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Germany: Why young Germans are answering call to holy war

12 Dec 2014
Hundreds of young German Islamists have travelled to Syria to fight with the terrorist group Islamic State. Der Spiegel explored the extremist scene in Germany and the fascination with jihad in order to find answers about…

Germany: Petition against gay ‘Education Policy’ rejected

12 Dec 2014
In the middle of October the petition ‘No Education Policy under Rainbow (Gay) Ideology’ signed by 192,000 supporters was rejected by the petition commission for no good reason and the state parliament (in Stuttgart) confirmed this…

China: The paradox of the rapid spread of Christianity

12 Dec 2014
In China there are more Christians today than there are members of the 87 million-strong Communist Party. They grow by an average of 10% a year, which means there will be 250 million Christians by around…

Philippines: Missionaries attacked, prayed and survived

12 Dec 2014
A gunman shot a Filipino pastor in the foot, pointed a handgun at his head, and demanded to be taken to the American missionaries’ complex. Missionaries Daniel and Colleen Jaquith were woken by gunshots, then the…