BY PHILLIP CONNOR A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 that was set in 1992 after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Continue Reading
Turkey coup: What is Gulen movement and what does it want?
BBC Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen for last week's bloody attempted coup. Suspected Gulenists are now being purged in their thousands in a wave of arrests and sackings and Mr Erdogan has declared a state of emergency. But what do we know about the Continue Reading
Compassion vs. conversion: surprising insight on why these evangelicals welcome refugees
By Bobby Ross Jr. I traveled to the Toronto area earlier this year to write about two Canadian churches that partnered to adopt a family of Syrian refugees: BEAMSVILLE, Ontario — As war ravaged their homeland, a Syrian family of eight fled for their lives. The Muslim father, mother and six Continue Reading
Conservative Christians Grapple With Whether ‘Religious Freedom’ Includes Muslims
By Sarah McCammon Religious liberty is a rallying cry for many evangelical voters, and it has been popping up repeatedly throughout this presidential campaign. But in the current political climate, some conservative Christians are struggling with how to apply religious freedom to other faiths — Continue Reading
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