Slokas On The Mount
Om Namah Jesu could well reverberate inside hundreds of Catholic churches in India very soon, if the changing physical face of these places of worship is anything to go by. The Vatican-blessed process of 'inculturation' being implemented by the 168 Catholic dioceses in India has already seen Jesus acquiring the form of a Hindu sage, St John the Baptist with a 'kamandalu', grottos in the shape of conch shell... [Jun. 20 2008]

Andhra Pradesh: Rules set for Christian yatra
(CrusadeWatch note: It is unfortunate that in a state where people cannot even afford square meals a day, the Government headed by a Christian fundamentalist chief minister is misusing people's money to pay each Christian pilgrim to visit Jerusalem. The amount paid to each Christian visitor is enough to feed a poor child for 2 years) source: Deccan Chronicle, June 15, 2008 Hyderabad, June 14... [Jun. 15 2008]

Cash scanner on evangelist
Thiruvananthapuram, June 9: A high-profile evangelist is under pressure to explain an “unaccounted� amount of Rs 900 crore his trust received from the US as Kerala’s crackdown on “commercial spiritualism� gathers pace. Bishop K.P. Yohannan has been under the watch of regulators and police since the hunt for “fake godmen� began in the first week of May for having received the funds from... [Jun. 11 2008]

Bihar village alleges missionaries harassing people
Buxar: Residents of Parmanpur village in Bihar’s Buxar district have alleged that Christian missionaries lure them to convert and threaten them with violence if they don’t obey. Anjoriya Devi’s husband died death eight years ago and she alleges he was beaten to death by goons hired by missionaries. "They beat up my husband when he refused to convert to Christianity. They have threatened me too," al... [Jun. 11 2008]

U.S. Military’s Middle East Crusade for Christ
“They are proselytizing not on behalf of the Constitution of the United States . . . but rather on behalf of some sort of fanatical view of end times. And they are using our army to affect that.�
 -Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson- Last August the watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, foiled a Pentagon plan that would have allowed the shipment of “freedom packages� to soldiers ... [Jun. 11 2008]

Culture Wars : Six Million African Muslims Convert to Christianity Each Year
Six Million African Muslims Convert to Christianity Each Year Synopsis from The American Thinker by James M. Arlandson OrthodoxyToday.org Commentary on social and moral issues of the day This translation of a televised conversation on the Al-Jazeerah Website reveals a rare glimpse into the outlook of Muslim scholars who are concerned about Christianity's growth. The invited guest is Sheikh Ahmad ... [Jun. 11 2008]

Church is not doing enough to convert UK Muslims, says bishop
The Church of England was accused by one of its most senior bishops yesterday of failing in its duty to convert British Muslims to Christianity. The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, said Church leaders had rightly shown sensitivity towards Muslims as part of efforts to welcome minority faiths. But he said: ‘I think it may have gone too far and what we need now is to recover ou... [Jun. 2 2008]

Algeria Muslim body slams Christian evangelists
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria hit back on Saturday at foreign accusations minority Christians are harassed, saying Protestant evangelicals were secretly trying to divide Algerians to colonise the mainly Muslim north African country. Abu Amrane Chikh, head of the government-appointed Higher Islamic Council, said uproar in the West over a recent prosecution of an Algerian woman on a charge of practising Chri... [Jun. 2 2008]

U.S. soldiers launch campaign to convert Iraqis to Christianity
Online Journal Contributing Writer Jun 2, 2008, 00:17 Some U.S. military personnel appears to have launched an initiative to covert thousands of Iraqi citizens to Christianity by distributing Bibles and other fundamentalist Christian literature translated into Arabic to Muslims. A recent article published on the website of Mission Network News reported that Bible Pathway Ministries, a fundamentalis... [Jun. 2 2008]

Anti-Missionary Bill in Penza, Russia Parliament
A bill in the parliament of the Penza region in Russia envisions increasing government control over proselytizing in the region. According to a May 20, 2008 report by the Interfax news agency, missionaries would need documents declaring their missionary status issued by officially registered religious organizations. Missionary activity can take place only in religious buildings owned by the missionary's con... [Jun. 2 2008]