In the US, report finds white supremacist propaganda fell slightly in 2021; anti-Semitic disinformation grew
RNS Dissemination of white supremacist propaganda in the United States fell by five per cent in 2021, while specific anti-Semitic propaganda rose by 27 per cent, a new report by the Anti-Defamation League finds. The report – which collected instances of hate groups distributing or posting fliers, stickers, banners, pamphlets and graffiti – concluded that […]
GiveSendGo back online after hack targeting Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests
RNS Controversial Christian crowdfunding website GiveSendGo is back online after being hacked over the weekend, with digital attackers leaking the names and emails of people who donated to the ongoing protest against pandemic restrictions in Canada spearheaded by truck drivers. GiveSendGo addressed the hack in a tweet Tuesday morning, saying the website was “attacked by malicious […]
Essay: Julius Jones was spared by a governor who prayed. Let’s all now pray to end the death penalty.
Celebrating the commutation of Julius Jones’ death sentence in Oklahoma, US, last week, Christian anti-death penalty activist SHANE CLAIBORNE says the fight for Jones’ freedom – and abolition of the death penalty – goes on…
Guns and the church: Being a good guy with a gun is what God wants, say “sheepdog” evangelicals
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, looks at the issue of firearms – and the arguments for whether Christians should own them for self-defence – in the light of a recent controversy over a crowd-funding campaign raising money for the defence of 17-year-old charged with killing two people…
Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo defends decision to host campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse
RNS Jacob Wells has been inundated with hundreds of emails and phone calls since Friday evening. “Some of the language has been very colourful,” he said. A small group of Black Lives Matter protesters pray near the sight of a police shooting on Monday, 24th August, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kenosha police shot a man […]
Christian fundraising site has earned more than $US270,000 for alleged Kenosha shooter
USRNS A Christian fundraising site, Give Send Go, has raised more than $US270,000, well beyond its $US200,000 goal for the alleged Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse. A scrolling ticker on the website shows who has recently donated to trending campaigns, many of whom are supporting the Rittenhouse fundraiser. Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested on Wednesday, 26th August, and is being […]