GUNMEN ATTACK WORSHIPPERS DURING NIGERIAN CHURCH SERVICES, AT LEAST 16 KILLED

KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked church services on a university campus Sunday in northern Nigeria, using small explosives to draw out and gun down panicking worshippers in an assault that killed at least 16 people, officials said.

(Related: Obama Official: Religion ‘Not Driving Extreme Violence’ in Nigeria… a Day After Islamists Slaughter 40+ Christians)

The attackers targeted an old section of Bayero University’s campus where religious groups use a theater and other areas to hold worship services, Kano state police spokesman Ibrahim Idris said. The assault left many others seriously wounded, Idris said.

“By the time we responded, they entered (their) motorcycles and disappeared into the neighborhood,” the commissioner said.

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On 'Day of the Sun,' Seoul Prays for N. Korean Revival

By George Thomas

CBN News Sr. Reporter

Friday, April 13, 2012

SEOUL, South Korea -- April 15 is known in North Korea as the "Day of the Sun" in honor of late President Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday.

It's one of the most important dates in recent history for the communist nation.

The 'Eternal President'

Even though he died in 1994, Kim is called the "Eternal President" and is worshipped like a god.

Dressed in their finest, thousands will travel to the capital city of Pyongyang Sunday from across North Korea. They'll march up to the giant statue of Kim and on cue, bow.

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Suspected Maoist Rebels Kill Indian Pastor

April 13, 2012

NEW DELHI, INDIA (Worthy News)– A 35-year-old church pastor was murdered in India's southeastern Andhra Pradesh state by suspected Maoist rebels who slit his throat, police and Indian rights activists confirmed Thursday, April 12.

The Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF), an Indian non-governmental group, said S Dumbu, also known locally as Bingo, was killed last week April 3 in Jerrela village after masked men knocked at the door of his home.

"They told him that Maoists were waiting for him to discuss an issue. A hesitant Dumbu left with the masked men, while [his wife] Janaki stayed back home," CSF cited a report as saying.

"A few minutes later, the masked man came back to Dumbu’s house and informed Janaki that the Maoists killed the pastor reportedly for his irregularities in the maintenance of church."

The man allegedly also tried to abuse the pastor's wife and fled with money.

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Huffington Post Promotes ‘Queer Christ’

By Paul Wilson | April  2012

Those who adhere to the gospel of liberal sexuality fall into two different camps when they discuss Jesus. Religious feminists argue that Jesus Christ had a relationship with Mary Magdalene. Religious homosexuals, on the other hand, portray Christ as gay, as the Huffington Post’s Kittredge Cherry did in a piece titled “Queer Christ Arises to Liberate and Heal.”

Cherry, herself a lesbian writing in the HuffPost Gay Voices section, launched her piece with a provocative and ridiculous claim: “Visions of a queer Christ are on the rise as Easter approaches this year – because the conventional Jesus is no longer enough.” The article supplemented that ‘vision” with a depiction of Jesus on the cross with the word “faggot” at the top, instead of “INRI,” like it appears in the Bible.

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Dozens Die as Suspected Muslim Terrorists Target Easter Service in Nigeria Lawmakers Urge Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation

Site of an explosion in Kaduna, Nigeria,
 on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

By Patrick Goodenough

April 9, 2012

 (CNSNews.com) – At least 36 people were killed in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state when a car bomb exploded near a church during an Easter Sunday service.

Some Nigerian media reports said security guards at a checkpoint had prevented the driver of the car from approaching the All Nations Christian Assembly Church building while the service was underway. The blast, which police described as massive, occurred just minutes later. Most of the dead were reported to be people at a market and passers-by.

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