Thursday, March 13, 2014

This weekly service discontinued

For nearly two decades I have written a weekly news update from Capitol Hill which was emailed to supporters of the Religious Freedom Coalition. The updates were also posted at our legacy site at rfcnet.org and then at ReligiousFreedomCoalition.org. A blog side MurrayOnTheHill.com also carried the updates and they were used by numerous news sites for reference. Regrettably over the years the number of subscribers declined as news feeds became more popular and the number of readers did not justify the amount of preparation work required.

The Weekly Capitol Hill Updates were discontinued in December of 2013.

Periodically the e-mail list of supporters is now used to notify of new material at our main Internet site.

William J. Murray, editor

Friday, November 22, 2013

Washington Report - November 22nd, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: Obama's war on Christian businessmen / Dem Senator attacks pro-family group / The Muslim congressman and the Nazi / Liberals go nuts to stop anti-war nun / Turkey help for Syrian terrorists goes bad / Liberal news outlet says Christians are persecute

NOTICE: This weekly e-mail will be discontinued on November 29th, 2013. It is recommended that subscribers obtain Religious Freedom Coalition updates directly at www.ReligiousFreedomCoalition.org or at Facebook.com/ReligiousFreedomCoalition.

The Presidency
Obama's War on Christians -
The Obama Administration's HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has put a price on the head of any religious employer who dares to violate Obamacare's abortion/sterilization/contraceptive mandate. Sebelius has issued thousands of pages of regulations for Obamacare. Among these regulations is a stiff penalty for any religious employer who refuses to supply abortion pills, sterilization services, and contraceptives. Read more
Congress
Dem Senator attacks pro-family group -
World Congress of Families Managing Director Larry Jacobs said he was appalled that U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R, Il.) bowed to the demands of sexual radicals and cancelled the use of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for a pro-family symposium. Read more
The Muslim congressman and the Nazi - Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison will be on the roster with Obama's Muslim advisor Dalia Mogahed and Ramy Jan, one of the founders of the Egyptian Nazi Party at an event in December in Georgetown. Read more
Religion and Culture
Liberals go nuts to stop anti-war nun -
Mother Agnes was recently invited to a "Stop The War" conference, but liberals are going crazy over the invitation and have launched a vicious smear campaign against her. Mother Agnes is being vilified as an "Assad apologist," "Assad's favorite nun," and called the Syrian equivalent of one of Adolf Hitler's Nazi priests. Read more
International

Turkey: Wrong outcome for helping terrorists -
A Turkish official has said, "This was not the outcome Turkey wanted," according to a report in The Washington Post. This is one of the under statements of all times. Read more
Syria: Liberal news outlet says Christians are persecuted - The Daily Beast reported today that Syrian Christians who have fled from their homeland into Turkey, are telling reporters that soldiers with the Free Syrian Army are kidnapping, raping, and killing Christians who remain in Syria. The Free Syrian Army is the so-called "moderate" group supported by Obama and Senator John McCain. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report -
Now available, the edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue William J. Murray discusses the feral youth who congregate mostly in the coastal cities of the United States / A full report on the vandalism of the Ten Commandments monument on Capitol Hill is discussed. Chairman William Murray spoke at the re-dedication of the Ten Commandments. Read it here

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Washington Report - November 15th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: Obama's rebels target Christian schools / Obama forced to designate Boko Haram as terror group / A great loss by a great friend / Startling testimony at hearing held by Chris Smith / Air Force says "no" to God in oath / Syria: Oops -- Wrong guy beheaded / Nigeria: Tens of thousands of Christians made refugees by Boko Haram / Pakistan: Christian civil rights leader survives attempted assassination --again!

NOTICE: This weekly blogsl will be discontinued on November 29th, 2013. It is recommended that subscribers obtain Religious Freedom Coalition updates directly at www.ReligiousFreedomCoalition.org or at Facebook.com/ReligiousFreedomCoalition.

The Presidency
Obama's rebels target Christian schools, kill 14 kids -
During the last seven days mortars supplied to Obama's Syrian rebels by the CIA have been used to target Christian schools in Damascus. So far,14 children have been killed in these attacks, with many more permanently injured. Read more
Obama forced to designate Boko Haram as terror group - Faced with very embarrassing testimony at a Congressional hearing held by Congressman Chris Smith, the State Department finally designated the Boko Haram as a terrorist group. It will now be illegal for mosques in the United States to raise and send funds to this Islamic terrorist organization. Read more
Congress
A great loss by a great friend -
Senator James Inhofe, a great friend of the Religious Freedom Coalition, lost his son Perry in an aircraft accident this week. Senator Inhofe has held a pilot's license for more than 50 years. His son was an orthopedic surgeon in Tulsa, and his death is a loss to the community. Read more
Startling testimony at Chris Smith held hearing - Congressman Chris Smith's subcommittee on terrorism held a hearing about the Boko Haram threat on November 11th. Striking first hand testimony came from one of Boko Haram's victims, Habila Adamu of Yobe state. Adamu said he was challenged to renounce his Christian faith, but when he refused to do so, he was shot in the head and left for dead. He was the only adult male Christian survivor of that attack. Read more
Religion and Culture
Air Force says "no" to God in oath -
The Air Force Academy, probably under orders from Barack Obama, has changed the oath of allegiance to the United States to remove references to God. Congressman Sam Johnson, who was a POW during the Vietnam War, has become personally outraged by the action and has introduced legislation to change the policy. Read more
International
Syria: Opps, Wrong guy beheaded -
Islam is a religion of death. The very tenets of Islam promote murder, rape and theft. It is then no surprise that the ruthless killers of the Islamic terrorist group Islamic State Of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) beheaded a Muslim named Mohammed Fares and stuck his head on a stick and posted the horrific incident on YouTube. Other Obama supported terrorists who happened to be watching beheadings on YouTube for fun recognized him as one of their own. Read more
Nigeria: Tens of thousands of Christians made refugees by Boko Haram - Islamic extremist Boko Haram insurgents have driven thousands of Christians from areas of Borno state, and some of those remaining are unable to hold worship services, church leaders said. Boko Haram attacks that killed at least 150 members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria, or EYN) in the past 10 months have caused 8,000 Christians to flee. Read More
Pakistan: Christian civil rights leader survives attempted assassination --again - One of Pakistan's leading Christian lawyers confirmed Monday, November 11, that he has survived another apparent assassination attempt by suspected Islamic militants. "I am being targeted by extremists who want me to end my legal support to victims in blasphemy cases," said Sardar Musthtag Gill. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report -
Now available, the November 8th edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue William J. Murray discusses the feral youth who congregate mostly in the coastal cities of the United States / A full report on the vandalism of the Ten Commandments monument on Capitol Hill is discussed. Chairman William Murray spoke at the re-dedication of the Ten Commandments. Read it here

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Friday, November 8, 2013

Washington Report - November 8th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue:
Obama's rebels establish Sharia law / Obama's war on religion / Sen. Rubio defends public prayer / Prayer Caucus chairman defends public prayer / No special protection for drag queens / British soldier killed by Afghan policeman he had trained / Hundreds of British jihadists fighting in Syria / Huge statue of Jesus erected on Syrian mountain / Norwegian imam says all Muslims believe in killing gays.


NOTICE:
This weekly e-mail will be discontinued on November 29th, 2013. It is recommended that subscribers obtain Religious Freedom Coalition updates directly at www.ReligiousFreedomCoalition.org or at Facebook.com/ReligiousFreedomCoalition.


The Presidency
Obama's rebels establish sharia law -
In most rebel occupied areas of Syria there is none of the "freedom" that Obama claimed would be established by the rebels he supports. Instead, rights have been stripped from women, and there is no freedom of speech or press because the areas are run strictly by Sharia law. Read more
 
Obama's war on religion - Bill Donohue of the Catholic League wrote a well documented column on Barack Obama's assault on religion -- an assault which does not seem to include Islam. The column has appeared at both NewsMax and the Catholic Leagues' internet site. I highly recommend it not only for Catholics, but for evangelicals and conservative Jews as well. Read more
Congress
Senator Rubio defends public prayer -
In an op-ed just prior to the Supreme Court hearings on allowing prayers before public meetings, Senator Rubio said: I believe that part of what distinguishes America from the rest of the world is that we do not feel threatened by each other's faiths. The tradition of praying before meetings of governing or legislative bodies is common all across our country. In fact, it has been meaningful to me in my own career as a public servant." Read more
 
Prayer Caucus chairman defends public prayer - In a statement after the oral arguments at the Supreme Court on prayer before town-hall meetings, Congressman Randy Forbes made this statement: "The Establishment Clause of the Constitution was designed by the Founding Fathers to prohibit the government from coercing citizens to adhere, or not adhere, to a certain belief; it is not a license to remove all religious references from the public square." Read more
No special protection for drag queens -
Nebraska Senators Deb Fischer and Mike Johanns have gone on record to oppose passage of the so-called "Employment Non-Discrimination Act" (ENDA), which would make drag queens, cross-dressers and transsexuals into federally protected minority groups. Read more
Religion and Culture
Washington Post reluctantly covers terror story -
Wednesday morning, the Washington Post published an article describing the use of social media by Syrian terrorists to memorialize killers who died in battle. The dead terrorists' faces were made to appear as if they were smiling. The Religious Freedom Coalition and WorldNetDaily ran stories on these Syrian "martyrs" back in July and correctly labeled them as terrorists, not "fighters" as does the Post. Read more
International
Afghanistan: British soldier killed by the policeman he trained -
Lance Corporal Brent McCarthy is shown smiling beside an Afghan policeman in a photo. Just seconds after the photo was taken, the Muslim shot McCarthy to death along with his comrade, Lance Corporal Lee Davies. Read more

Syria: Number of British jihadists in Syria now in hundreds -
The number of British Islamists who have gone to Syria to fight in the war there is in the "low hundreds", a senior UK intelligence official says. Read more

Syria: Huge statue of Jesus erected -
In a government controlled area of Syria a statue of Jesus was erected on a mountain and can be seen from Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. In the Obama rebel controlled area the same week, a statue of the Virgin Mary was destroyed. Read more

Norway: Imam says all Muslims believe in killing gays -
At an address delivered in English in Norway, Fahad Qureshi, founder of the Norwegian Islam Net organization, said that "normal" Muslims, not just radical extremists, support the death penalty for homosexuals, and stoning for adulterers. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report -
Now available, the edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue William J. Murray discusses the feral youth who congregate mostly in the coastal cities of the United States / A full report on the vandalism of the Ten Commandments monument on Capitol Hill is discussed. Chairman William Murray spoke at the re-dedication of the Ten Commandments. Read it here
 
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Friday, November 1, 2013

Washington Report - November 1st, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray
In this issue: Obama created the Syrian terrorist nightmare / Obama Army attacks "Healthy white, Christian heterosexual men" / Leading economic conservative attacks Senator Ted Cruz / Congressman Allen West on anti-Christian army / Sudan: Bulldozing churches for Muslim businessmen / Syria: Location of kidnapped bishops known / Egyptian newspaper exposes Muslim Brotherhood in the USA / Iran: Christians whipped for taking communion wine

The Presidency
Obama created the Syrian terrorist nightmare -
A new Brookings Institute report shows that Syria has become al Qaeda's largest safe haven, with more than 10,000 fighters; al Qaeda fighters in Syria actually outnumber the terrorist network's core organization in Pakistan and its affiliates in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Read more

Obama Army attacks "Healthy white, Christian, heterosexual men" -
A controversial 600-plus page manual used by the military to train its Equal Opportunity officers teaches that "healthy, white, heterosexual, Christian" men hold an unfair advantage over other races, and warns in great detail about a so-called "White Male Club." Read more
Congress
Senator asks Secretary Kerry to speak out on religious freedom -
Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) has recently sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry urging the United States leverage its influence to end the increasing attempts in the Middle East to silence religious freedom. Read more
 
Leading economic "conservative" attacks Senator Cruz - Grover Norquist, the alleged "conservative" who runs Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), has launched an attack on Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), one of the finest men in the U.S. Senate. Norquist, who has a history of promoting the spread of Islam in America, recently went on Sirius radio with leftist Pete Dominick to attack Cruz. Read more
Congressman Allen West on anti-Christian army -
Former Congressman Allen West (R-FL) speaks out on the anti-Christian bias within the U.S. military in an article he wrote at West's Steadfast And Loyal site. West demands to know who authorized listing Christian organizations, conservative Catholics and Evangelical Christians as "hate groups." Read more
Religion and Culture
Vandalized Ten Commandments monument rededicated -
The monument of the Ten Commandments in front of Faith and Action ministry center directly behind the Supreme Court which was vandalized and toppled to the ground on its face has been re-dedicated at a service on Capitol Hill. Read more
International Religious Freedom Day - Robert George,chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), says the United States should continue its vigorous opposition to efforts at the UN to restrict speech deemed religiously offensive or controversial. For more than a decade, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has pushed for blasphemy laws by means of its annual resolutions focusing on "combating defamation of religions." Read more
International
Sudan: Bulldozing churches for Muslim businessmen -
After months of bulldozing or taking over church buildings on the pretext that they belong to South Sudanese who are no longer citizens of the country, authorities are aiding a Muslim businessman's effort to take over church property in Khartoum North. Read more

Syria: Location of kidnapped bishops known -
Lebanese General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said Tuesday he knew the whereabouts of the two bishops kidnapped in Syria last April, describing their case as more complicated than that of the recently released Lebanese pilgrims. The McCain/Obama supported "rebels" who are holding the Bishops have made no demands. Read more

Egypt: Egyptian newspaper exposes Muslim Brotherhood in the USA -
The Egyptian newspaper El Watan has just exposed a network of Muslim Brotherhood operatives in the United States. The newspaper discussed the influence that the Muslim Brotherhood has over the United States government including the White House and army. Read more

Iran: Christians whipped for taking communion wine -
A Christian was "whipped with extreme violence" as a lashing sentences carried out. Two of the four members of the Church of Iran denomination sentenced to 80 lashes for taking wine during a communion service were lashed yesterday. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report -
Now available, the edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue: The Religious Freedom Coalition exhibit at the Values Voter Summit exposed the evils of Saudi Arabia including the arrests and torture of Christian guest workers from Ethiopia. RFC Chairman William J Murray met with several Senators concerning the evils of the ruling Saudi royal family. See it here!

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Washington Report- October 25th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

In this issue: Obama created Syrian nightmare / Obama Army exposed for smearing Christian groups / Pro-gay agenda activist takes over Homeland Security / Senators demand response to persecution of Christians / Congressman wants abortion coverage disclosed / World Council of Churches ignores persecuted Christians / International Religious Freedom Day ignored? / In Yemen, Muslim father burns teen daughter to death / in Kenya, Muslims murder pastors / In Nigeria, Police in norther states enforce Sharia on Christians / In Syria, Christians turn to Russia for help

The Presidency
Obama created Syrian nightmare -
Experts are referring to areas held by Obama's rebels as "the new cauldron for hatching terrorist strikes in the West." A bleak, well researched report in the Washington Times shows a hub of Islamic terror growing stronger every day in areas held by the forces supported by President Obama and Senator John McCain. Read more
Obama Army exposed for smearing Christian groups -
Last week soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas were warned about giving money to evangelical groups or to Tea Party groups. They were told they could receive military punishment for doing so. This occurred on the same base where Nidal Hasan killed 13 soldiers and an unborn baby and wounded dozens more - and his actions were labeled "workplace violence" - even as he shouted praise to Allah. Read more
Pro-gay agenda activist takes over Homeland Security - President Obama has picked Department of Defense lawyer - Jeh Johnson - to run the massive Department of Homeland Security. In case Jeh Johnson's name isn't familiar to you, he's one of the primary architects behind the repeal of the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the U.S. Armed Forces. Read more
Congress
Senators demand response to persecution of Christians -
In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (MO), Bob Corker (TN.) and Lamar Alexander (TN) said recent reports of more frequent, targeted attacks against Coptic churches and individuals in Egypt "warrants a clear U.S. response." Read more
Congressman wants abortion coverage disclosed - Congressman Chris Smith (R) has more than 100 co-sponsors for H.R. 3279, the Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act. If passed into law it would force companies to disclose to those buying insurance if they were paying for coverage of abortions. Read more
Religion and Culture
World Council of Churches ignores persecuted Christians -
Would the world, let alone Middle East Christians, be better off without the World Council of Churches (WCC)? Why has the WCC, which claims to represent and serve 345 denominations worldwide, done nothing to help the persecuted churches in Iraq, Syria and Egypt? Read more
International Religious Freedom Day ignored? - The issue of religious persecution around the world should be front and center for our government, but clearly it's not, under Obama. In fact, it has been Obama who has been one of the key political forces in creating more religious persecution around the world and in the United States since he took office. Read more
International
Yemen: Muslim father burns teen daughter to death -
Only a month after an eight-year old girl from Yemen died on her wedding night after suffering massive internal injuries from her 40-year-old groom, a Yemini father has been arrested for burning his 15-year-old daughter to death because she committed the "crime" of talking to her fiance before their wedding. Read more
Kenya: Muslims murder pastors - Evangelical Christians are mourning the death of two pastors who were killed on Kenya's coast over the weekend amid concerns about growing pressure on devoted believers in the African nation. Read more
Nigeria: Police in northern states enforcing Sharia on Christians - As Christians in Nigeria continue to suffer violent attacks at the hands of Islamic extremists, they are also facing official opposition as the authorities enforce an Islamist agenda in a number of states. Read more
Syria: Disgusted by the West, Christians turning to Russia for help - It is very ironic that Russia, known for its history of atheism and persecution of Christians around the world, should now be looked to as the protector of Syrian Christians. This, while the Obama Administration and other western nations are openly supporting Islamic terrorists who are seeking to kill Christians in Syria and oust President Assad. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report -
Now available, the edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue: The Religious Freedom Coalition exhibit at the Values Voter Summit exposed the evils of Saudi Arabia including the arrests and torture of Christian guest workers from Ethiopia. RFC Chairman William J Murray met with several Senators concerning the evils of the ruling Saudi royal family. See it here!

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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Washington Report- October 18th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray
In this issue: Obama's DOD threatens priest with arrest / Obama's Army says Christian groups are "hate" groups / Obama rebels collect jizia tax / McCain attacks Congressman Gohmert / California law allows boys to enter girls' restrooms / Morocco: Court persecutes Christians / Pakistan: Christian families in hiding / UK: Muslim terrorists arrested on plot to attack mall / Thailand: New bombings by Muslims kill at least 13
The Presidency
Obama's DOD threatens priest with arrest -
During the recent partial shutdown of the government the Department of Defense blocked at least 50 Catholic priests from saying Mass and giving the sacraments at military facilities around the world. Catholic Priest Ray Leonard, who serves as Catholic chaplain for the Naval Submarine Base in Kings Bay, George, is now suing the DOD over this violation of his congregation's right to the free exercise of religion! He is being represented by the Thomas More Law Center. Read more.

Obama's Army says Christian groups are "hate" groups -
Officials at the Pentagon have issued a statement that listing the American Family Association as a hate group doesn't reflect the policies of the Department of Defense. However, more and more reports are coming from bases showing this is continuing. Read more

Obama rebels collect jizia tax -
A journalist discovered that in areas controlled by the Obama supported Free Syrian army, the "rebels" collect a jizia tax on Christians to support their jihad against the secular government of Syria. Read more
Congress
McCain attacks Congressman Gohmert -
Senator John McCain (RINO-AZ) attacked Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) calling him a "person of no intelligence" - clearly suggesting that Gohmert was dim-witted and not worthy of dealing with. He was responding to Gohmert's very accurate statement that McCain was assisting al-Qaeda linked "rebels" who are killing Christians in Syria. Read more
Religion and Culture
California law allows boys to enter girls' restrooms -
California public schools will be required under the "School Success and Opportunity Act" (AB 1266) beginning next year to permit K-12 students to use facilities, including restrooms and showers, and participate in school programs and activities, including athletic teams, according to their self-defined gender identity, irrespective of their birth gender. Those Californians who are not insane are raising signatures for a referendum to stop the law which would allow any boy of any age to walk into a girl's restroom or locker room if he "feels" like a girl that day. Read more
International
Morocco: Court persecutes Christians -
A court in "moderate" Morocco postponed until Dec. 31 an appeals hearing for a convert hastily sentenced to prison for alleged "proselytizing," in hopes that international publicity over his conviction will subside by then, Christian sources said. Read more

PAKISTAN: Christian families in hiding -
A Pakistani Christian family was hiding Sunday, October 13, after allegedly receiving death threats for protesting against twin suicide attacks at a historic church in the violence-plagued city of Peshawar, in which their friends were killed. In total at least 171 people died and some 150 people were injured in the September blasts at Peshawar's All Saints Church. Read more

UK: Muslim terrorists arrested in plot to attack mall -
London police and British intelligence services foiled a Nairobi-style terrorist attack on London citizens recently. Four Islamists were arrested. All are British nationals but are ethnics from Turkey, Algeria, Pakistan, and Azerbaijani. Still the UK imports tens of thousand of Muslims per year. Read more

THAILAND: New bombings by Muslims kill at least 13 -
Two separate bomb explosions hit Thailand's southern Narathiwat province on Saturday, injuring 13 people, including five reporters, police said. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 injured in Thailand's three Muslim, ethnic-Malay dominated southern border provinces since January, 2004. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report -
Now available, the edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. In this issue: The Religious Freedom Coalition exhibit at the Values Voter Summit exposed the evils of Saudi Arabia including the arrests and torture of Christian guest workers from Ethiopia. RFC Chairman William J Murray met with several Senators concerning the evils of the ruling Saudi royal family. See it here!

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Christian Bookstore and more -
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