Candace Cameron Bure Upset by Feminism, Hell and Clinton Comment

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Christian Post Report – Actress Candace Cameron Bure (L) attends the 2012 Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles November 25, 2012.

When not co-hosting alongside the ladies of “The View,” Candace Cameron Bure is out and about on a promotional tour for her upcoming series premiere, “Fuller House.” During a recent sit down at “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday morning, the actress shared her strong views on feminism and women who are pro-life.

Admitting that she has yet to choose a presidential candidate to vote for, Bure discussed the comments of former secretary of state Madeleine Albright’s: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other,” Albright stated in an effort to get women to support Hillary Clinton’s candidacy.

The actress was noticeably upset by Albright’s comment for her casual mention of hell and proceeded to share her opinion on feminism.

“First of all anyone that can even joke about hell, there’s nothing to me that’s funny about that,” Bure said. “If anyone actually read their Bible and saw what the description of hell is, it’s disgusting.”

Clinton has been a long-time advocate for the pro-choice movement and Bure, an evangelical Christian, strongly supports the pro-life movement. The 39-year-old has been very vocal during her many discussions on “The View” about the fact that she does not support Clinton’s vision for the future of America. During her Fox interview, Bure talked about the women in the country that do not share Clinton’s views on abortion.

“There’s so many women that are not pro-choice, that are pro-life,” Bure told Fox. “To say that they’re not feminists, that they’re anti-women if they’re not supporting other women, that, to me, what’s wrong with feminism. That is a turn-off for me as a woman.”

On the Feb. 9th episode of “The View,” feminism was also the topic of discussion. Bure admitted that she does not believe having roles as male and females are a “bad thing.”

“I think that both male and female are equal in importance but they can be different in performance, depending on what that is,” she said to her co-host after talking about Albright’s comments.

“I am all for women doing absolutely everything but don’t want to feel bullied into having to vote for a woman because I’m a woman and then tell me that I’m anti-feminist because I’m not voting for a woman. I think that’s wrong and you’re shaming me for that.”

The California native has made a strong stance that voting should not be based on one’s gender. Since finishing third on “Dancing With the Stars” and now joining the “The View,” the mother of three has used her platform to share her faith.

On another episode of the daytime talk show, Bure addressed her stance on abortion when discussing the indictment of the two employees with the Center for Medical Progress who were punished for their videos exposing Planned Parenthood.

“I have complete compassion and understanding, and, of knowing people and having relationships in my life with the abortions,” she said of women who go the route of abortion. However she insisted that she is more of an advocate for those who cannot speak up from themselves.

“Listen, I’m an advocate for the unheard voice. These are unborn voices. They cannot defend themselves, and I will always defend them,” she declared.

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Singer Colton Dixon Keeps Newlywed Romance Alive With Valentine’s Day Surprise

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Singer Colton Dixon Keeps Newlywed Romance Alive With Valentine’s Day Surprise

Colton Dixon(Photo: Instagram /messenger.craver_army)Colton Dixon and Annie Coggeshall pose at their wedding in Nashville, Tennessee, January 2016.

Christian Post Report – To celebrate their first Valentine’s Day as a married couple, singer Colton Dixon teamed up with Uber and Hershey’s Kisses to surprised his new wife, Annie.

Dixon took advantage of an Uber Serenade and their Hershey’s Kisses delivery to show his bride some Valentine weekend love on Friday. The Uber serenade took the happy couple to their favorite Nashville coffee shop, Revelator Coffee.

The Christian singer was the first to order an Uber Serenade in Nashville, which is a live, in-person performance of a love song from a hometown artist delivered to any location in minutes. Each serenade experience comes with a heart-shaped box of Kisses Deluxe chocolates.

“1 Corinthians 13 was recommended to us during premarital counseling, and it will continue to be a chapter that Annie and I visit frequently. It describes all the characteristics of love and what it should and should not be,” Dixon told The Christian Post after the romantic surprise. “To understand love in its fullest, purest form, we have to look at what God did for us, sending His son to pay the ultimate price. He did that because he loved us. Incredible.”

Country trio Sister C showed up to serenade the Dixons. The 24-year-old proposed to Coggeshall, 27, at Disney World in Florida last September and the happy couple married on Jan. 8 in Nashville, Tennessee.

“I want to love Annie the way it’s described in the love chapter. Ultimately unselfish, unconditional love,” Dixon continued.

The season 11 “American Idol” finalist and his wife are not only setting an example with their romance in public but also behind closed doors. In an interview after the big day, Dixon revealed that they waited to be intimate until marriage.

The Nashville resident admittedly said that waiting to have sex until marriage was not easy but maintained that he believes that is the way God intended it to be. After returning from their honeymoon bliss in Tahiti, the Christian rocker talked about how different it is for them traveling together now that they are married.

“It was not easy!” he told People. “But I believe sex was designed for marriage and I knew it would be more meaningful to wait. That was something I grew up thinking and feeling, and I believe the Bible backs it up as well.”

Coggeshall agreed with her husband and added, “It wasn’t because someone was telling me this is what you should do. Deep down in my heart it felt like it was the right thing. And we’re really glad we did. We know God’s hand is on our marriage.”

As the honeymoon phase is almost over, Dixon is prepping to head out on the “Hits Deep Tour” alongside TobyMac, Britt Nicole and more.

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Teen Suicide Bomber Halts Plan After Finding Out Father May Be Killed

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Teen Suicide Bomber Halts Plan After Finding Out Father May Be Killed

Christian Post Report – People who were rescued after being held captive by Boko Haram, sit as they wait for medical treatment at a camp near Mubi, northeast Nigeria October 29, 2015. Nigeria’s armed forces on Wednesday said it had rescued 338 people held captive by Boko Haram and raided a number of the Islamist militant group’s camps on the edge of its stronghold in the northeast’s Sambisa forest.

A teenage suicide bomber recently abandoned her mission to attack a refugee camp in northeast Nigeria on behalf of the Boko Haram terrorist organization.

The young girl, whose name has not been released, was sent to the Dikwa refugee camp with two others to carry out a suicide mission on Tuesday morning.

While the other two female bombers detonated their vests, killing 58, the third recruit abandoned her explosives and fled the camp. She was later found by authorities, who said she admitted to participating in the plot, but ultimately fled for fear of killing innocent lives.

“She said she was scared because she knew she would kill people. But she was also frightened of going against the instructions of the men who brought her to the camp,” Modu Awami, a local soldier in northeast Nigeria, told the Associated Press.

Algoni Lawan, a spokesman for the local government, added to AP that the girl was also concerned she may kill her own father, who was staying at the camp.

“She confessed to our security operatives that she was worried if she went ahead and carried out the attack that she might kill her own father, who she knew was in the camp,” he said.

Satomi Alhaji Ahmed, head of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed to CNN that the other two female bombers who participated in the attack were between the ages of 17 and 20.

“There were three female bombers who entered the camp around 6:30 a.m. disguised as displaced persons,” Ahmed said, adding that “two of them set off their explosives in the camp while the third refused after realizing her parents and siblings were in the camp.”

Authorities have confirmed that the teenage girl was able to reveal more suicide bombings planned for the area.

Along with the 58 people killed in the Tuesday morning terror attack, another 78 people were injured. The camp is home to 50,000 people displaced from their homes by Boko Haram.

The Associated Press reports in a separate article that the terrorist group has begun using young suicide bombers to attack refugee camps and other public places following a crackdown by Nigeria’s military forces.

In December 2015, a young female recruit between the ages of 11 and 15 detonated her vest in Beninsheikh, in Nigeria’s Borno State, killing eight.

The girl, recruited by Boko Haram, carried out the attack after local authorities asked to frisk her at a checkpoint.

Following the December attack, the Nigerian government released a statement warning civilians to be aware of unconventional suicide bombers, including young children and women.

“Suicide bombers used monetary incentives and other inducements especially in crowded places to lure innocent citizens in order to cause colossal damage to both lives and property. People should be vigilant and wary of terrorist malevolence in such places as parks, worship centres and recreation spots particularly in this festive period,” the statement read.

As The Christian Post previously reported, a ten-year-old girl and an elderly woman carried out a suicide bombing attack at a prayer circle in Damaturu last July, killing 12.

The attack prompted the Christian Solidarity Worldwide watchdog group to describe Boko Haram as a “death cult.”

“Despite its pseudo-religious pronouncements, with every atrocity Boko Haram illustrates it is no more than a death cult that indoctrinates members to kill without conscience, regardless of the creed espoused by its victims,” CSW said in a July 2015 statement.

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‘Son of God’ Actor Diogo Morgado on ‘Love Finds You in Valentine,’ Spirituality

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‘Son of God’ Actor Diogo Morgado on ‘Love Finds You in Valentine,’ Spirituality

Christian Post Report – Actor Diogo Morgado, who played Jesus in “The Bible” series, is seen here at “The Bible Experience” event on March 19, 2013 in New York.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, “Son of God” actor Diogo Morgado discussed his lead role in the upcoming heartwarming flick, “Love Finds You in Valentine.” The movie is set to captivate audiences with an inspirational story of love, family and the power of redemption.

Premiering this Valentine’s Day, this UP original movie “Love Finds You in Valentine,” stars Morgado (“The Bible,” “Son of God”), and Michaela McManus (“Aquarius,” “One Tree Hill”) in a romantic, modern-day Western tale.

Based on the popular book by Irene Brand, the film is the third installment in UP’s highly rated “Loves Find You” movie franchise. Morgado plays an adult Derek Sterling who was a former troubled kid from the city who was adopted by a woman named June, played by Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”). Sterling was able to turn his life around because of his adopted mom, who refused to give up on him.

“That faith in him brought him to life and brought him to a better version of himself,” Morgado explained to The Christian Post.

The actor said his role was not originally written with so much struggle but he felt compelled to play it harder so that it could be believable.

“There are people who recover and are making every effort to integrate back into society, they’re ashamed of their past, they’re ashamed of what they did and that’s the people I want to portray,” he said. “Not the ones that get out and do the same thing. The ones that we want to be our heros, are the ones that get better.”

In “Love Finds You in Valentine,” Morgado’s character ends up falling in love with the leading lady, Kennedy Blaine (McManus), a law student who inherits a ranch in the small-town of Valentine, Nebraska. She travels to Valentine with the intent of selling the ranch, but is drawn to the area’s beauty – and to the ranch foreman, Derek (Morgado). Shortly after, Kennedy is subjected to harassment by someone who clearly wants her to leave Valentine . Also, her new love interest Derek’s own past becomes a threat.

Morgado said he and his co-star wanted the romantic parts of the film between Derek and Kennedy to be organic. They chose not to push the envelop with their love scenes but instead to leave everyone in anticipation.

“When the kiss happened it was natural and I think sometimes it’s hard to tell that in a truthful way,” Morgado revealed.

“The definition of love is the definition of being a human being, it’s the fact that we’re not just material, we’re not just flesh and bones, we’re spiritual,” Morgado passionately stated. “I think love is the ultimate expression of what defines us as spiritual beings.

“It’s the fuel of the world, it’s what makes us wake up in the morning, it’s love regardless if its it a romantic love, if it’s a friendship love, if it’s a community love, it doesn’t matter – it’s all love,” he continued. “Love is the most suggestive thing in the whole entire world. What’s love to me might not be love to you.

The “Love Finds You” book series was launched in October 2008 by Guideposts imprint Summerside Press with the goal to give readers a taste of local life across America. Each of the almost 60 novels to date – by revolving authors – draws on the compelling history or unique character of a real place. Every one of the “Love Finds You” films to date have made mention of faith, a topic Morgado has covered quite extensively recently with his groundbreaking portrayal of “Jesus” in 20th Century Fox’s feature film “Son of God” and in The History Channel’s highly rated, Emmy nominated miniseries “The Bible.”

“I think there’s nothing more personal than faith and what people believe,” Morgado maintained.

“As an actor I’m drawn to stories and this is my job. To be honest the element that makes me [choose] a story or be involved in a project, is only if it makes sense to be a part of that story, if I will learn something as an actor. Hopefully stories like “Love Finds You in Valentine” will give people an uplifting feeling [from] an inspirational story,” he noted.

Morgado admitted that “yes” he would love to do more inspirational, faith-based film, but confessed it’s not the guidelines of what he does as an actor.

“I think I’m the most privileged guy in the world by being an actor because I think storytelling is one of the most powerful tools in the universe. I think the fact that we all love and get drawn by stories is because of that. Storytelling is the core of being human,” he declared.

Every time he plays a character he said he’s touching on what it means to be a human being. He aspires to always play roles that lead to the greater good in the end.

“Sometimes I’ll be the bad person that brings that other [character] back from being in darkness. Sometimes I’m the reminder for the audience to be grateful for what they have because there’s darkness in the world,” Morgado described. “Whether I’m playing the bad or the good I’m still serving. That’s what I think serving humanity is. Serving [is] what it means to be in this world.”

In “Love Finds You in Valentine” the characters are faced with much opposition but as they stick together they overcome. Morgado believes that community is what we were made for.

“Being human is – we are spiritual persons, that’s what separates us from the rest of life,” the Portuguese native explained. “We are people, we go down and we go up and we have to look up for something, we have to wake up aiming for something. Life is tough, it brings us down more than it brings us up [and] because of that and because of the nature of life really we all need each other.”

June is Derek’s lighthouse in the film, taking an orphan in as her own and never losing faith in him. He in turn becomes that saving grace for Kennedy, and Morgado insists that everyone needs that.

“We all need someone to be our lighthouse, the person bringing us up when we’re down, and probably even [to] ground us when we’re going too high. That’s why as a society we group up as family, we group up as soccer teams. We need to be with people, we need each other,” he concluded.

“Love Finds You in Valentine” premiere’s of UP, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. EST. For more information visit UPtv.com

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Deion Sanders Glorifies God Ahead of Back Surgery, ‘God Has Me Covered’

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Deion Sanders Glorifies God Ahead of Back Surgery, ‘God Has Me Covered’

Christian Post Report – Deion Sanders talks about OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Deion’s Family Playbook” during the Winter 2014 TCA presentations in Pasadena, California, January 9, 2014.

Deion Sanders is glorifying God while undergoing back surgery to fix his sciatic nerve.

The 48-year-old, Hall-of-Fame-NFL-player-turned-NFL-Network analyst, had back surgery Wednesday and never stopped believing in God for his recovery.

“Good Morning and God bless. The time has finally come for my back surgery,” Sanders wrote on Instagram, where he also thanked doctors and nurses by name. “Thank u for your prayers. God has me covered.”

His long-time producer and television host girlfriend Tracey Edmonds took to her own Instagram account to call for prayers for Sanders.

“Would you please help me pray for my Superman @deionsanders today? He just had major back surgery and is recovering in the hospital right now,” she wrote. “He’s doing well, but I need us all to pray for his rest and recovery. The REST part for him is SO important because he’s ALWAYS GIVING and NEVER likes to slow down.”

Edmonds expressed concern about Sanders coaching his youth baseball team the day after surgery.

“He’s already talking about coaching his @AAAPrimeU Baseball game tomorrow and he needs to REST,” she wrote. “Love and Prayers to/for him! Thank you!!!”

Sanders, who also played major league baseball, does seem to be recovering well and ended up coaching his baseball team.

“I know I just had back surgery yesterday but I can’t miss my @AAAPrimeU Baseball team play,” Sanders wrote on his own Instagram page. “I love these kids to life.”

Sanders played 14 seasons in the NFL and spoke about how being a professional athlete can result in injury.

“I have back surgery scheduled this Wednesday. I have a sciatic nerve that’s brushing up the back of my right leg into my back right now that’s really hurting,” he said in a report for The Washington Post “I’ve probably got about a seven-minute window right now to sit in this position, then I have to change.

Still, the retired athlete and coach who has undergone three toe surgeries said he signed up for an industry where he puts his body on the line.

“You had aches and pains in high school. You had aches and pains in college,” he said. “In the pros, you definitely have them because the season is so long and so challenging. I don’t know one player that goes into a game without one ache or pain. … It’s what we sign up for.”

However, Sanders makes sure not to blame all of his health issues on football.

“We can’t complain. And we can’t attribute everything that we’re feeling to this game,” he said. “My eyes are starting to fade. That has nothing to do with football. I’m 48 years old.”

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WOW Gospel 2016 Is No. 1 on Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart

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WOW Gospel 2016 Is No. 1 on Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart

Christian Post Report – WOW GOSPEL’s 19th annual compilation is brought to you by RCA Inspiration, Motown Gospel and Word Entertainment.

WOW Gospel is back for its 19th edition to bring some of the biggest gospel songs of the year to fans and is already No. 1 on the Top Gospel Albums charts.

“WOW Gospel 2016” is a 30-track, two-disc album that will feature a DVD that includes 17 videos. People will recognize songs from Kirk Franklin, Erica Campbell, Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammond, Tasha Cobbs, Jason Nelson and Tasha Page-Lockhart, and more. A number of names featured on the disc are Grammy Award nominees this year, including Israel & Newbreed, Travis Greene and Brian Courtney Wilson.

The WOW Gospel Music Series was created in 1998 and has managed to sell 8 million units since its creation. Last year, WOW Gospel 2015 debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Gospel music chart.

Motown Gospel, RCA Inspiration and Word-Curb all collaborated to get their artists on the album.

“There’s a huge appetite for gospel music, so when you pair that with an album full of the genre’s top hits, fans react,” Michel, the vp of national sales at RCA Inspiration, said in a Billboard report. “It’s a win-win for all the labels involved.”

Franklin, a 45-year-old gospel music artist and executive, is not only No.1 with the collaboration record, but his “Wanna Be Happy” single is also topping the “Hot Gospel Songs” Billboard charts.

Franklin previously told The Christian Post what he looks for in great gospel records.

“People don’t live at church, they live in the real world. So music has to reflect that – how people live, what they’re doing as they go through their trials in life,” he told CP. “So I just hope and pray that we’re always able to tap into that and be that voice for people.”

WOW Gospel 2016 CD (Release: January 29, 2016)
Disc 1

1. Before I Die – Kirk Franklin
2. Bless The Lord – Anthony Brown & Group Therapy
3. Immediately – Tasha Cobbs
4. I Am – Jason Nelson
5. Fill Me Up – Casey J
6. This Place – Tamela Mann
7. Fix Me – Tim Bowman Jr.
8. Different -Tasha Page Lockhart
9. Help – Erica Campbell Featuring Lecrae
10. Gotta Have You – Jonathan McReynolds
11. Nobody – Tye Tribbett
12. Intentional – Travis Greene
13. It Will Be Alright – Brian Courtney Wilson
14. Kingdom – Geoffrey Golden
15. Love On The Radio – The Walls Group

Disc 2

1. Level Next – John P. Kee
2. Great God, Great Praise – Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers
3. My Words Have Power – Karen Clark Sheard
4. Grace – Ricky Dillard & New G
5. Amazing – Hezekiah Walker
6. I Will Trust – Fred Hammond
7. How Awesome Is Our God – Israel Houghton Featuring Yolanda Adams
8. I Need A Word – Smokie Norful
9. Yes You Can – Marvin Sapp
10. I’m Still Here – Donnie McClurkin Featuring Tina Campbell
11. Already Getting Better – William Murphy
12. King Oh King – Maurette Brown Clark
13. Same God – Richard Smallwood With Vision
14. Nobody Like Our God – Myron Butler & Levi
15. Holding On – VaShawn Mitchell

WOW Gospel 2016 DVD (Release: January 29, 2016)

1. The Walls Group- Love On The Radio
2. Fred Hammond- I Will Trust
3. Tasha Cobbs- Jesus Saves
4. Myron Butler- Nobody Like Our God
5. Israel & New Breed Featuring Yolanda Adams- How Awesome Is Our God
6. Smokie Norful- Forever Yours
7. Jason Nelson- I Am
8. Jonathan McReynolds- Gotta Have You
9. Erica Campbell Featuring Lecrae- Help
10. Travis Greene- Intentional
11. Jermaine Dolly- You
12. Janice Gaines- Wait On You
13. Brian Courtney Wilson- Worth Fighting For
14. The Rance Allen Group- A Lil’ Louder (Clap Your Hands)

Bonus Videos:
15. Casey J- Fill Me Up (Lyric Video)
16. Crystal Aikin- So Amazing (Lyric Video)
17. VaShawn Mitchell- Holding On (Lyric Video)

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Valentine’s Day Banned in Pakistani City for Being Too ‘Decadent’

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Valentine’s Day Banned in Pakistani City for Being Too ‘Decadent’

Valentine's Day (Photo: Reuters/Eduard Korniyenko)

Christian Post Report – A couple kisses during a flashmob organised by a local television station on the eve of Valentine’s Day in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, Feb. 13, 2012.

A city in Pakistan has banned Valentine’s Day after hardline religious groups decried the holiday as being too “decadent.”

The village of Kohat, located in the country’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, has prohibited local shops from selling Valentine’s Day gifts and cards, although police have yet to enforce the ban.

The drastic move comes after conservative Islamic groups lobbied to have the holiday banned due to its “decadent” nature that they say may encourage eroticism.

Kohat is located near Pakistan’s tribal area, which is known for its conservative Muslim majority population.

As BBC News reports, Maulana Niaz Muhammad, district administrator for the city, says that the holiday was banned for fear it would encourage “obscene” behavior.

“Valentine’s Day has no legal grounds, and secondly it is against our religion, therefore it was banned,” Muhammad said.

The celebration of the February 14 holiday has been an issue for Pakistan before, with conservative Muslims arguing that the observance gives into western values of romance and sexualization.

While there have been calls to ban the festive day in cities like Islamabad and Karachi in the past, Kohat appears to be the first city following through with an official government ban on the celebration.

Two years ago, the conservative Jamaat-et-Islami political party paid to have billboards erected in Karachi that called on residents to “Say No to Valentine’s Day.”

Syed Askari, a spokesman for the group, told The Express Tribune that Muslims believe Valentine’s Day goes against their values of marriage.

“Valentine’s is against Islamic culture. In our view, relationships are sacred. We have arranged marriages in this culture and people don’t get married for love,” the political leader said, adding, “This is imposing Western values and cultures on an Islamic society.”

According to the Hindustan Times, fights broke out in Karachi in 2015 when students with the Quran Academy, an Islamic seminary, began attacking young couples attending a public Valentine’ Day party. The young activists separated men from women, destroyed decorations and interrupted entertainment.

Faisal Manusi, who serves as the nazim of the seminary, told the media outlet that the aggressive acts of the students were not supported by university officials.

“We do not encourage violence but this was too much for them to see and keep quiet,” he said.

Despite protests from hardline Muslim groups, shop and restaurant owners in several cities argue that business is better than ever on February 14, owing the popularity of the holiday to younger Pakistani generations.

Along with Kohat, the town of Banda Aceh in Indonesia announced earlier this month that it was banning the romantic day due to its secular nature.

Illiza Saaduddin Djamal, the town’s mayor, argued that the holiday should be banned because it has no connection to Islam.

“Our society and the Muslim youth should certainly not be celebrating non-Islamic holidays,” the mayor said, according to Breitbart News. “The law says it is haram. The government is obliged to protect the public and younger generation from unlawful acts.”

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Former Yazidi Sex Slaves Form All-Female Battalion to Attack ISIS in Iraq

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Former Yazidi Sex Slaves Form All-Female Battalion to Attack ISIS in Iraq

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A member of a Female Commando Battalion which is part of the Syrian Army, wears her headgear in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March Christian Post Report – 19, 20Christian Post Report – 15. This Battalion consists of several hundred female fighters who have had military training and carry out combat duties. Picture taken during a Syrian Army organised trip.
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    • Members of a Female Commando Battalion which is part of the Syrian Army, sit atop of a tank in the government-controlled area of Jobar, a suburb of Damascus March Christian Post Report – 19, 20Christian Post Report – 15. This Battalion consists of several hundred female fighters who have had military training and carry out combat duties. Picture taken during a Syrian Army organised trip.

    Hundreds of Yazidi women who were forced by Islamic State into sexual slavery have come together to form an all-female battalion to launch a massive assault against their abusers in Iraq.

    The members of the newly formed group, “Sun Ladies,” who managed to escape their captors, say they want vengeance as well as safety for themselves and other women, Fox News reports.

    The more than Christian Post Report – 100 women, who are between the ages of Christian Post Report – 17 and 37, are preparing to launch an offensive on Mosul, the stronghold of Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, for it was in this city that many of them were forced by terrorists to serve as sex slaves.

    “Whenever a war wages, our women end up as the victims,” Capt Khatoon Khider, a member, was quoted as saying. Recalling the persecution of Yazidi minority, she said, “Women were throwing their children from the mountains and then jumping themselves because it was a faster way to die. Our hands were all tied. We couldn’t do anything about it.”

    She continued, “Now we are defending ourselves from the evil. We are defending all the minorities in the region. We will do whatever is asked of us.”

    The women fighters have received training from the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, and about 500 more are ready for training.

    “Our elite force is a model for other women in the region,” Khider said. “We want to thank all the other countries who help us in this difficult time, we want everyone to take up weapons and know how to protect themselves from the evil.”

    There were about 600,000 Yazidis in Iraq, who consider themselves to be Kurds ethnically and live mostly in north-central Ninevah province and northeastern Iraqi Kurdistan. At least 200,000 of them have been displaced by ISIS violence.

    Yazidis believe that God governs the world through seven angels with “Malak Tawous,” or Peacock Angel, as the leader, who disobeyed God’s command to bow down to humanity but was forgiven and made the head angel due to his devotion. Therefore, Yazidis are accused of worshipping the Devil, or Satan, as the leader angel resembles Satan in Abrahamic texts.

    ISIS aims to form a Caliphate in the Levant, a region also known as the Eastern Mediterranean, through “jihad,” and has asked minorities, including Yazidis and Christians, to flee, convert to Islam, or be killed.

    An all-female police force of ISIS earlier released a manifesto which was laced with references to the Islamic scriptures, encouraging girls as young as 9 to marry Jihadis and asking women to remain “hidden and veiled” and serve their “masters.

    “It is considered legitimate for a girl to be married at the age of nine. Most pure girls will be married by sixteen or seventeen, while they are still young and active,” it said.

    In its English propaganda publication, ISIS earlier sought to justify its barbarity, saying it is “Islamic” to capture and forcibly make “infidel” women sexual slaves.

    “Before Shaytan [Satan] reveals his doubts to the weak-minded and weak hearted, one should remember that enslaving the families of the kuffar [infidels] and taking their women as concubines is a firmly established aspect of the Shari’ah that if one were to deny or mock, he would be denying or mocking the verses of the Qur’an and the narration of the Prophet … and thereby apostatizing from Islam,” stated the ISIS’ propaganda magazine “Dabiq,” named after a site in Muslim apocalypse mythology.

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    Kanye West’s ‘Gospel Album’ Features Kirk Franklin Praying in ‘Ultra Light Beam’

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    Kanye West’s ‘Gospel Album’ Features Kirk Franklin Praying in ‘Ultra Light Beam’

    Kirk Franklin (Photo: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)

    Christian Post Report – Gospel artist Kirk Franklin holds his awards for Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Song “Hello Fear” at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 12, 2012.

    Weeks after appearing in a studio with Kanye West, the rap mogul is revealing that gospel artist Kirk Franklin is indeed featured on his new album, The Life Of Pablo.

    West, 38, played songs from his new album Thursday at New York City’s Madison Square Garden arena. The event served as both a listening party and fashion show, where West’s Yeezy Season 3 clothing collaboration with Adidas was also previewed.

    According to The New York Times review of the record, the first song on the album “Ultria Light Beams” features the gospel music artist, producer and songwriter praying.

    “Indeed, the opening track, ‘Ultra Light Beam,’ features the gospel singer Kirk Franklin, along with Mr. West’s fellow Chicago M.C. Chance the Rapper. ‘This is a god dream,” Mr. West raps, adding later: ‘Pray for Paris/pray for the parents,”‘ the Times reports.

    Rolling Stone wrote about the gospel music veteran’s feature on West’s album, describing it as, “a preacherly invocation by Kirk Franklin.”

    The show appeared live on the Tidal streaming service that West partially owns along with a number of other entertainers including Jay-Z, Beyonce, Rihanna and Madonna.

    “You know this album is really a gospel album and the first song ‘Ultra Light Beams’ said ‘this is a God dream’ — and this is something, like all y’all 20,000 people here right now, that couldn’t happen without God really holding me down,” West told the Madison Square Garden audience, E! News reports. “I’ll forever appreciate Jay-Z for that, I’ll forever appreciate Adidas for that, and I’ll forever appreciate my wife and her family for supporting me.”

    When he was finished presenting the new album and clothing collection, Us Weekly reported
    that West made sure to thank Franklin in front of his audience.

    “Kanye says he has to hand the iPod over and go backstage with his wife and kids. He thanks us for letting him ‘spill his gut out. Kanye also thanks Kirk Franklin, Rihanna and others on the album. He says he’s going to be mad if he goes backstage and forgets any names,” according to Us Weekly.

    Last week, the rapper said he and Franklin, 46, were discussing West’s eighth studio album. And West explained why he was referring to it as a gospel record.

    “When I was sitting in the studio with Kirk, Kirk Franklin, and we’re just going through it, I said this is a gospel album, with a whole lot of cursing on it, but it’s still a gospel album,” West said in an interview on Big Boy Radio. “The gospel according to Ye. It’s not exactly what happened in the Bible, but it’s this story idea of Mary Magdalene becoming Mary.”

    Source : Christian Post

    Church Leaders Reject UN’s Call to Increase Abortions to Combat Zika Virus

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    Church Leaders Reject UN’s Call to Increase Abortions to Combat Zika Virus

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    Roman Catholic Church leaders in Latin American countries dealing with the outbreak of the Zika virus are pushing back against groups that are promoting abortion for women who are pregnant.

    The Zika virus, which is transmitted through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitos, was once confined to parts of Africa and Asia, but has now spread to 2Christian Post Report – 1 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean. Symptoms from the virus are suspected to cause neurological birth defects such as microcephaly, a brain deformity, but medical researchers have yet to confirm the link.

    Auxiliary Bishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner of the Catholic Church in Brazil, a nation with hundreds of confirmed cases of Zika, denounced a recent call from the United Nations to loosen abortion restrictions to allow women who’ve contracted the virus to abort their pregnancies in the first, second or third trimesters.

    In comments given to the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper that were published Wednesday, Steiner stated that “Abortion leads to eugenics, the practice of selecting perfect people.”

    “Microcephaly has been occurring in Brazil for years. They are taking advantage of this moment to reintroduce the abortion topic,” continued Steiner.

    Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani also condemned the U.N’s call to abortion babies as a means of combatting microcephaly and other Zika symptoms.

    “Today we are surrounded by Herods, but Herods with neckties, public posts and budgets,” said Cipriani, alluding to the New Testament king who ordered that all of the babies of Bethlehem be killed in order to stop Jesus from growing up.

    “The United Nations, in the face of this Zika mosquito virus, has decreed that we should approve abortion everywhere so as to kill the children.”

    U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, stated last week that nations which strictly regulate or ban abortion should allow the procedure in light of the spread of the Zika virus.

    “In Zika-affected countries that have restrictive laws governing [abortion], the situation facing women and girls is particularly stark on a number of levels,” said Al Hussien.

    “Upholding human rights is essential to an effective public health response and this requires that governments ensure women, men and adolescents have access to comprehensive and affordable quality sexual and reproductive health services and information, without discrimination.”