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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is taking some major criticism after sending a letter to mobile phone companies saying they should block text messages containing certain words and phrases, and among those phrases are “Jesus Christ” and “got Jesus.”

Ten Islamic extremists have gone on trial in Indonesia for allegedly attempting to bomb Christ Cathedral Church just outside the nation's capital of Jakarta earlier this year.

The numbers are in. In June 2011 Facebook amassed a whopping 1 trillion page views, more than any other site on the World Wide Web, according to statistics released by Google's DoubleClick Ad Planner.

Pastor Shi Enhao, the deputy chairman of the Chinese House Church Alliance, has been sentenced to a two-year stay in a Chinese labor camp under the accusation of holding “illegal meetings and illegal organizing of venues for religious meetings.”

Just as the peace-loving nation of Norway observed a minute of silence today for the victims of the recent bombing and shooting attacks, the suspect being accused in both incidents, 32-year-old Anders Breivik, has been silenced by the court today, despite his request that the media be present at his hearing so that he could explain to the whole world why he did it.

Morality in Media on Monday kicked off the second week of the organization's campaign, called Be Aware: Porn Harms, to educate people on the dangers of pornography. This week's topic: the impact of pornography on children.

Josh McDowell has agreed to team up with Timothy Eldred for Pray With Youth, a global campaign that seeks to help the world's youth to find their identity in Christ and their role in local churches.

It can't be easy being your team's last line of defense against an onslaught of shots from the Vancouver Canucks' offense, especially with the pressure of knowing the Stanley Cup trophy is on the line. Boston Bruins goalkeeper Tim Thomas, though, has a little extra motivation when he takes his place on the ice: his faith.

The Insane Clown Posse is a face-paint-wearing rap group that emerged during the early 1990s out of Detroit's underground music scene. Despite the opposition they have faced from mainstream media, ICP has gone on to amass millions of fans.