Tag: Middle East

Biblical Pharaoh May Have Founded Ancient Israel, Archaeologist Claims

Randolph Jason

Biblical Pharaoh May Have Founded Ancient Israel, Archaeologist Claims from Sputnik News While the word “pharaoh” in the Biblical context is traditionally associated with antagonists who enslaved Israelites and kept them in captivity, it turns out that another bearer of this title might have actually played a pivotal role in the creation of the ancient kingdom of Israel. According to a theory brought forward by Israel Finkelstein, a biblical archaeologist from Tel Aviv University, the Israeli kingdom may have been created through the efforts of Egyptian pharaoh Sheshonq I, also known as Shishak, who, according to the…

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Imam in Eastern Uganda Faces Wrath of Muslims after Putting Faith in Christ

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Imam in Eastern Uganda Faces Wrath of Muslims after Putting Faith in Christ By Our East Africa Correspondent for Morning Star News Family turns on him after absences from mosque prayers. Sheikh Hassan Podo, a 28-year-old imam in Kerekerene village in eastern Uganda, missed mosque prayers for three consecutive weeks and was seen entering a church building around noon on March 16. He had kept his faith in Christ a secret for three weeks. The young Muslim who saw Podo enter the church building in Katira Sub-County, Budaka District, went straight…

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POPE FRANCIS MEETS WITH MUSLIM KING IN MOROCCO AND DECLARES THAT JERUSALEM SHOULD NEVER BELONG SOLELY TO THE JEWS

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POPE FRANCIS MEETS WITH MUSLIM KING IN MOROCCO AND DECLARES THAT JERUSALEM SHOULD NEVER BELONG SOLELY TO THE JEWS by Geoffrey Grider for Now The End Begins Pope Francis joined the Moroccan monarch in declaring the city the “common patrimony” of Christians, Jews and Muslims, on the first day of a visit to the North African country. The spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics was invited by King Mohammed VI for the sake of “inter-religious dialogue,” according to Moroccan authorities. The statement Thursday made no mention of any Jewish…

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SENDING A MESSAGE: ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE UNLEASHES BLISTERING ATTACK ON DOZENS OF HAMAS TARGETS IN THE GAZA STRIP, INCLUDING ‘SECRET HQ’ OF TERROR GROUP

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SENDING A MESSAGE: ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE UNLEASHES BLISTERING ATTACK ON DOZENS OF HAMAS TARGETS IN THE GAZA STRIP, INCLUDING ‘SECRET HQ’ OF TERROR GROUP by Geoffrey Grider for Now the End Begins The Israeli military identified one of its targets in Gaza as a “secret headquarters” of Hamas used by its intelligence services and located in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City.“Fighter jets just now attacked a three-story building in the area of Sabra in the Gaza Strip. This is a secret headquarters of the Hamas terror group, which is used…

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS UNITED STATES WILL RECOGNIZE FULL ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS IN EXPLOSIVE TWEET SENT MOMENTS AGO

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS UNITED STATES WILL RECOGNIZE FULL ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS IN EXPLOSIVE TWEET SENT MOMENTS AGO by Geoffrey Grider for Now the End Begins “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!” Trump tweeted.The announcement came days before Trump was scheduled to meet at the White House with Netanyahu, who has urged top U.S. officials to make the move.…

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Exclusive – Syrian Activist: Muslim World Manipulates Islam to Incite Against Israel

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Exclusive – Syrian Activist: Muslim World Manipulates Islam to Incite Against Israel by Deborah Danan for Breitbart TEL AVIV – Hatred of Jews and Israel has led the Islamic world to go to extraordinary lengths — including manipulating the text of the Koran — to portray the “liberation of Jerusalem” as the most pressing issue facing it, Syrian opposition activist Issam Zeitoun told Breitbart News. In a wide-ranging interview, Zeitoun said that the Palestinian issue has become the calling card by which some in the Arab and Muslim world measure…

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‘Human Wall’ Protest Planned at Texas Border to Support Emergency Declaration

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‘Human Wall’ Protest Planned at Texas Border to Support Emergency Declaration by Bob Price Breitbart Border security activists and supporters of President Donald Trump called for a “Human Wall” demonstration along the Del Rio Sector border near Eagle Pass, Texas, on March 2. “This is essentially a Trump rally on the border! But with a specific focus on border security and the side benefit of sending a strong message to the cartels that we, the American people, will defend our nation,” organizers wrote on the announcement posted on OathKeepers.org. “This is a…

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Trump admin. urged to sanction Iranian judges sending Christians to ‘torture factory’

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Trump admin. urged to sanction Iranian judges sending Christians to ‘torture factory’ By Samuel Smith for The Christian Post On the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, a prominent Christian persecution watchdog group is calling on the U.S. Treasury to sanction the Iranian judges who are responsible for sending Christians to a “torture factory.” International Christian Concern, a nonprofit advocacy organization that highlights human rights and religious freedom abuses against persecuted Christians worldwide, has submitted the names of three Iranian Revolutionary Court judges and the infamous Evin Prison to be subject to punishment…

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