the situation and use it to attack churches and members of the Christian community,” he said.

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Formerly from the Underground Church in Saudi Arabia – Now a Powerful International Guest Minister at CTFM Melbourne this Sunday evening 22nd June

Dear friends & family in Christ in Victoria,

For those of you in the Melbourne area, Pastor Prabhu Isaac (a friend of Ps Daniel’s from the Underground Church in Saudi Arabia) will be ministeringGod’s Word this Sunday evening 6:30pm 22nd June at CTFM at 30 Star Crescent
in Hallam.

In 2001, the ministry of Interior Authority of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia arrested him and imprisoned for his involvement in Christian activities. He was put in a solitary confinement for a month and was deported after undergoing almost 7 months of physical and mental torture. He was terminated from his job and was not permitted to see or contact anyone including his wife. He was put through intensive interrogation and was pushed into prisons that were more like animal sheds, under the most disgusting and unhygienic conditions. There were implications of a death sentence by execution, or imprisonment for 10 years under some false charges; but the power and grace of God miraculously delivered him and he was released on 8th February 2002. He was deported to Chennai, India and there, he began full time ministry and began to serve the Lord.

Ps Daniel travelled to the US and lobbied with the US Congress for his and other’s release. Thank God for the US Congress and many others who helped secure the releases.

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Channel Nine News Video / Pr Daniel in NT this weekend / Boort & Wedderburn, Victoria on Sat 5th & Sun 6th July

Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) You may click the following link to watch the short but excellent video clip (from 1:55-2:08) from last night’s Channel Nine News segment…

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RUAP Media coverage / Celebrate 7th anniversary victory for Free Speech at Victorian Parliament steps from 12-1pm Wed 25th June

Dear family & friends in Christ,Free Speech Rally at Victorian Parliament in Melbourne

1) Please spread the word and watch Rise Up Australia National President Daniel Nalliah on Channel Nine’s 6pm Evening News tonight Thursday 19th June.

You may click the following link to read an article about RUAP that appeared in today’s Australian.

https://reformationharvestfire.com/events/liberals-and-geoff-shaw-eye-radical-preacher-nalliahs-numbers/

 2) From Pr Daniel – “This Sunday 22nd June 2014 marks 7 years since we won the court battle for free speech with the Islamic Council of Victoria.

It is also a very special day for my family as our little girl Brianna turns 7.

May I say a ‘BIG THANK YOU’ for all your prayers, financial and moral support.

Since I will be ministering in Katherine & Darwin in the Northern Territory this weekend, we have organized a public rally on Wednesday 25th June from 12 to 1pm on the steps of the Victorian State Parliament, in Spring St. Melbourne, to take a stand for Free Speech and to support the removal of Clause 98C in the Anti-discrimination Act in the Federal Parliament.

May I appeal to all who call Australia home. If you really love your country then please take the time to come and join us at this rally to make our voice known and take a stand to Keep Australia Australian.

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Christian Cop Loses Appeal – Must Attend Mosque

June 13, 2014 | Bob Unruh

A panel of federal judges in Denver, in an opinion written by Judge Harris Hartz, found that it is perfectly appropriate for a police chief to order subordinates to attend an Islamic mosque where Muslims “discussed Islamic beliefs, Muhammad, Mecca, and why and how Muslims pray” in addition to encouraging officers “to buy” Islamic books and pamphlets that were for sale.

The ruling came on Thursday from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case brought by Capt. Paul Fields, who had been ordered by Tulsa police officials to either go to a special event at the local mosque himself, or order others to do that.

Fields refused based on religious freedom objections and was punished for that.

The judges on the 10th Circuit panel said that was perfectly appropriate.

“This ruling is troubling on so many levels,” said Robert Muise, of the American Freedom Law Center, which has pursued the case since it developed several years ago.

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Will you stand with us to stop the ‘Up to 9 months’ abortion?? Rise Up Australia Party – Keep Australia Australian

Rise Up Australia PartyDear friends & family in Christ,

You know that we never back off at Rise Up Australia Party and are also prepared to take a stand where others won’t.  The reason that we started RUAP was because we felt it was time to be a voice to Keep Australia Australian.

I am sure that you will agree with us, that some of the changes we have seen in regard to Multiculturalism and Free Speech (the office of Minister for Multiculturalism abolished / The Immigration Department renamed to Department of Immigration & Border Protection / The Current push to remove Section 18 C for Freedom of Speech) are the result of talks RUAP had with the current government before the last election. No other Party took a stand on these issues in the last election.

Rise Up Australia Party has a good following in Australia, and in Victoria RUAP ranked number 8 out of 39 parties in the last Federal Election. This November it is time to see similar changes made in Victoria as we vote once more for a State Government.  It is only with pressure brought on them that any Victorian Government will make the changes that are required.

Rise Up Australia Party will once more be a voice for Judeo / Christian values and we will be advocating for all Victorians. The general public must be told that we at RUAP will stand up against the ‘Up to 9 months’abortion laws, as well as supporting traditional Marriage between one man & one woman.

In order to do this we are asking you to financially partner with us for the rest of this year by pledging whatever you can in order to get these changes put through.  No amount is too low, as even an amount of $10 to $100 a month from everyone on our mailing list would allow us to make our presence felt, and also get our message out to all Victorians.

Sir Edmund Burke once said – “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing”.

If you are willing to help and be counted with us, then please fill in the pledge form (link below) and post it back to us as soon as possible.  All monies received by 30th June, are tax deductible up to an amount $1,500 in each financial year.

http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/RUAP-Pledge-Form.pdf

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Report on Community Forum in Sydney & CTFM Dedication service / Pr Daniel ministering in Katherine & Darwin, NT from 20-23 June

Dear family & friends in Christ,

1) The National President of Rise Up Australia Party, Daniel Nalliah was one of the five speakers at a Community Forum in Sydney. Other speakers at this event were Robert Balzola (Lawyer), Peter King (Barrister), Bernard Gaynor (ex-Military) & Marella Harris (Local Resident).

More than 100 people came for this event and were very challenged by the speakers.

The evening focused on “Protecting our public interest in Australia”.

Each speaker covered many areas of great interest for every Australian.

Daniel Nalliah stated, “Events like these should be held in every city and state in order to bring an awareness of the impending dangers for Australia and the West.”

2) Last Sunday was a great day in the life of everyone at CTFM, as we spent much time dedicating our lives and ministry into the hands of the Lord.

The service started at 9.30am and finished with lunch around 3pm.

Everyone who came for the service was greatly blessed.

3) Please pray for Pr Daniel who will be ministering in Holy Spirit miracle healing revival services and Rise Up Australia Party meetings in Katherine, Northern Territory from Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd June.

Also a special breakfast on Saturday 21st June and local radio station interview on Friday 20th June.

Pr Daniel will also be ministering at 7:30pm Monday 23rd June in Darwin at the Christian Outreach Centre at 10 Crerar Rd, Berrimah.

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Throw your hijabs in the air like you just don’t care! Thousands of Iranian women ditch their hijabs on Facebook

A woman poses without her hijab in front of Iranian police carsMay 14th, 2014 – via SyndiGate.info

Women in Iran have been posting pictures of themselves after ‘stealthily’ taking their hijabs off in public, in a country where it is illegal for a female to leave the house without wearing a headscarf under Islamic law.

Over 150 photos have been posted to the Stealthy Freedoms of Iranian Women Facebook page which has amassed more than 140,000 likes since it was created just a week ago by the Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad.

Ms Alinejad, who left Iran to pursue her studies in the UK in 2009, told The Independent the page began when she posted a photograph of herself driving down a road in the country without wearing a headscarf.

The image was captioned with: “Hijab is being forced on women not only by the Morality Police, but also out of consideration for family, through wanting to keep a job and because of fear of judgment from others.”

“I wrote that I had experienced all of these pressures too,” she explained. “I was sure that most Iranian women who don’t believe in the forced hijab have enjoyed freedom in secret, [so] I asked them if they wished to share this moment of stealth freedom.”

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Excellent Radio Interview with RUAP National President Daniel Nalliah / CTFM dedication service this Sunday 15th June / Pr Daniel ministering in Katherine & Darwin, NT from 20-23 June

Dear friends & friends in Christ, 1) You may click the following link to listen to RUAP National President Daniel Nalliah’s recent radio interview regarding the Muslim Hijab, Burka, Multiculturalism…

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British-born Boko Haram “ringleader” was “radicalised at UK university”

British-born Boko Haram ringleader was radicalised at UK universityRobert Spencer May 17, 2014

As evidence of his “radicalization,” the clueless Telegraph offers him quoting from the Qur’an, although the paper is evidently unaware that the quote comes from the Qur’an. Even if the authors and editors of this piece did know that, they likely wouldn’t mention it, as that would harm “community cohesion.”

“British-born Boko Haram ‘ringleader’ was ‘radicalised at UK university,’” by Josie Ensor and Colin Freeman, the Telegraph, May 16, 2014 (thanks to BD):

A British-born “ringleader” of the Islamist group responsible for the kidnapping of hundreds of school girls in Nigeria was radicalised while studying at a UK university, according to friends.

Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, 29, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with two recent bombings carried out by Boko Haram in the Nigerian capital Abuja that killed nearly 100 people.

He is suspected of co-masterminding the attacks – one in the suburb of Nyanya that killed 75 people on April 14 and a second attack just yards away which killed 19 people earlier this month.

Interpol put out an international arrest warrant for Mr Ogwuche, who was discovered after a reward of £100,000 led to his discovery in Sudan.

He had reportedly been learning Arabic at the the International University of Africa in Sudan and was held as he tried to obtain a Turkish visa in the capital, Khartoum.

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RUAP National President Daniel Nalliah speaking at a special dinner event in Sydney 7pm Friday 13th June

Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) This Pentecost Sunday 8th June beginning at 7:30pm Pr Daniel will be speaking on a must watch live webcast right here at www.reformationharvestfire.com…

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This spread of ‘holy fascism’ is a disaster

Sunday 18 May 2014 – Patrick Cockburn

Earlier this month, Saudi liberal activist Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, 10 years in prison and a heavy fine for insulting Islam. In fact, his crime was to establish an online discussion forum where people were free to speak about religion and criticise religious scholars.

He had been charged with “apostasy” in 2012, because of his writings and for hosting discussion on his Saudi Arabian Liberals website, and was sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes but on appeal a heavier sentence was imposed.

Mr Badawi will appeal against the verdict, but it is complicated by the fact that his lawyer and brother-in-law, Waleed Abulkhair, is himself in jail. He was detained without explanation last month when on trial for damaging the image of the kingdom and breaking his allegiance to the king. Under Saudi Arabia’s harsh Sharia code, almost any critical word or deed makes a person liable to severe punishment.

Lashings and beheadings generally get little publicity except where a foreigner is involved. The local media is muzzled and foreign press for the most part excluded. This contrasts with the blanket coverage of the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the al-Qa’ida type movement in northern Nigeria.

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Free speech not so free when discussing gay rights

Free speech not so free when discussing gay rightsJewishWorldReview.com | Cal Thomas – May 15, 2014 / 15 Iyar, 5774

Once, Social Security was the “third rail” of politics. Touch it and face political death. Now it is homosexuality. Criticize anything gay people do and you risk ostracism, fines, suspension or loss of your livelihood.

Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by a National Football League team — the St. Louis Rams picked him 249th in the last round — is being treated by the media and those in the gay rights movement as the equivalent of an early American pioneer.

Miami Dolphins safety Don Jones, apparently, didn’t get the memo. Jones tweeted “OMG” and “horrible” after he saw Sam and his boyfriend kiss each other live on ESPN. His tweet was quickly taken down, but the political correctness police swooped in anyway. Jones has been fined and suspended. He’s also being forced to attend “educational training” to get his “mind right,” to borrow a phrase from the film “Cool Hand Luke.” This sounds like the old communist “re-education” camps.

Dolphins Coach Joe Philbin called Jones’ comment “inappropriate and unacceptable.” Jones issued a statement that read like it had been written by a lawyer, apologizing for his “inappropriate” tweet and taking “full responsibility” for his comment.

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The War on Former Muslim Women

The War on Former Muslim WomenMay 9, 2014 by Nonie Darwish

It is a tragedy and a shame that it had to take the mass kidnapping and sexual enslavement of 300 Nigerian girls by Muslim jihadists for the world to finally express its outrage over Sharia’s evil deeds. Similar stories of Christian girls being kidnapped, forcibly married and converted to Islam by their Muslim captors, have been a reality for decades. But unfortunately, and tragically, they have been ignored by our mainstream media. Only a few “Islamophobic” journalists have cared enough to report on such atrocities in Egypt, Syria and elsewhere — until reality exploded to such a great magnitude that it awakened the world’s conscience.

Former Muslim women like Wafa Sultan, Ayan Hirsi Ali and myself have been writing and speaking about the oppression of women in Islamic society for a long time now. I have written a book dedicated to connecting the dots between Islamic law and such kidnappings, rapes and other forms of oppression of women. But instead of helping our voices be heard, the leftist media and academia have ignored us, called us names and done everything in their power to silence us. They have treated the American people like children who are told they should not be outraged about far away cultural practices — because all cultures are equal.

Advocates of cultural relativism who are brutal in judging conservative and Christian Americans, and call them slanderous names, have no problem in tolerating Islamic tyranny over women and other minorities.

After 9/11 Americans asked: “Where are the voices of Arab Americans who condemn Islamic terrorism?” This question led a few brave former Muslim women to stand up and speak. But when we did (at our own peril), the leftist media and academia called us “Islamophobes” and “racists.” What is Islamophobic and racist about warning America about the tyranny of the barbaric religious legal system that we lived under and came to America to escape from its vicious clutches?

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Pastor Daniel opens City of Casey Council meeting in prayer / Ministering in Sunbury this Pentecost Sunday morning 8th June / Live webcast this Sunday evening / RUA Prayer this Friday

 Dear friends & family in Christ, 1) We thank and praise God for every opportunity He gives us to lift His name on high! Yesterday the City of Casey Council…

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