Politics
RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Muslim leaders protest upcoming film depicting Islamic terrorists
(RNS)-U.S. Muslim leaders said this week that"Executive Decision,"an upcoming film from Warner Bros., is likely to inflame anti-Muslim sentiments by depicting terrorists who use the K...
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TOP STORY: TERROR IN ISRAEL: U.S. Jews harden their stand in wake of bombings
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-The recent wave of Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel has considerably hardened American Jewish attitudes toward the Middle East peace process.
Frustration has replaced optimism, and anger has replaced whatever sympathy there was...
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Christian groups promote prayer, pledges of purity
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(RNS)-Ever since the 1984 Equal Access Law allowed student-led religious clubs to meet in public schools, prayer meetings have been as legal an extra-curricular activity as pep rallies.
And a variety of Christian ministries and evangelical programs ha...
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TOP STORY: SCHOOLS AND RELIGION: They’re taking their faith to school
c. 1996 Religion News Service
CONYERS, Ga. (RNS)-It's 7:45 Monday morning at Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga., and from the home economics classroom come the sounds of hymns and prayers.
Outside, throngs of students pass by with backpacks slung over their shoulders, apparently...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Ugandan Christian rebels go on killing spree
(RNS)-Ugandan rebels seeking to establish a Christian theocracy in the central African nation have reportedly killed dozens of people in recent days, according to the Associated Press and Reuter news agency...
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COMMENTARY: Using clerical cloth as cover for espionage
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Charles W. Colson, former special counsel to Richard Nixon, served a prison term for his role in the Watergate scandal. He now heads Prison Fellowship International, an evangelical Christian ministry to the imprisoned and their families. Contact Colson...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Rwanda's children witnessed genocide, survey finds
(RNS)-A United Nations survey has revealed that virtually every child in Rwanda witnessed violence in the 1994 genocide that still traumatizes them.
The U.N. Children's Fund surveyed 3,030 childre...
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COMMENTARY: Killing jobs, destroying lives
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist at the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center. His home page on the World Wide Web is at http://www.greeley.com. Or contact him at his e-mail address:...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1996 Religion News Service
Evangelicals tackle issues of identity, unity
(RNS)-The National Association of Evangelicals unveiled an"Evangelical Manifesto"this week, defining beliefs and detailing goals for unity among evangelicals in the coming century.
David Melvin, vice p...
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Pakistan blasphemy laws come under fire in Senate panel
c. 1996 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)-Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, which carry a mandatory death sentence, continue to foster a climate of violence and intolerance against Christians and Ahmadiyyah Muslims in the predominantly Sunni Muslim nation, human rights a...
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