Man who slapped imam at Malaysia's National Mosque ordered to undergo psychiatric tests

KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A personal driver from Srinagar, Kashmir was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation for allegedly slapping an imam at Malaysia's National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur during Friday prayers on Sept 18.

Muslim cleric to take Sunday pulpit at First Community Church

Next weekend, a Muslim clergyman from New York will deliver sermons to a religious congregation in Franklin County.

Not in a mosque, but in a Christian church on a Sunday morning.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf will take the pulpit at the two campuses of First Community Church.

Imam Abdullah Haron remembered in an intimate ceremony

Today is the anniversary of Haron’s death in police detention in Cape Town in 1969.
The Cape Town Muslim community commemorates the death of Imam Abdullah Haron in an intimate ceremony on Sunday. Picture: Natalie Malgas/EWN.
While the Muslim community celebrates his life today, his death is still shroud in controversy.

Persecuted Ex-Muslim: Their Beliefs Revealed a Religion of Hate I Did Not Like, Whereas Christianity...

"This so-called ISIS or el Shabab or Boko Haram, they're not like extremists. They're not fanatical. They're just 'good Muslims,' good Muslims who follow the teachings of Islam. The prophet Mohammed, he did that. They're doing what he did," –Mona Walter

(Gothenburg, Sweden)—[CBN News] Mona Walter is on a mission. Her mission is for more Muslims to know what is in the Koran. She says if more Muslims knew what was in the Koran, more would leave Islam.

Syria: Fight or Flight? Will This Pastor Leave for Safer Territory or Stay with New Believers?

 Three years after a pastor moved his family from a war-torn town in Syria to the more serene city of Sweida, a deadly bombing there last week brought the violence home. Along with other Christian leaders in Syria, the pastor must decide whether to stay or flee.

Like members of his congregation, the pastor must constantly evaluate the risks of staying – with the added weight of having to choose between fleeing to protect his family and remaining to disciple the converts who make up most of his church. The car bombing on Friday (Sept. 11) killed a prominent Druze cleric and 25 others on the outskirts of Sweida, and retaliatory violence has reportedly killed another 21 people. In the initial attack, a second car bomb exploded near a hospital in a neighborhood where at least 50 injured people had been taken. No one has taken responsibility for the bombings.

Pastor Helps Disarm Gunman in Church

Rev. Earl Carswell is pastor of Oasis Tabernacle Church in Selma, Alabama. Last Sunday morning, James Junior Minter joined the congregation for worship, sitting on the front row. According to police, Minter then pulled a handgun and opened fire.

Rev. Carswell and others acted swiftly, disarming him. Minter got away, but was captured quickly. The pastor was shot in the leg. Police are hailing him and others who defended their congregation as "heroes." They are, indeed.