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July 27, 2010

30 Days of Prayer For the Muslim World

From Steve Hagerman: This year the thirty-day Muslim observance of Ramadan will be August 11 through September 9th.  At this time, devout followers of Mohammed will fast during daylight hours and will have huge feasts after each sunset.  Their attention will be largely focused on spiritual matters, and this is an ideal time to bring [...]

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June 15, 2010

Barcelona restricts the veil

http://bit.ly/d8JvA3 – Barcelona has become the first large Spanish city to announce a ban on the wearing of full Islamic face-veils in some public spaces.

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June 7, 2010

Missiology of the love of Jesus

http://bit.ly/aIomYl  - discusses how the (anonymous, for obvious reasons) author lovingly confronts Muslims and sees results.

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April 28, 2010

Perceptions of Islam among Protestant Pastors

http://bit.ly/b2B9Hu – Christian Post: 40% of American pastors believe Islam is dangerous and promotes violence. What effect on our willingness to befriend Muslims?

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April 18, 2010

Afghan women appalled by European burqa ban push

“A firm believer in women’s rights, the only thing Afghan lawmaker Shinkai Karokhail finds as appalling as being forced to wear a burqa is a law banning it.” Read more in Reuters.

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April 15, 2010

Somali group bans Christian bells

An Islamist group has banned bells at the end of classes, saying they are Christian (BBC). They also banned music (WSJ).

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April 15, 2010

Africa goes to church, the mosque and the witch doctor

http://bit.ly/a2femj - The Pew Forum has a major new study interviewing 25,000 people in 19 sub-Saharan African countries about all aspects of faith and belief: the results are that the overwhelming majority of Africans are committed followers of either Islam or Christianity. Click through for lots of statistics.

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April 2, 2010

Belgium bans burqas

Belgian lawmakers voted to ban the wearing of burqas in public, in the first clampdown of its kind. The proposal will be put to the full Parliament after Easter. From Religion News Blog.

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April 1, 2010

France: ban on veils probably illegal

The Globe & Mail reports a total ban on Islamic veils probably illegal under French law: and even a limited ban is probably difficult to enforce.

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March 29, 2010

Somalia: new martyr

Somali Militants Kill Pastor, Crack Down on ‘Non-Muslim’ Culture. Militants track down an underground church leader and kill him. In Crosswalk.com.

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March 23, 2010

The future of Islam

How Muslims are forging a “21st century” Islam. In Christian Science Monitor.

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March 22, 2010

Camels in the New York Times

Hat Tip to Ted Esler who first eyeballed the “Camel Method” being talked about in the New York Times.

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March 22, 2010

A/G on Reaching Muslim Peoples in USA

Global Initiative: Reaching Muslim Peoples (formerly known as the Center for Ministry to Muslims) is a new strategic and expanded vision for ministry by the Assemblies of God.

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March 22, 2010

Prison ministries: competition between Islam and Christianity?

Muslim gangs imposing sharia law in British prisons. In Religion News Blog. Also mentions forced conversions.

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March 22, 2010

Gaddafi row: suggests Christian-Muslim split in Nigeria

The leader of Libya suggested Nigeria ought to be split on religious grounds between Christians and Muslims, and a diplomatic row has ensued.

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February 12, 2010

France and Islam

French Prime Minister intends to sign law to deny nationality to man who ordered his French wife to wear the veil. http://ff.im/-fNGan

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December 20, 2009

Wearing the Muslim veil in the West

In “Wearing the Muslim veil in America: what it’s like” (Christian Science Monitor, http://bit.ly/6KVV6Y), Husna Haq writes about her experiences wearing the hijab. She leads with a poignant story of how she wordlessly sat down next to an elderly female Asian Christian, who reacted fearfully and quickly moved away. Note the 7 million Muslims in [...]

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May 13, 2009

Mission Researchers Respond to the Muslim Demographic Video

There is a video that is getting a lot of views (over 4.8 million) on Youtube, focusing on Muslim demographics in Europe. It’s shown up on a lot of Christian mission blogs, and has been twittered quite a bit. Unfortunately the statistics used on the video are unsourced, so I don’t know their origin. However, [...]

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December 1, 2006

Time to stop fearing an Islamic invasion

Graeme Fawcett, a New Zealander with 25 years involvement in church planting in Asia, thinks it’s time to stop fearing an Islamic invasion of New Zealand and see the opportunities it presents. Fawcett says most are not coming because the Saudi Government has sent them to evangelise New Zealand. “The vast majority of Muslims who [...]

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January 2, 1999

Bangladesh Muslim gathering 2nd largest in the world

Some 3 million Muslims from 70 countries joined a 3 day annual Muslim congregation, Biswa Ijtema, organized by World Tablig Jamaat on the banks of the river Turag at the suburban town of Tongi. The congregation is the second largest after the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Many Bangladeshis have joined the Taliban militia in Afghanistan. [...]

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