This week marks a special moment in the year for our Christian friends from Vietnam. It is the commemoration of the martyrs who perished in persecutions which lasted from 1625 to 1886, which cost the lives of between 130,000 to 300,000 people because of their religious beliefs. The stories of their deaths include people who were dismembered alive, burned, tortured and beheaded by orders of the emperors, most of them by command of Minh-Mang and Tu Duc.
Alongside the Bible, another religious book dwells in many Mennonite and Amish homes: the "Martyrs Mirror. Though first published in 1660 to document Anabaptists and others who died for their faith, it is still making an impression on readers, as is evident in the newly published "Tongue Screws and Testimonies."
IN Iran Wednesday, two Sunni death volunteers blew themselves up at a Shiite mosque, killing about 40 worshipers. In southern Afghanistan on Sunday, suicide bombers killed six American soldiers by detonating themselves in an explosives-packed minibus at the entrance of a NATO base. Two weeks earlier, volunteer Muslim "martyrs" killed five Americans in eastern Afghanistan.
Staff Writer When Anabaptists in the American colonies wanted their own, German-language copies of the "Martyrs Mirror," they turned to the Ephrata Cloister for help.
On HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," filmmaker Julian Schnabel said his controversial new feature "Miral" "actually shows Palestinians how we wish they would be: peaceful. Dear reader, I think Mr. Schnabel has stumbled upon a ritual that could prove even more transcendentally beneficial than yoga meditation.
Apparently, one or two suicide bombers detonated in Moscow's busiest airport Monday, killing about three dozen travelers and wounding 140. The horror was ghastly. Russian authorities speculated that the bombers were volunteer "martyrs" from rebel groups trying to create an Islamic theocracy in the north Caucasus.
We,ve been involved in the Church from before day one, [James Wesly Smith] says. St. Clement points to Ethiopians present in the Upper Room at Pentecost. (The word "Ethiopians" was an ancient euphemism for Blacks or Africans). Our involvement really started the African Pharaoh Akhenaton (Amenophis IV) promulgation, "There is one God. Smith said. "Jacob,s "Habiru" came to Egypt shortly thereafter. The former altar boy from both Colutnbia South Carolina (St. Martin De Porres) and Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Joseph,s) said that growing up, he was dismayed that all "the saints we seemed to have was Martin, Benedict the Moor, and the "claimed" Peter Claver. A 30 year effort, "Black Saints, Mystics, and Holy Folks" reflects that practice of holiness in-the lists of more than more than 57,000 Blac...
Tucked away in a quiet residential neighborhood off Old Taos Highway stands one of Santa Fe's least known historical sites, the original 25-foot high Cross of the Martyrs. The 76-ton monument commemorating the deaths of 21 Franciscan friars during the Pueblo Revolt in 1680 was constructed under the auspices of the Historical Society of New Mexico and the Knights of Columbus in 1920.
ALMOST every day, around the world, volunteer Muslim suicide "martyrs" throw away their lives to kill defenseless people, often other Muslims. This sickening phenomenon has become the foremost type of slaughter in the 21st century - and the most baffling. Who can explain it? Dozens of books and analyses have been written, yet scholars disagree over what impels zealots to forfeit their lives to massacre unarmed strangers who did them no harm.
KUWAIT CITY, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met with the families of martyrs, prisoners and missing persons at an intimate gathering at Bayan Palace earlier this week. Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah was also present. The Prime Minister welcomed the families and children of Kuwait's martyrs and noted their importance to Kuwait's society, saying that their brave family members helped to solidify Kuwait's national liberties and freedoms while playing an integral role in the history of the country. "The martyrs of Kuwait are the logo of genuine patriotism and sacrifice," the Prime Minister noted.
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