The trial of a gunman who opened fire in the offices of a
US family campaign group because of its opposition to gay marriage ended this
week with him being sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was apprehended by an
unarmed security guard, who was shot in the arm and has had to undergo several
surgeries.
The BBC has been accused of acting as a “cheerleader” for
assisted suicide. BBC Breakfast recently interviewed the Labour peer who
chaired a commission on assisted suicide and subsequently submitted a private
member’s Bill to make it permissible. However, a Christian doctor who was due
to appear to give the opposite viewpoint was told a few hours beforehand that
he was no longer needed.
A terrorist attack on a shopping centre in Nairobi appears
to have been targeted at Christians; captured Muslims were allowed to leave,
other hostages were shot. The attack has been blamed on the Somali group Al-Shabaab,
who last week executed a mother and her child in Somalia after they were found secretly
practising the Christian faith.
A Christian street preacher was arrested in Scotland for “breach of the peace” whilst addressing a
crowd on Perth High Street. According to the police officer, the complaint centred
on the local minister’s use of an (unamplified) MP3 player; but when the
preacher asked the officer what noise level would be acceptable, the officer
replied that the only acceptable course of action was for him to stop
preaching, because a complaint had been made. The preacher refused to comply,
on the grounds that he wasn’t breaking any laws, and was duly arrested. This is
the third instance since July of a Christian street preacher being arrested in
the UK.
A twin-suicide bombing outside a church in Peshawar,
Pakistan has killed 75 people. The Taliban has claimed responsibility.
In New Delhi, the lawyer who defended two of the four men
convicted of raping and killing a student on a bus has been heavily criticised for
saying that “if my daughter had premarital sex and was out late at night with
her boyfriend, I would have burned her alive.” He has been told he must
apologise for the remarks if he wants to keep his law licence.
There is no sports news in this blog. This may or may not be
because I am a Manchester United fan.
And finally, a fake advert which suggests that the iOS7
operating system makes iPhones waterproof seems to have fooled many people into
dunking their handsets into water. The prank includes a very convincing spoof
image.
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