Nigeria Wins Cup of Nations, but Islamists Continue Killing
(Photo credit: ABC.net) By Faith McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) On Sunday, February 10, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nigeria’s national football (soccer) team, the Super Eagles, beat the Burkina Faso...
View ArticleSudanese Government Attacks Refugee Camps
(Photo credit: The Bronx Papers/ WordPress) It’s the dry season in Sudan and what fresh hell does this bring to the marginalized and persecuted people? It brings a new military campaign by the Sudanese...
View ArticlePress: Don’t Let the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Silence Free Speech
Contact: Jeff Walton 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell “The actions of the OIC are a victimhood campaign used to stifle all criticism of Islam or discussion of such issues as violence against women by...
View ArticleTake Action for Sudan
By Faith McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) In a couple of weeks, IRD will participate in the Act for Sudan Emergency Action Summit on Sudan. The Summit, which will be hosted by Genocide Watch at George Mason...
View ArticleWatch: Deborah Weiss on Defamation of Religion and the OIC
Lawyer Deborah Weiss recently spoke at the Institute on Religion and Democracy about Islam and defamation of religion claims. The full talk is now available on YouTube but you can watch it below....
View ArticleA Time to Act
(Photo credit: Act for Sudan) By Faith McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) In the coming weeks, I am going to share some insights from this past week’s Sudan Emergency Action Summit sponsored by Act for Sudan....
View ArticlePersecution and Poverty: The Double Suffering of Pakistani Christians
(Photo credit: Institute on Religion and Democracy) By Faith McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) This week I was a guest on Secure Freedom Radio, which you can hear at www.securefreedomradio.org, to talk about...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of a Russian Christian Dissident
(Photo credit: FrontPage.com) By Faith McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) Those of us who worry about such things today see Islamist supremacism as the greatest threat to freedom in general and to religious...
View ArticleIRD Commends State Department for Offering Reward to Capture Boko Haram Head
(Photo credit: Institute on Religion and Democracy) June 6, 2013 Contact: Jeff Walton 202-682-4131, 202-413-5639 cell “We renew our calls to the State Department to designate Boko Haram itself as a...
View ArticleBounty and Blindness
(Photo credit: Global Security Experts) By Faith McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) On June 3, 2013, the U.S. Department of State made the surprising and welcome announcement that its “Rewards for Justice”...
View ArticleHoping Against Hope for Equality in Egypt
By Faith J. H. McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) “At last, Egypt is now free from the oppressive rule of the Muslim Brotherhood!” This exclamation came from the Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Hanna Anis, the Bishop of...
View ArticlePress Release: IRD to U.S. Christians: Show Solidarity with The Egyptian People
IRD PRESS RELEASE The Institute on Religion and Democracy August 29, 2013 Contact: Nathaniel Torrey 202-682-4131, ntorrey@TheIRD.org IRD to U.S. Christians: Show Solidarity with The Egyptian People...
View ArticleIRD Press Release: Sudanese Bishop and Genocide Survivor Asks President Obama...
IRD PRESS RELEASE The Institute on Religion and Democracy September 6, 2013 Contact: Jeff Walton 202-682-4131, jwalton@TheIRD.org Sudanese Bishop and Genocide Survivor Asks President Obama for...
View Article9/11: The End of Illusions
Five days before the jihadists we came to call “9/11 terrorists” commandeered American airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, it was the same...
View ArticlePress Release: IRD Joins Public Coalition Letter Opposing U.S. Visit of Sudan...
IRD PRESS RELEASE The Institute on Religion and Democracy September 20, 2013 Contact: Jeff Walton office - 202-682-4131 | cell - 202-413-5639 | jwalton@TheIRD.org IRD Joins Public Coalition Letter...
View ArticleTraditionalist Anglicans Prepare to Convene in Nairobi
This week Faith McDonnell and I will travel to Nairobi, Kenya for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON). In 2008, orthodox Anglicans from the U.S., Australia, the U.K., and across the Global...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: With a Nod to Global South Leadership, Anglicans Gather in...
IRD PRESS RELEASE The Institute on Religion and Democracy October 17, 2013 Contact: Nathaniel Torrey | Office: 202-682-4131 | E-Mail: ntorrey@TheIRD.org Media Advisory: With a Nod to Global South...
View ArticleIRD Commends President’s Prayer Breakfast Remarks on International Religious...
Press Release | February 6, 2014 Contact: Jeff Walton office: 202-682-4131, cell: 202-413-5639, e-mail: jwalton@TheIRD.org Washington, DC—In an address before the annual Congressional Prayer...
View ArticleFaith McDonnell Discusses Consultation of Religious Liberty Partners
Dennis Crowley interviews Faith McDonnell, director of religious liberty programs and of the Church Alliance for a New Sudan. She discusses the consultation of religious liberty partners held at the...
View ArticleSports Mirror the Battles of Life
Editor's note: This article was originally published on ReligionToday.com. It is cross-posted with permission. by Jim Tonkowich Somehow I expect college and university presidents to write scholarly...
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