religion

  • Algeria said on Monday that Denmark’s foreign minister apologized for a recent string of Quran burnings by far-right extremists in front of the diplomatic missions of several Muslim nations, including Algiers’. During a phone call with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf, Lars Lokke Rasmussen expressed his regret over the burnings of the Muslim holy book…

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  • Attacks on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, continued on Friday by Danish anti-Islamic and ultranationalist group “Danske Patrioter” (Danish Patriots) despite wide-ranging condemnation. Members of the group burned copies of the Quran in front of the Pakistani, Algerian, Indonesian, and Moroccan embassies, as well as a mosque in Copenhagen. The perpetrators chanted anti-Islamic slogans…

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  • Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye TOPIC — Destiny Destroyers: Anger MEMORISE: “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.” – Ecclesiastes 7:9 (KJV) READ: Proverbs 14:29 (KJV) 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit…

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  • Whether you are raising a son or mentoring another young man, here are 10 tips to help him grow into all God has for him. 1. *Model Godly Character* – Teach and model Godly character. Leading a boy to study the Word of God first with you then equipping him to study on his own…

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  • OPEN HEAVENS 2023 DEVOTIONAL  DATE: WED, AUG 02, 2023 TOPIC: FOR HIS GLORY MEMORISE: “Whether therefore ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” – (1 Corinthians 10:31) READ: James 4:1-10 (KJV) MESSAGE: Whenever you ask God for anything, make sure that it is something that will bring…

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  • Both Momika and Najem have repeatedly stated that they want the Quran banned completely in the Nordic nation, which has broad free speech laws. Two men set fire to a copy of the Quran on Monday in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, in a rally similar to previous events that provoked a diplomatic…

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  • Malaysia on Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel’s security minister and far-right settlers. “The incursion was a clear provocation and desecration of the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. On Thursday, a group of far-right Jewish settlers, led by Israel’s Security…

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  • Türkiye on Friday reiterated its strong condemnation of attacks on the holy Quran in Europe, terming it a plague. Speaking at the joint news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he believes the Islamic world will take some decisions at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting…

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  • Britain has condemned the desecration and burning of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm. In a written statement issued by a spokesperson of UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the British government said such actions are “deeply insulting to Muslims around the world and completely inappropriate.” Saying the…

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  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the need for collective action Saturday to address escalating Islamophobia and xenophobia in Western nations. “The vile attack on our sacred book, the Quran, in Sweden on the first day of Eid al-Adha reveals the terrifying dimensions of Islamophobia,” he said in a video sent to the Gala Dinner…

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  • Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday strongly condemned the desecration of the holy Quran by a right-wing man in Sweden’s capital.  In a Twitter post, Iran’s top diplomat said the entire Islamic world “strongly condemns the insult to the holy books and the Holy Quran.” Rebuking the Swedish authorities, Amir-Abdollahian said allowing the desecration…

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  • The call of God is actually a call to God. Many people think that when God calls them, it is a call to something, whereas it is a call to Him. When He calls you, He says, “Come closer to me”. In Mark 3:14, the Bible says that the first reason He called the disciples…

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  • A Kenyan pastor who appeared in court Tuesday will face terrorism charges over the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in what has been dubbed the “Shakahola forest massacre,” prosecutors said. The deeply religious Christian-majority country has been stunned by the discovery of mass graves last month in a forest near the Indian…

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  • And Jesus said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ Mat 21:13. It’s not uncommon for people to go to church for some other reasons aside from prayers. Jesus didn’t tell us to visit His house for the orchestra,…

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  • We know marriage is hard. We all learn that by the second week. But there are different kinds of hard. There is hard and hopeful, and there is hard and hopeless. The most difficult marriage, of course, is the one that is hard, distant, and with little reason to think it will change. In some…

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  • It wasn’t just faith but good works that saved the thief on the cross. He didn’t just put his faith in Jesus and pray for Jesus to remember him as many erroneously think. He did much more than that! Luke 23:39-41 (KJV) And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, “If…

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