10 http://www.christiannewswire.com Religious Liberties / Persecution Wed, 22 May 2013 12:53:27 -0600 en-us Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72154 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72154 "Through their illegal and unconstitutional acts for all intents and purposes these IRS employees stole from the targeted organizations, and what the government stole it must return and make the parties whole." -- Excerpt from conservative leaders' letter to the House and Senate Republican Conferences Contact: Bob Sturm, 703-392-7676, ext 1144; Kassandra Smith, 703-392-7676, ext 1123 MANASSAS, Va., May 22, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- A group of leading conservatives has today released Source: American Target Advertising and ConservativeHQ Wed, 22 May 2013 14:26:33 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72131 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72131 Contact: Office of Press Relations, U.S. Department of State, 202-647-2492   WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Department of State, our missions abroad, and especially the Office of International Religious Freedom in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, leverage the various tools of the U.S. Government to promote and protect religious liberty around the world. Led in these efforts by the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Joh Source: White House Mon, 20 May 2013 12:22:00 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72129 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72129 Contact: The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, 212-371-3191, pr@catholicleague.org   NEW YORK, May 20, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Bill Donohue issued the following remarks today:   There are two scandals going on in Philadelphia, and both involve injustices done to the Catholic Church. One is legal, and the other is journalistic.   The legal scandal involves the prosecution of three Catholic priests, and one Catholic layman, in a case so incredible that it w Source: Catholic League Mon, 20 May 2013 11:50:41 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72128 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72128 Contact: Mrs. Peggy Nienaber, 202-236-0953   WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Reverend Dr. Rob Schenck, president of the Washington, DC based National Clergy Council and chairman of the Evangelical Church Alliance International, will be present at the State Department today when Secretary of State John Kerry and US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, the Reverend Dr. Suzan D. Johnson-Cook, releases her department's Annual Report on International Source: Faith and Action Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:41 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72118 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72118 Contact: Office of Press Relations, U.S. Department of State, 202-647-2492   WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Secretary of State John Kerry will release the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 2012 on Monday, May 20, 2013, at 11:30 a.m. in the State Department Press Briefing Room.   Secretary Kerry will introduce the report and Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook will give remarks and take questions. The report Source: White House Fri, 17 May 2013 18:54:45 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72100 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72100 Contact: Paul Hetrick, 719-433-1185 COLORADO SPRINGS, May 15, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Family Talk Action Corporation is a Christian ministry that was formed for the purpose of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ; of providing Christ-oriented advice and education to parents and children; and of speaking to cultural issues that affect the family. Well known psychologist, author, and family advocate, James C. Dobson, Ph.D., serves as Family Talk Action's President and CEO. On Septemb Source: The Latham Company Wed, 15 May 2013 20:19:40 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72097 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72097 The announcement was made yesterday during a meeting with Dr. Andrew Bennett, Ambassador to the Canadian Office of Religious Freedom. Contact: Brian Mayes, 615-771-2040, brian@nashvillepublicity.com TORONTO, May 15, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- On Tuesday evening, One Free World International founder Majed El Shafie met with Dr. Andrew Bennett, Ambassador to the Office of Religious Freedom, to announce the successful rescue of Shoaib and Najiba Assadullah from Afghanistan, where Shoaib en Source: Nashville Publicity Group Wed, 15 May 2013 13:28:26 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72071 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72071 Contact: Bob Fu, President, Bob@ChinaAid.org; Mark Shan, News Analyst, 888-889-7757, 267-205-5210 cell, Mark@ChinaAid.org; Eddie Romero, LA Office, 323-521-6777, ChinaAid.LA@gmail.com; all with ChinaAid; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org   MEDIA ADVISORY, May 12, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- At the invitation of the Oslo Human Rights Forum, the European Parliament and the British Parliament, ChinaAid founder and president Bob Fu and the well-known blind legal and human rights activi Source: China Aid Association, Inc. Sun, 12 May 2013 21:39:56 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72068 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72068 Contact: Bob Fu, President, Bob@ChinaAid.org; Mark Shan, News Analyst, 888-889-7757, 267-205-5210 cell, Mark@ChinaAid.org; Eddie Romero, LA Office, 323-521-6777, ChinaAid.LA@gmail.com; all with ChinaAid; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org   WASHINGTON, May 11, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ --  In a rare bipartisan act, Congressional leaders on Friday sent a letter to the Obama administration calling for concrete action to help end Chinese government persecution against the family of Source: China Aid Association, Inc. Sat, 11 May 2013 14:36:57 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72063 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72063 Contact: Hal Meawad, Coptic Solidarity, 240-644-5153, info@copticsolidarity.org WASHINGTON, May 10, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) latest annual report, once again includes Egypt as a 'Country of Particular Concern,' or CPC for ongoing, systematic, and egregious violations of religious freedom. The overall situation for religious minorities in Egypt further deteriorated under the Morsi administration.  There have been a l Source: Coptic Solidarity Fri, 10 May 2013 13:49:48 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72048 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72048 Contact: Kathleen Lynch, Thomas More Law Center, 734-546-0899 ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 8, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan challenging the Obama Administration's HHS Mandate. The lawsuit was brought on behalf four brothers, Terrence, John, James and Christopher Nagle and their family-owned business, M&N Plasti Source: Non-Profit Legal Advocacy Firm Wed, 08 May 2013 09:38:16 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72031 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72031 "Evangelical Christians in America are among Israel's strongest friends." -- IRD President Mark Tooley Contact: Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, jwalton@TheIRD.org WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) President Mark Tooley was honored to co-host today's Christian Israel Solidarity Event at the Israel Embassy in Washington, D.C. Other members of the host committee included Samuel Rod Source: Institute on Religion & Democracy Fri, 03 May 2013 16:24:49 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72030 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72030 "The Defense Department has no business hosting a virulently anti-Christian activist as a 'tolerance' expert." -- Rick Scarborough Contact: Janet Cook, 936-560-3900 WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Pentagon officials met last week with anti-Christian extremist Mikey Weinstein, head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, to plan court-martial procedures to punish Christians in the armed forces who share their faith. "We're calling on the Obama Administratio Source: Vision America Fri, 03 May 2013 16:12:30 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72018 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=72018 Sign a Free Petition to Your Congressman Here: www.faxcongress.com/Njcy.html Contact: Dr. Klingenschmitt, 719-360-5132, chaplaingate@yahoo.com WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- This week President Obama's Pentagon reportedly confirmed consulting the anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein before officially threatening to court-martial soldiers who talk about Jesus Christ. www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/05/01/Breaking-Pentagon-Confirms-Will-Court-Martial-Soldiers-Who-S Source: http://prayinjesusname.org/invite-speaker Thu, 02 May 2013 08:26:00 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71995 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71995 Open Doors USA Urges Believers to Pledge to Pray on Saturday, May 11 Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Media Relations Director, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., April 30, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Most churches in Syria will unite in prayer on Saturday, May 11, in many places around the war-torn nation. This will be an extraordinary show of unity of Christian denominations in Syria, where the on-going civil war has claimed over 70,000 lives. Syrian Christians Source: Open Doors USA Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:05:45 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71990 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71990 Contact: Bob Fu, President, Bob@ChinaAid.org; Mark Shan, News Analyst, 888-889-7757, 267-205-5210 cell, Mark@ChinaAid.org; Eddie Romero, LA Office, 323-521-6777, ChinaAid.LA@gmail.com; all with ChinaAid; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org   LINYI, Shandong, China, April 29, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The home of the eldest brother of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng has come under attack again, when government-hired thugs drove up to the home at 2:11 a.m. on Tuesday, Beijing tim Source: China Aid Association, Inc. Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:53:53 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71988 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71988 Contact: Dr. Paul Cameron, Family Research Institute, 303-681-3113, 303-886-1947 cell COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 30, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rush Limbaugh said Penn State's Sandusky was gay. Bill O'Reilly retorted (1) "homosexuality has nothing to do with the crime of pedophilia." Really, O'Reilly?   We put "2012 Child Sexual Abuse" through Google News from Feb 8 thru March 8, 2013. Counting same-sex adult/child sex as homosexual; opposite-sex abuse as heterosexual, Source: Family Research Institute Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:30:00 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71986 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71986 Contact: Peggy Nienaber, 202-546-8329 WASHINGTON, April 29, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced "Shank") will spend four hours reading the Bible from the West Terrace of the US Capitol on Monday morning, April 29, from 4:00 to 8:00 AM, in spite of the forecast for rain. The reading is part of the 90-hour, uninterrupted US Capitol Bible Reading Marathon, now in its 24th year, which runs from April 28 to May 2. Source: Faith and Action Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71982 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71982 Contact: Rev. William Keller, 727-420-7005; Liveprayer.com ST PETERSBURG, Fla., April 29, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Bill Keller, the world's leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of Liveprayer.com, with over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading the Daily Devotional he has written every morning for nearly 14 years on the issues of the day from a Biblical worldview, will be back on TV, "LIVE" every Monday-Friday from Midnight-2am starting Monday May 6th. Source: Liveprayer Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:00:00 -0600 Religious Liberties / Persecution http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71981 http://www.christiannewswire.com/index.php?module=releases&task=view&releaseID=71981 "It is appalling that President Obama has invited one of the key architects of Sudanese genocide to Washington." -- Faith J.H. McDonnell, IRD Religious Liberty Director Contact: Jeff Walton, Institute on Religion and Democracy, 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell, jwalton@TheIRD.org WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Institute on Religion and Democracy is criticizing the Obama Administration after news this week that it has invited a high-level Sudanese delegation to Was Source: Institute on Religion & Democracy Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:01:50 -0600