Thursday, July 31, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Christianity Today: Bomb threat to Gaza Bible bookshop prompts call for prayers - 'A bomb threat to a Bible bookshop in Gaza run by the Palestinian Bible Society has led to a call for prayers. Last week the co-owner of the building where the shop is located demanded that the Palestinian Bible Society vacate the premises. He claims to have received a threat from a militant Islamic group in Gaza to blow up the building if the shop remains. He is also taking the Palestinian Bible Society to court in an attempt to have both its ownership of the shop and its legal rights to operate restricted. The Bible Society is contesting this action. The threats come just a week after an Islamic militant was killed in Gaza City while planting a bomb by the door of a Christian-owned internet café...'
