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Islamic, Human Rights Groups Say Violent Protests 'Must Stop'

Four more people died in Afghanistan during the violent protests that broke out in reaction to the controversial cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad..

  • NIV Bible Accesible via Mobile Phones

    This week marks the sixth year anniversary of Mobible, one of the leading Christian providers of content for mobile devices. To celebrate they have made the New International Version of the Bible available to the list of translations available to visitors.

  • The Issue of Abortion Heats Up As RU486 Debate Move Closer To An End

    Starting this week on the 29th January 2006 the Senate would conduct public hearings on the issue of whether to lift the ministerial ban on RU486 in both Melbourne and Sydney. A new lobby group known as Australians Against RU486 had begun a wide spread campaign to inform politicians about the community opposition to this drug.

  • World Vision: Top 10 Reasons to Fight Against Poverty

    World Vision released on Tuesday a list of ten reasons to resolve to take action against poverty this year.

  • Top Australian Anglican Calls for Application of Childhood Lessons to Stop Violence

    The top Anglican leader in Australia used his Christmas message as a chance to condemn the recent wave of racial violence in Sydney.

  • Joint Christmas Message By Archbishop and Lord Mayor

    On the 20th December 2005 a Christmas message is going to be delivered by both Archbishop Denis Hart and Lord Mayor John So to the people of Melbourne in City Square.

  • Stem Cell Inquiry Recommend Therapeutic Cloning

    On the 20th December 2005 the Lockhart Federal Inquiry running for 6 months and receiving over 1035 submissions has made a list of recommendations with regards to the legislations governing stem cell research in Australia where chief among them is the support for ‘therapeutic cloning’ which has been blasted by pro-life advocates.

  • Church Damage As The Fallout from Cronulla

    On the 14th December 2005 as the fallout from the racial violence at Cronulla continue the latest victims from this destructive rampage are the Christian communities.

  • National Abortion Figure Release

    The abortion rate for the year 2003 released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare was 84,000 which had been collated from public and private hospitals plus some private clinics.

  • Religious Leaders Condemns Mob Violence At Cornulla

    On the 13th December 2005 religious leaders from the two main denominations came out to condemn extremists from both sides while praising the NSW police for doing a good job at a difficult time. As the media statements were released by these leaders the violence generated at Cornulla on Sunday continue to spread throughout Sydney.

  • Christmas A Celebration With Family

    On the 13th December 2005 a survey was conducted within Australia finding the emphasis place by people on this special occasion is on family rather then the religious message of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

  • Political Correctness Gone Mad

    On the 12th December 2005 principal for Yeppoon State School Laurelle Allen had to apologies to the Jowsey parents for using ‘Christmas’ too many times in a school newsletter. This has cause outrage among many Australians who have labels this as ‘political correctness gone mad’.