City officials in Bethlehem are taking down Christmas decorations as a show of “solidarity” with Palestinians and the city’s majority Muslim populace. Municipality crews in Bethlehem “announced the dismantling of Christmas decorations installed several years ago in the city’s neighbourhoods
Gender confused men have been banned from playing in international women’s matches, the International Cricket Council has announced. Men who pretend to be women will not be eligible for women’s internationals regardless of any surgery or treatment undertaken under the
A Change in Focus In 2008 Jon Stanhope, the chief Minister of the ACT Labor Government, helped set up the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body. He hoped to improve the lives of Canberra’s 9500 Indigenous population, but
Victoria’s Jewish leaders and community members are questioning why a group of more than 20 neo-Nazis were allowed to march through the streets of Ballarat recently, amid calls to outlaw the “glorification of Nazism” in Victoria. The men, dressed in
The ACT has become the first jurisdiction in the nation to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14, igniting concerns that young teenagers could be “manipulated by adult offenders or serious organised crime syndicates”. ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury
Grade-school children in a Washington state school won’t be taught to honour those who have served our country. Instead of a Veterans Day celebration, the school has a peace and tolerance assembly. The school-wide gathering was scheduled for November 15
In a clip heard ’round the western Christian world, Andy Stanley seemed to suggest in 2018 that believers ought to “unhitch” themselves from the Old Testament. While the megachurch preacher later claimed the widely condemned statement was stripped of its
The prevalence of hate crimes targeting Christianity has escalated in Europe, marking a substantial 44 per cent increase from the figures reported in 2021, according to recent research. Released by the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe
Same-sex couples will be able to request a dedicated ceremony of blessing in the Church of England, following a vote on the issue by the General Synod. The decision comes after two and half days of debating the Living in
Finnish MP of 30 years Paivi Rasanen has been cleared of wrongdoing, over a tweet where she quoted a Bible verse. Her victory comes at the end of a grueling four-year legal battle, where she was arrested, charged, and forced
