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Huge Underground Chamber Found--Early Christian Refuge?
Written by National Geographic    Monday, 29 June 2009 20:12    PDF Print E-mail

 

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Huge Underground Chamber Found
A 2,000-year-old underground chamber has been discovered in Israel's Jordan Valley. The largest human-made cave in Israel, the 1-acre (0.4-hectare) space is thought to have begun as a quarry. In subsequent centuries it may have served as a monastery, hideout for persecuted Christians, or Roman army base, experts say.

Archaeologists working in the valley found the cave this past March when they came across a hole in a rock face.

As they were about to enter, two fearful-looking Bedouins appeared and warned the team that hyenas and wolves inhabited the cave.

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Elementary School Children to be Indoctrinated with New Gay Curriculum
Written by Christian Newswire    Wednesday, 27 May 2009 18:26    PDF Print E-mail
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Alameda Unified School District Adopts Lesbian, Gay, Transgender Education for Students as Young as Five Years Old

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- Providing yet another example of the threat that gay marriage and the gay agenda provides to school children and parental authority, the Alameda Unified School District last evening adopted a new curriculum, over the objections of hundreds of parents who testified at the board hearings. The newly adopted curriculum specifically elevates respect for gay, lesbian and bisexual students and their families over respect for diverse racial and religious backgrounds.

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Alleged Murderer of Christian in Vietnam Strikes Again
Written by Compass Direct News    Tuesday, 12 May 2009 09:19    PDF Print E-mail

LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Compass Direct News) – A Hmong man in Vietnam’s Northwest Mountainous Region who murdered his mother in February because she had become a Christian has assaulted another Christian, leaving him critically wounded, according to area Christian sources.

Lao Lia Po on April 25 viciously beat Koua Lo of Meo Vac district, Ha Giang Province, because he had become a Christian, according to a local church leader.
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EGYPT: CONVERT ARRESTED FOR MARRYING CHRISTIAN
Written by Compass Direct News    Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:51    PDF Print E-mail

Couple goes into hiding as police place Islamic law over Egyptian penal code.

ISTANBUL, April 23 (Compass Direct News) – Christian convert Raheal Henen Mussa and her Coptic husband are hiding from police and her Muslim family for violating an article of Islamic law (sharia) that doesn’t exist in the Egyptian penal code.

Police arrested Mussa, 22, on April 13 for marrying Sarwat George Ryiad in a customary marriage (zawag al ‘urfi), an unregistered form of matrimony in Egypt made without witnesses. It has gained popularity among Egyptian youth but is not sanctioned by most Islamic scholars.

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