Religiøs intolerance, forfølgelse og konflikter

Neeti Nair explores the trend toward legal protection for the religious "sentiments" of majorities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nair offers historical context for contemporary persecution and rising religious fundamentalism, and highlights how growing political solicitation of religious sentiments has fueled a secular resistance.

Nothing is new or original in Christianity. All features and components of what is now known as Christianity were present in mythologies that flourished before Jesus is alleged to have lived, and this book shows how those myths evolved into today's religion.

Hvordan ender tre søskende, der er født i Danmark med kurdisk-tyrkisk baggrund, med at blive så fanatiske tilhængere af den mest fundamentalistiske udgave af islam, at de vier deres liv til Islamisk Stat? Det fortæller ”Radikaliseret” om ved at give et unikt indblik i det ekstreme, islamistiske miljø i Danmark. De to unge kvinder rejser til Raqqa, hovedstaden i Kalifatet – det muslimske tusindårsrige, Islamisk Stat udråbte. Storebroren køber for mange hundrede tusinde kroner droner og dronedele, som sendes ned til Islamisk Stat. Det giver ham senere en straf på 10 års fængsel, mens de to søstre i dag lever i en by i Tyrkiet, uden mulighed for at vende tilbage til Danmark.Den dansk-kurdiske journalist Deniz Serinci beskriver i denne fascinerende, informative og skræmmende bog, hvordan radikaliseringen forløber, og han portrætterer en række af de mennesker, der færdes i miljøet, og som har medvirket til radikaliseringen. Det gælder bl.a. Basil Hassan, der forsøgte at dræbe islamkritikeren Lars Hedegaard.Han har i sin research talt med snesevis af familiemedlemmer og venner af de tre søskende, læst domsudskrifter og selv rejst i området.Deniz Serinci har i mange år rejst i Mellemøsten, herunder i de områder, Islamisk Stat udråbte til Kalifat. I forbindelse med bogen har han interviewet snesevis af kilder, der har kendt familien eller som har bevæget sig i de radikaliserede miljøer, læst et hav af domsudskrifter og andre kilder – og i det hele taget trukket på sin store viden om både Mellemøsten og det danske indvandrermiljø.

Classification is an inherent feature of all societies. The distinction between Jews and non-Jews has been a major theme of Western society for over two millennia. In the middle of the twentieth century, dire consequences were associated with being Jew ish. Even after the Shoah, the labelling of Jews as "other" continued. In this book, leading historians including Michael Brenner, Elisheva Carlebach and Michael Miller illuminate the meaning of Jewishness from pre-modern and early-modern times to the present day. Their studies offer new perspectives on constructing and experiencing Jewish identity.

"In contrasting and exploring the lives and theology of two martyrs to the totalitarian violence of the twentieth century, Michel Evdokimov challenges us to meet the world we live in on its own terms, and to meet God in the form of our neighbor, believer or unbeliever, rich or poor, citizen or undocumented. His introductory essay explores the new secular world and proclaims that we should not fear secularization: it is with us for the duration. He then introduces Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Father Alexander Men as exemplars (particularly as men who became martyrs, or witnesses) of how to speak about Christ in a world that has rejected God"--

The conventional narrative concerning religious terrorism inside the United States says that the first salvo occurred in 1993, with the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. This narrative has motivated more than a decade of wars, and re-prioritized Americas domestic security and law enforcement agenda. But the conventional narrative is wrong.A different group of jihadists exists within US borders. This group has a long but hidden history, is outside the purview of public officials and has an agenda as apocalyptic as anything Al Qaeda has to offer. Radical sects of Christianity have inspired some of the most grotesque acts of violence in American history: the 1963 Birmingham Church bombing that killed four young girls; the Mississippi Burning murders of three civil rights workers in 1964; the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, the Atlanta Child Murders in the late 1970s; and the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.America's Secret Jihad uses these crimes to tell a story that has not been told before.Expanding upon the authors ground-breaking work on the Martin Luther King, Jr. murder, and through the use of extensive documentation, never-before-released interviews, and a re-interpretation of major events, America's Secret Jihad paints a picture of Christian extremism and domestic terrorism as it has never before been portrayed.

As a Democracy, our government ought to reflect the core beliefs of its people. As people of faith, our faith ought to inform every aspect of our lives; from children, to family, to finances, to health, to marriage, and yes...even to politics! It is no far stretch to say that as our faith informs our lives, it should also inform our politics. My God, My Politics will stand as a template for every reader to truly define their personal political ideology. No longer will our personal politics be influenced from the OUTSIDE IN, by party affiliations or outside forces; it will be from the INSIDE OUT through the development of our core belief systems. No longer will we allow what we know as the "Separation of Church & State" to disconnect our faith from our politics. My God, My Politics will set your faith free to speak to your politics! This book will empower you to: + Develop your political ideology based on your faith + Interpret scripture in a manner that will guide your politics + Be an advocate for what you believe in the political arena + Use your faith to influence your policies

In 1977 the Trust published this remarkable account of the first 60 years or so of the modern church in Korea (mainly North Korea). William Blair (1876- 1970), in his first term of missionary service, was at the centre of the great revival of 1907, and his account of this and the events leading up to it forms the first part of the book. Blair includes a thrilling description of how the gospel first came to Korea. The account is then taken up by his son-in-law, Bruce Hunt (1903- 92) born in Pyengyang, now the capital of North Korea who shows how the revival was followed by a baptism of suffering under the Japanese and Communists. During his forty-eight years of missionary service in Korea, Hunt personally knew many of the Korean Christian martyrs. This new edition of The Korean Pentecost has been completely re-typeset, and includes twelve additional illustrations.

Sind die Religionen Ursache von Krieg und Terror? Die Heiligen Schriften der Religionen ebenso wie ihre Praxis sind oftmals höchst irritierend. Die Spannbreite ihrer Botschaften reicht von brutalen Aufforderungen zur Gewalt bis hin zur Feindesliebe. Das Buch benennt das vielschichtige Problem, erkundet Ursachen der religiösen Gewalt und zeigt Perspektiven auf, wie sie überwunden werden kann. Der Band gliedert sich in drei Schritte:Sehen: Ein erster Schritt blickt auf die Realität, auf das, was ist: Von der Realität der Gewalt und der Liebe in den Religionen. Es werden Christentum, Islam, Judentum, Hinduismus und Buddhismus behandelt.Urteilen: Ein zweiter Schritt ist ein beurteilender Blick auf die Gründe von religiös begründeter Gewalt: Von den Ursachen der Gewalt im Kontrast zur Botschaft der Religionen. Genannt werden: Aggressivität, Angst, Abgrenzung und Ausgrenzung, Macht vom Himmel, Entwicklungsverweigerung; zudem wird auf die Darstellung von Gewalt in den Heiligen Schriften der Religionen (etwa Bibel, Koran) geblickt.Handeln: Und schließlich als Abschluss ein Blick auf das, was wir tun können, was erforderlich ist: Von der Überwindung der Gewalt durch den Dialog der Religionen. Ausgehend von sieben Friedensnobelpreisträgern wird ein tieferer Dialog der Relgionen gefordert; dabei ist die Frage nach dem Gottesbild zentral. Konkrete Ermunterungen zu einem Weg des Friedens beschließen den Band.

GOD called me to be a watchman to announce that Christianity has same-sex marriages (or what GOD calls Rainbow Marriages) wrong. Obviously, this goes against some very plain words by Moses in Leviticus. The funny thing about being a Biblical watchman is, I don't need to convince you that Jesus is coming to remove your lampstand. I fulfill my duties as a watchman by telling you that Christianity has their rejection of Rainbow Marriages wrong. It's the hearer's responsibility to investigate how that could possibly be. If the hearer decides their lampstand is safe and ignores me, the consequences are on them. If the hearer decides to ask GOD how I could be correct about this and decides to investigate further, well then, the hearer can avoid this consequence.Pretend you want to take a GOD-ordained love test and this book is to help prepare you for admission into your dream job. Christians should be full of GOD's discernment, so let's expose ourselves to fresh ideas and exercise Holy Spirit's discernment muscles instead of relying on our human leaders to tell us what to think.While I include and thank many people in this book for helping Holy Spirit develop my opinions, don't hold it against them. Holy Spirit has taught me to look for diamonds among the piles of coals and I reject the assumption that we need to agree on everything if we agree on anything. A stopped clock is right twice per day.Are you ready to expose yourself to a fresh perspective? If so, let's begin. . . .

Discusses the author's journey with Judaism as a Muslim. Her book is based on the struggle with antisemitism within Muslim communities and her interviews with Shoah survivors. Rejecting polemical myths about the Holocaust and Jews, Afridi offers a new way of creating understanding between the two communities through the acceptance the enormity of the Shoah.

2018 Reprint of 1926 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Fox's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by John Foxe, first published in English in 1563 by John Day. It includes a Protestant account of the sufferings of Protestants under the Catholic Church, with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book was highly influential in those countries and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there. The book went through four editions in Foxe's lifetime and as well as a number of later editions and abridgements, including some that specifically reduced the text to a Book of Martyrs. Published early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, only five years after the death of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, the work is an affirmation of the Protestant Reformation in England during the ongoing period of religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants. Contents: History of Christian martyrs to the first general persecution under Nero -- The ten primitive persecutions -- Persecutions of the Christians in Persia -- Papal persecutions -- An account of the Inquisition -- An account of the persecutions in Italy under the papacy -- An account of the life and persecutions of John Wycliffe -- An account of the persecutions in Bohemia under the papacy -- An account of the life and persecutions of Martin Luther -- General persecutions in Germany -- An account of the persecutions in the Netherlands -- The life and story of the true servant and martyr of God, William Tyndale -- An account of the life of John Calvin -- An account of the persecutions in Great Britain and Ireland, prior to the reign of Queen Mary I -- An account of the persecutions in Scotland during the reign of Henry VIII -- Persecutions in England during the reign of Queen Mary -- Rise and progress of the Protestant religion in Ireland; with an account of the barbarous massacres of 1641 -- The rise, progress, persecutions, and sufferings of the Quakers -- An account of the life and persecutions of John Bunyan -- An account of the life of John Wesley -- Persecutions of the French Protestants in the south of France, during the years 1814 and 1820 -- The beginnings of American foreign missions.

Life is suffering. This is true for everyone to some degree, and it impacts us in every phase of life from birth to death. No one escapes unscathed. Many try to cope with this fact by avoiding suffering and discomfort as much as possible. Their lives revolve around the prevention of pain. But some, instead of hiding from suffering, find something worth suffering for. This book is about those people and that something. Something Worth Suffering For: The Ideas That Drive Crosstree Music explores the process of discovering and embracing that which gives meaning to even the worst of life's hardships. It shows how doing so will: * Generate the courage to pursue things that matter * Produce a genuine care for others that leads to fulfillment * Provide depth to the most important relationship one can have * Reveal one's place in a universal community of committed companions * And manifest hope in even the most hopeless of circumstances.

Hola, me gozo de estar entre sus manos; usted es la razón de mi existencia; pues tengo grandes cosas para contarte; te diré secretos de ese mundo que se mueve junto al natural y que son invisible, pues son espiritual.Todas las personas están viviendo bajo la influencia de ese mundo invisible, pues están siendo víctimas de una usurpación espiritual de que son objeto.Para comenzar, te cuento, que, dentro de mí, están escritas declaraciones, de cómo esos espíritus se están engendrando dentro de cada persona. Y haciéndose pasar por las personas, y no solo eso, si no que ponen una personalidad en ella no deseada; y cómo sugestionan su mente para que obedezcan.Lo que quiero contarte es como a través de las religiones Santeras, Espiritistas y Paleras, llegan hacerles creer a los hombres, mujeres, niños y ancianos que tienen un nuevo padre y una madre. En dos palabras, voy a explicarte la vida secreta del mundo del ocultismo y muchas de sus ramificaciones.La humanidad necesita saber cómo atraen sobre poblaciones enteras, a un ejército de maldad espiritual antes los ojos de todos sin que nadie se dé cuenta.Dentro de las letras que tengo, te regalaré con amor, cómo los pueblos puede liberarse de la muerte y de la esclavitud que producen esas fuerzas espirituales de maldad.Ábreme y comprenderás las razones de mis estrofas.No queda mucho tiempo; las pruebas están en los acontecimientos que se ven en todas partes, en este mundo que ha sido invadido.Solo Jesús puede poner la vida y salvación. ¡Dios le bendiga!

Are Christians meant to experience suffering? This question has long been a contentious one within the church. Christ is risen, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, yet sickness, poverty, and persecution continue to be daily realities for Christians around the world.In this study of martyrdom and persecution in the early church, Rev. Dr. Kwaku Boamah reminds us that there is no Christianity without a cross and that suffering has played a prominent role in church theology and tradition since the time of Christ. Examining second- and third-century apologetic texts and martyr narratives, he utilizes a systematic comparative approach to create a holistic picture of the extreme challenges facing Christians under the Roman Empire. Drawing parallels to the history of persecution and martyrdom in his homeland of Ghana, Boamah locates the experience of African Christianity firmly within the larger narrative of church history, reminding Christians that they are not alone in their suffering but are members of a global, unified whole.