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A student who attended a desert rave and a mother and her two young girls were among the innocent victims snatched by Hamas terrorists last night. Noa Argamani, 25, was kidnapped yesterday as a video showed her sitting on the back of a militant's motorcycle, with her outstretched arms pointing towards her helpless boyfriend, pleading for her life. She screams 'Don't kill me! No, no, no' – but the gunman speeds off. Noa hasn't been seen since. Her boyfriend, Avi Nathan, distraught and helpless, is left behind in the desert. He too is missing. Widely shared on social media, the...

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The Asaba Massacre during Nigeria’s Biafran War culminated on this date in 1967 with a horrific mass execution. Nigeria had attained independence in 1960 but still carried the legacy of its many decades under British control. Notably, the borders bequeathed to Nigeria amalgamate a coastal, Christian population in the south to an inland, Muslim population in the north — a fissure that continues to shape Nigeria down to the present day. The ethnicity of interest for this post is the Igbo, one of those southern and Christian populations, and also a people who had been ethnically cleansed from the north...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

Lies My President Told MeOctober 6, 2023tags: gun control, political corruptionI understand the graft and corruption that are President Biden’s normal mode of business. What I can’t accept are the President’s lies about us. We are far better than he claims, and I refuse to let my neighbor’s be blamed for our President’s failings.-President Biden said that more children die from being shot than from all other causes. That isn’t true. What the President refused to say is that honest gun owners like you and your neighbors prevented over 30-thousand murders a year because they had a firearm to defend...

SDEROT, Israel, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Bloodied bodies in the streets, gunmen raiding door-to-door and news of captives taken to Gaza left Israelis terrified and in shock after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack that was unprecedented in audacity and scale. A resident reported seeing multiple bodies and bullet-scarred vehicles in the southern Israeli town of Sderot where groups of Hamas gunmen were still fighting Israeli troops 12 hours after the attack was launched. "I went out, I saw loads of bodies of terrorists, civilians, cars shot up. A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road,...

A Horrifying Act of Violence The world was shocked to learn about the brutal murder of Shani Louk, a young music enthusiast from Germany visiting Israel for a music festival. Shani was tragically kidnapped by Hamas militants, her life cut short in a senseless act of violence. Her body was later discovered in the back of a pickup truck, desecrated and paraded with a chilling disregard for the sanctity of life. But the horror didn’t end there. In a disturbing twist, images of Shani’s body were subsequently displayed on various social networks, sparking widespread outrage and condemnation. Consequences on Social...

A lawyer for a teenager charged with randomly stabbing a New York City poet to death and then spitting in his girlfriend's face claimed his client is a "good kid" who wasn't "looking for trouble." Brian Dowling, 18, was arraigned Thursday night for the caught-on-camera murder of Ryan Carson in front of his girlfriend, Claudia Morales, on Monday after the pair left a wedding. Video surveillance shows a man police have identified as Dowling bark at Carson, "What the f--- are you looking at?" and "I'll kill you," then stab him three times as he tries to flee. "It’s pretty...

Luke 10:17-24 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus equips his disciples for defeating the devil. And the Lord continues to empower them for spiritual warfare.We are reminded that the battle is not simply with flesh and blood, and not merely on the psychological or political stage, when Jesus says to the chief of his Apostles: “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail.”That the new-born Church will be in for a fight becomes clear in the surprising words of Jesus: “But now, the...

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‘Even if the pope himself is announcing things that are false, we defend the truth,’ Cardinal Burke said.(LifeSiteNews) — Cardinals Raymond Burke and Gerhard Müller denounced Pope Francis’ apparent endorsement of same-sex “blessings” and support for allowing the divorced and “remarried” to receive the Eucharist while living in adultery in interviews with Raymond Arroyo on EWTN’s The World Over last night.The eminent cardinals reaffirmed Catholic doctrine and emphasized that the pope does not have authority to contradict the truths of the faith. “Even if the pope himself is announcing things that are false, we defend the truth,” Cardinal Burke declared....

A HUMBLE SPIRIT It's always surprising to me when someone, in an honest and unguarded moment, confides that God could never use THEM. They may keep up appearances most of the time, but, down deep, they just don't feel worthy. Have you ever felt that way? If so, you're in luck; God places a high value on humility! In fact, your sincere recognition of your own need may just be the key that opens the door to a deeper, more genuine and rewarding spirituality. Isaiah wrote, "For thus says the High and Holy One Who inhabits eternity, whose name...

In his lifetime, millions knew Jimmy Savile as an eccentric TV personality. To some, he was Saint Jimmy, who raised £40m ($48 million) for charity. But it has transpired that he was also one of the UK's most prolific sexual predators. Savile was one of Britain's biggest stars, a larger-than-life character who was known for tea-time TV favourites like Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It as well as stints on BBC Radio 1. At the same time, it later came to light, he was exploiting his status to prey on hundreds of people - girls and boys, men...

[Catholic Caucus] An Open Letter to Pope FrancisDear Pope Francis, I am writing to you in the spirit of parrhesia, a biblical word you have used several times to encourage us to speak freely, boldly, and without fear of disagreement. In your opening speech to the Synod delegates on Wednesday, you said that “everyone needs to express themselves freely.” Please receive the following words freely, not from Rome, but from the peripheries, from a simple parish priest. My Papa Francesco, I must tell you that you are making my job as a parish priest difficult. I work in one of...

On September 5, our Brandon Morse wrote about Disney’s rapidly disintegrating reputation in the public eye in general and the conservative eye in particular. He noted how the company’s actions firmly indicate it doesn’t care and is unlikely to stop its downward slide anytime soon, if ever. While I agree with many of his points, one not covered warrants mention. You see, Disney doesn’t hate solely conservatives and conservative values. It hates its most loyal customers as well. Two examples. The first involves Disney’s theme parks, which to date have escaped the dramatic business fall-off the company’s woke movies and...

War has broken out in the Middle East once again as terrorist group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel – the biggest in years. The hostilities have already claimed over 200 lives. The group has also taken an unknown number of Israelis as hostages.In response to the attack, Israel declared a state of war against the Iran-backed Hamas.Amid the fighting, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, issued a stern warning to Arab nations that have entered into peace negotiations with Israel, claiming the Jewish state would be unable to protect them.In a televised speech, Haniyeh addressed the Arab countries that have...

Describing the mission of his National Review magazine in its inaugural edition of on Nov. 19, 1955, the then not-yet 30 year-old conservative icon William F. Buckley wrote that his new magazine "stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it."Rishi Sunak, Britain's Tory prime minister, seems to have bravely adopted at least some of that mission by challenging Britain's radical climate agenda. It is a lesson for the United States.Addressing Britain's sanguine climate policy Sunak said, "there’s nothing ambitious about simply...

A Swiss writer has been fined and sentenced to 60 days in prison for a speech crime that's made international headlines. While Alain Bonnet is a controversial figure, in this instance, he was sentenced for defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred for calling journalist Catherine Macherel a “fat lesbian” in a Facebook video two years ago, Fox News Digital reports. This won’t be the first time he’s served a prison sentence. He was previously jailed in France over his Holocaust denials, a crime in the country. The Franco-Swiss writer had initially been convicted of defamation at the first instance in...

Photo: AlamyPresident Donald Trump proved on Saturday that he is still the level-headed leader the world needs as Israel faces full-scale war amid the Hamas terrorist invasion. In a speech delivered in Waterloo, Iowa, Trump addressed the brutality and violence unfolding in the Middle East.Trump told a crowd of prospective Iowa caucus-goers, “The Hamas terrorist invasion of Israeli territory and the murder of Israeli soldiers and the brutal murder of citizens is an act of savagery that must and will be crushed.”Over the weekend, news broke that Hamas terrorists had swept into Israel and began a bloody invasion, with the...

The Department of Justice announced charges against eight China-based companies and 12 Chinese nationals who were caught smuggling fentanyl chemicals into the U.S. This week, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco addressed the situation, explaining that the companies and individuals are being accused of “trying to ship into the United States gallon after gallon of chemicals used to make fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other deadly drugs.”More from The Blaze: According to Monaco, as part of the investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency agents posed as drug traffickers to identify the criminals. While the Department of Homeland Security worked to trace and stop the shipments,...