for the christians. first in iraq, arabic secular dictatorship unleashed a lot of forces to drive out the christians. we are very, very worried same thing is happening in egypt. 100,000 coptic christians have been driven out by terrible violence and failure of the police to protect them and their churches. they have turned their guns on the christians. we saw that last october when two dozen christians were killed in cold blood by the police when they were demonstrating for their churches being burned down. >> where do you hope this will go from here? >> tremendously important the united states speaks out. they have a lot of influence with trade and defense. we make a difference. right now the bully pulpit has gone silent. when cops were killed in egypt, president obama made a statement saying both sides must use restraint. drawing an equivalency between persecutors and persecuted. they are in a periless situation. >>> protesters in yemen are demanding justice for joel shrum, an american english teacher

christians and jews come together, and they can never mention jesus. christians are afraid of offending the jews, the jews are uncomfortable with the mention of jesus. >> growing up in a predominantly roman catholic neighborhood in massachusetts, levine had the impression that the christianity of her friends was just a different form of her family's judaism. and then she heard otherwise. >> when i was in second grade, a little girl accused me of having killed her lord because she had been taught that the jews were responsible for the death of jesus. and i couldn't fathom how this religion that had such, such beautiful attributes, and a jewish man named jesus and the same bible, was saying horrible things about jews. so i started asking questions. >> she says her lifelong study has shown her how embedded jesus was in the jewish tradition. >> he teaches like a jew. he talks in parables. and jews then knew that parables were not simple banal little stories, they were designed to shake us up, to get us to see the world in a new way, to challenge us. and je

they consider christians as invaders. he fears boko haram is trying to spark a religious war by provoking christians into attacking muslims. some christian neighborhoods are taking measures to defend themselves. others rely on god for protection and take comfort in his word. >> even when i walk through the valley of death, i am not afraid for your are close beside me. >> george thomas, cbn news, carnal, nigeria. >> psalm 23 take on a whole different notation. >> 70 time 7 in deed. >> you can log on to post your comments, encourage and prayers for persecuted christians around the world. >> american christian teacher murdered in northern iraq in kurdistan. small's mostly muslim students say he frequently talked about jesus christ and prayed in class. they commissioned small to go to iraq. he wanted to go to share the gospel with muslims. u.s. lawmakers are standing up to iranian pastor yousef nadarkhani. iran has sentenced him to death on charges of apostasy. 34-year-old father refused to deny his faith. he has been in pris

thanks to christians they have helped him rebuild. churches and individual christians moved quickly and still working to help the displaced and hurts. on march 11th a few met to pray for a revival and then the earthquake happened. >> they watched the drama unfold on television screens. >> we went to the subway and train stations. we served coffee and tea and tried to share hope. >> yoko left tokyo and moved here away from the fukushima dai-ichi plant. >> people are coming to the lord and they are touched. >> this man is one of them, a former gang member. he got an invitation to attend the church. >> tremendous progress has been made, realities are tens of thousands are homeless. the government has set up temp shelters like this one. so many are looking for a place to call home. >> these are lonely people that have lost everything. i am here to show them the love of christ. >> did you know god has a plan for your life? japanese church leaders invited franklin graham to hold a celebration of hope festival in sendai featuring several art

christianizing or politics. i think to get to that. tenacious want to start with two basic questions. what is a catholic boy from new england, like you, doing writing about jerry falwell? witchery you to jerry falwell? and affect a couple that with another question. putting aside your political critique of having. how do you feel about him as a human being at the end of all of your research? >> first of all, it was suggested to me by a jewish friend from a short. i guess it was denominational affair, but man approached me and said you wrote this book about catholics and progressives. and that was what we received. maybe you should do a book about republicans and conservatives. anything i keep waiting for a biography of jerry falwell. and i thought about it for about five seconds and said, of course that's the next thing you should be working on. and in doing the research, most of which was really people for an american wasco grateful for the archives not having to check down in lynchburg and my dogs would not li

the arab christians same their 3 million arab christians in the united states. the number is increasing. over a million christians from egypt. they're not outcome to the notice states. but they're is a process of emptying christians of the middle east. because of the situation, the political situation in the middle east. there are questions whether christianity would survive in the middle east. syria now has some problems so after the arabs bring in needed to what you have is fear. so anybody who had relatives, a western countries just try to get out of egypt. and, of course, as a consequence of liberation on some, so they emigrated. >> is this such a thing as a muslim identity? >> come to my class, an iranian students. have a palestinian students. if you can think of that. to have it means that you can feel comfortable living in america and at the same time maintain is police, separate between the two. there are other muslims to believe the your primary identity should be muslim, so you have to dress and a distinctive white. some muslims. so it depends who deci

so it isn't that christians are irrelevant or christianity is relevant but the notion is not about christians. if you talk about where does the notion come from? christianity and the jewish understanding of god and man and so forth, plays a role, but islam, a number of muslim scholars that work today who argue that religious freedom is required by the -- not only consistent with it but required by it. unfortunately these brave men and women are not as central in much of the muslim world. if they where are would we have far fewer problems. >> host: what or some or the national security problems witness play face in the -- looking at the two largest countries in the world, china and india? >> guest: that's an excellent question because it helps me make the point that this is not simple play problem of the muslim majority world. both of these countries have tremendous problems with religious liberty. let me begin first with india, which as most people know is a hindu majority nation and also has a huge muslim minority. so, what happens to the issue of religion and state in that country is of gre

the notion of religious freedom is about christians. historical if we want to talk about where did the notion come from, christianity and other jewish understanding of god and man and so forth plays a role the there's a number of scholars to be the target of religious freedom not only consistent but required by and unfortunately in my view and if they were you would have far fewer problems so no it's not just about christians or human beings. >> what are some of the problems, national security problems, that we may face in looking at the two largest countries in the world, china and india. islamic that's an excellent question. both of these countries have tremendous problems which religious liberty -- let me begin first with india which as most people know is a hindu majority nation. but also has a huge muslim minority. so what happens. is it of great importance for not only india which is huge and growing and of enormous economic importance to the united states and its neighbors. it's also a nuclear weapons country next to a muslim maj

>> today on christian world news sudan for tens of thousands to flee. we have a call for action. >> plus the action and missionary founds salvation days before his death. thanks to sharing the gospel is rio's. >> they swept their boats away during the tsunami christian helping to get them back up. >> welcome i'm window. >> george is on assignment. mass murder is something that sudan face everyday. the assault on mountains one the largest and they are asking the obama mission to intervene. >> most people are living in the armed forces with they are terrifying people with house to house raids. this person lived in fear as bombs fell over their house everyday. [foreign language] >> frank wolf is long life advocate he recently visited. he is the first member of commerce to visit. he held a press conference for help. >> this administration should be out range it's happening there should be concern. >> it could come to a flew blow war. they should establish a no fly zone. the obama should brooker a peace deal. >> you need someone for peace just war will broke

group, or within traditional christian belief systems and structures. however, it had an interest and commitment to racial justice and equality, beginning in indianapolis in the 1950s, continuing on into a move into california in the 1960s, and into expansion within the inner city ghettos of san francisco and los angeles. so, as the group moved and expanded its traditional christian commitment to social justice, equality, and so on, it changed, and some of the members tended to be more politically committed, with less of an emphasis on christianity. >> social justice, inclusiveness, caring about the poor - these are great ideals. how do we go from these beautiful ideals to tragic suicide in the jungles of guyana? >> i think it's really hard to understand why people who join a group with high intentions and noble ideals end up ultimately killing their children and themselves. and i don't think anyone who joined people's temple in the beginning ever thought or imagined that they would end up on the cover of newsweek as a dead body. but what happens, i thi

the arab christians. the christians and displaced people from the palestinian christians and so as the middle east is emptying out to have emigrated not all of them come to the united states, canada or europe, but there is a process of the emptying of christians. because of the situation, the political situation. as a result there are questions whether it will surprise the middle east. they worry you at the christian population here and syria. in the western countries just tried to get out of egypt. it gave immigrated. >> professor, is there such a thing as a muslim identity in the u.s.? >> i think there are several muslim identities. usc. i have a palestinian student who is more secular but his muslim secular if you can think of that. at the same time maintain. he can separate the two. there are other on muslims i won't tell you above the primary density. three to five times a day some muslims. it depends who decides what a mess lies. they may not agree with a free to other and with the definition is. >>

good christian bells the tv show anti christian? abc ever sar a show good muslim bell? >> some responses included this reagan inspired tweeted ridiculing christians has almost become a sport in entertainment. never would they ridicule muslims. >> in all seriousness they shouldn't air a show mocking any on one's religion. >> den niece rote this of course they would never have a show good muslim bells or good jewish bells. it's okay to show christians because they are supposed to turn the other cheek. >> keep the responses coming. you can e-mail us at fox friends@friends first or tweet us at fox and friends first. >>> forget about breaking up. it's waking up that is hard to do especially with the daylight-savings time over the weekend. rest easy we have pretty cool alarm clocks that will help you get up. not bother your spouse too much. >> interesting stuff. let's check in wither rin bowling who is up to tell us. >> i am right here. >>> you can do it live in the studio. >> what do you have going on? >> fantastic show. >> we have a for

i'm a fan of christian genoweth. i don't know huh good the show is. you can do it to christian. christians at this point in the evolution of their religion are nice. christians write letters. radical islamists carve them in to your chest. it will take centuries for it to disappear but religions over time gain confidence. it's compliment for christians when somebody can make fun of you. "the simpsons." ned flanders is the most upstanding on the simpsons and he is made fun of. but it doesn't take away from the fact he is a great person. it is a compliment. you can handle it. the fact you are insecure about your religion says you have a long way to go. >> dana: in an election year nobody can let anything go by. listen to newt. i'll get tamara's foughts. >> look at the new show that is on with the word "christian" in it. take that name and drop out "christian" and put in "muslim." is there a network that would have aired a show like that? not a one. anti-christian bigotry is fine in the entertainment industry. >> dana: that may be true, but is that an effective campaign tactic for n

think of the myth statements within christianity of the extraordinary events. of those 88 percent, there's probably 1,000 different denominations of christianity in a free country that, for the most part, disagree over the interpretation of the level of factuality, historical, factual event versus symbolic, mythical ritual drama. and we could just like take it easy on each other if we could just separate those. so you've brought up an excellent point, it's one of the key points - a beliefs and believers point - that we want to bring up is, well, let's sort that out; let's sort out some of the differences between history and myth and where they in fact interact. so good question. sure. >> i would answer that i think that people, in many ways, are like children, and they need some example, because if you gave them the basic principle, they'd say, "too deep." so if you give them something that they can picture, or fit in with their own life as being something reasonable, it doesn't matter to them if it's fact or not - you've given them a reason to believe what the

good christian bells the tv show anti christian? abc ever sar a show good muslim bell? >> some responses included this reagan inspired tweeted ridiculing christians has almost become a sport in entertainment. never would they ridicule muslims. >> in all seriousness they shouldn't air a show mocking any on one's religion. >> den niece rote this of course they would never have a show good muslim bells or good jewish bells. it's okay to show christians because they are supposed to turn the other cheek. >> keep the responses coming. you can e-mail us at fox friends@friends first or tweet us at fox and friends first. >>> forget about breaking up. it's waking up that is hard to do especially with the daylight-savings time over the weekend. rest easy we have pretty cool alarm clocks that will help you get up. not bother your spouse too much. >> interesting stuff. let's check in wither rin bowling who is up to tell us. >> i am right here. >>> you can do it live in the studio. >> what do you have going on? >> fantastic show. >> we have a for

because they make over christianity it's all or nothing you screw up your burn forever how can. you talk about the importance of consolation you know it's a very it's a very large part of the christianity offers people an explanation you know you lost your son or your house got blown away in a tornado you know you or your dog died your mother died whatever she's in heaven no that's nice but what about the idea that god also caused that tornado and caused that death well part of the book my book argues is that the the earth and the world have been designed in the way that they have for a very particular reason i mean for example if we lived on an earth that didn't have hurricanes or tsunamis or earthquakes we could not live we would not be living in that world in other words out planet has plate tectonics giant plates under the earth that happened to move and that's the reason that the that the land on the earth is separated from the water so if nothing were to separate the land from the water we live on a planet that's two thirds water all right entire planet would be submerged

why norell ism or binary argument that there's it's got to be all or nothing it's got to be christian or atheism what's wrong with the church of the flying spaghetti monster what's wrong with reincarnation what's wrong with pantheism. actually i discuss i don't discuss the flying spaghetti monster because that's just sort of a phantom of your imagination but the point of us a lot of thought of has your furriness other let me answer let me answer in reincarnation there's no problem of evil because let's say for example your leper or your crippled that's because of bad stuff you did in your previous life so in hinduism there is no problem of evil everybody is getting exactly what they deserve well no but that is the problem of evil and who you know in christianity if you're evil you go to hell and god tortures you for eternity in hinduism if you're bad you get another chance to make it up you're going to pay a price but you get another chance to make it up seems to me like hinduism is a whole lot more compassionate than a god who wants to torture me for the rest of my life or for all of

christian mentioned cost. it is huge. >> a well documented goes to fraud and goes to people in need. that is the problem. government is not a charity. we are reading an average of 140 per month for recipients that is money to wayne's point gets taken away from a citizen that earned it and gives to another citizen that don't. the adsaid irk me. they legal jitize the welfare state. it is okay for the government to buy your food and tell you what to eat. >> john, you are one of the healthiest guys i know. maybe it is a great diet to go on food stamps. >> i have to agree with christian dorsey, congratulations by the way, christian. >> thank you. >> the problem we have it is right on poverty lines. you have had 32 million people and go to 46 million in the last two years. that is on poverty lines. john that you know is right about fraud. you need to fingerprint fingerprint -- wait a minute johnathon. let me finish. you don't need to spend something unless it is helping down the line. they have nothing else to eat.

. >> cndo christian tenÍa yo a mi hijo, cristian no sÉ qué edad tiene, debe tener como 37, yo tenÍa cuatroe una vez a verÓnica. porque no te vendes con los polÍticos como todas las artistas >> y ella me dijo que no, que ellas entregaba por amor. >> la ruptura con verÓnica castro y el nacimiento de christian dior paso a una Época donde ella negaba que Él fuera su padre. >> le agradezco mucho a mi mamÁ lo que me dijo de mi papÁ desde muy chiquillo, realmente levantÓ muchÍsimo la idea de Él y empecè a sentirme muy bien me dijo que era una persona que las traÍa enamoradas a todas. tuvieron un romance juntos muy importante para los dos y de ahÍ lleguÉ yo pero claro, me hizo muchÍsima falta. >> la herencia que les dejare es que sean muy felices todos porque herencia no tengo. soy de las personas que todo el dinero que ganÉ... recomendaron que no fumara. y >> la forma que lo impulsÓ a trabajar mÁs tarde en variedades de dÍa y operaciÓn jaja. sus mujeres fueron la gran debilidad. manuel el loco valdÉs continuaba con su carrera ahora al lado de alejandro suÁrez y hÉctor lechuga en el emblemÁtico y

mormons are not christian. there really are not. if you have, for example, how much do they talk about jesus -- you talk about jesus in almost any religious group i know, including protestants and evangelicals. maybe they are more christian. most of our -- many of the denomination's and christians we have in america are not christians if we have a doctrinal view of christianity either. if we are going to start kicking mormons out of the christian better for that reason, all of a sudden other people start getting kicked out. is rick santorum a catholic? that is an interesting question. rick santorum disagrees with th catholic church on the majority of social, political, and economic questions. yet he is presenting himself as more catholic than now -- than thou. i am not answering that question. i am jt saying i think it is a really important and interesting one. it is quick to go radiological. -- ideological. it is also easy to say that i am a good liberal, so i am going to say mormons are christians, or i am a

. >> she has been mythologized in christian lore as the prostitute. not one iota of evidence to support that depict opportunity. mary magdalene was not christ's lover as the "da vinci code" says she was. her role as one of jesus' key disciples was virtually expunged from early christian history. without her, the courts of modern christianity, namely belief in the resurrection would be vastly different. that's the proposition of new mary magdalene biography and the author is with us. author is with us. bruce chilton. anncr: creating a financial safety net can seem like an impossible goal. complicated. intimidating. something other people get to do. but once you take the first step. you'll find there's nothing standing in your way. metlife. i can do this. >> dr. bruce, welcome. congratulations on your book mary magdalene, a biography. a great read. >> i appreciate that. >> interesting throughout. are there any misconceptions about mary magdalene that you care to debunk? >> i think perhaps the most prominent one is the claim that mary magdalene had earne

. >>> plus, how many eastern orthodox christians fast during their great lent. >>> welcome. i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. thank you for joining us. >>> a critical week ahead in the gop presidential primaries. on super tuesday, contests will be held in ten states. faith-based voters are especially key for the two front-runners. in this past week's michigan primary, mitt romney, who is mormon, got 45% of the roman-catholic vote, while rick santorum, who is catholic, got 30%. but santorum continues to do much better among evangelicals. in michigan, 51% of white evangelicals voted for him, compared to only 35% who voted for romney. >>> faith-based relief organizations are among those delivering food, water and emergency aid to victims of the severe weather that hit the midwest and south. several people died and hundreds were injured in a series of tornados that swept through at least five states. volunteer crews are helping with clean-up, and local churches are providing shelter for those whose homes were destroyed. >>> in afghanistan, protests continued for the

christian wulff should show sensitivity and do without the military honors. >> but christian wulff cannt on the backing of chancellor merkel. she and many other conservatives are all expected to attend on thursday. there is cross-party accepted the christian wulff is still entitled to the annual pension and other perks that former german presidents receive after they leave office. but there is growing consensus that that clause should be reviewed. >> in the early years, it was probably inconceivable that the german president to leave office while still relatively young. there is no attempt to cater for this possibility. but now one should reconsider what to do if a similar case occurs in the future. >> even after his resignation from the presidency, controversy continues to surround christian wulff. >> we will have more on international women's day coming up after a short break. >> stay with us. ♪ ♪ >> dw in april. cologne cathedral, an architectural masterpiece, a monument to the christian faith, and the most popular tourist attraction in germany. cologne cathedral. famous views, favo

how on a non way jerry falwell could have secularized christianity or politics but i do want to start with two questions. why does the catholic boy cried about jerry falwell? and coupled with another question putting aside your. t, have you feel about him as a human being? put those together. >> it was suggested to me by a jewish friend from york. he said you wrote the book about catholics and progressives maybe you should do book about republicans and conservatives. he say i keep waiting for a biography of jerry falwell. i thought about it for about five seconds. i set of course, it is. most research was done for people the end for the american way. every day worked on the project everyday was waking up in a photographic negative. i cared about this but everything was in the wrong place. as a consequential man, the republican party is largely living in his shadow. as i got involved, one of the things from my training it is his story. not my story. if you quote to something it was offensive, you don't have to say locale offensive. i offer no criticism except the epilogue or the introd

does not represent the christian faith you know he had christian ideas we can see christian terrorist christian extremists mention across the across the media like him always seems to be when he seems to be a muslim to do the headlines in the newspapers the commentators and you politician fray are m.p. for him from stockholm there is indicating that there seems to be this preconceived prejudice towards immigrants and i think what we've got to focus on is a positive contribution immigrants to make a pretty british and also utopian society and we should celebrate that we should be bringing people together not pulling people apart ok can't you want to jump in there go ahead. yeah the comparison is false i mean if you look at brady he said he was christian but then he praised the nordic ancient gods he said he was against nazis and what he was in agreement for sixty percent of nurture geology is against islam but he want to research the islamic caliphate in the middle east to help the new cities i mean this guy was all over the place he was a low man man but if you look at islam islam tha

and he's christian. and a conversation begins between a sal farks i teacher and himself that results in a religious discussion. and the salafi teacher claims -- there's no proof of that -- that the christian insulted the prophet. this automatically results in writing in the air. which results, of course, in that teacher being arrested. the court system which is hugely dysfunctional suddenly becomes very functional. after one day of hearing the case, the whole case takes three days, one day or hearing it without anything they give him a couple of years of a sentence. the salafis don't like that fact because they think a couple of years is not enough. so they demonstrate in front of the court and won a death sentence. this is a good punishment for such an act. now, what happens actually yesterday is due to human rights organizations pressure and so on, the case goes into another hearing. an appeal of that case. and the guy can't get a lawyer. not because he doesn't have people willing to represent him. but

. >> she has been mythologized in christian lore as the prostitute. t one iota of evidence to support thatepict opportunit mary magdalene was not christ's lover as the "da vinci code" says she was. her role as one of jesus' key disciples was virtually expunged from early cistian history. without her, the courts of modern christianity, namely belief in the resurrection would be vastly different. that's the proposition of new mary magdalene biography and the author is with us. author is with us. bruce chiln. anncr: creating a financial safety net can seem li an impossible goal. complicated. intimidating. something other people get to do. but once you take the first step. you'll find there's nothing standing in your way. metlife. i can do this. >> dr. bruce, welcome. congratulatis on your book mary magdalene, a biography. a great read. >> i appreciate that. >> interesting throughout. are there any misconceptions about mary magdalene that you care to debunk? >> i think perhaps the most prominent one is the claim that mary magdalene had earned her living a

christian dorsey . welcome to all of you. you think the government is to blame for rising bank fees? >> how could you not blame the government? first they need to stay out of the way. the foreclosure mortgage bailout garbage. who is paying for that other than us? and banks have to find a new source of income and believe or not it is fees on you and i. we have heard this for the better part of four years and the government is strangling with regulation and the cost is passed on to the consumer. they were supposed to fix it but like house like the plan to fix the job market it only made things worse. he might as well should have been. he was telling them to move their money out of the bank of america. it is happening all over. j.p. morgan said they can't make money serving customers with less than a 100 k. >> to be fair. it is not just bank of america and they tested it for almost new englands. we'll have to do it and pass it on to the customers. should we not be surprised. >> look, banks are not as profitible it is not just an

mormons are not christian. about jesus -- you talk about jesus in almost any religious group i know, for example, how much do they talk about jesus -- you talk about jesus in almost any religious group i know, including protestants and evangelicals. maybe they are more christian. most of our -- many of the denomination's and christians we have in america are not christians if we have a doctrinal view of christianity either. if we are going to start kicking mormons out of the christian better for that reason, all of a sudden other people start getting kicked out. is rick santorum a catholic? that is an interesting question. rick santorum disagrees with the catholic church on the majority of social, political, and economic questions. yet he is presenting himself as more catholic than now -- than thou. i am not answering that question. i am just saying i think it is a really important and interesting one. it is quick to go radiological. -- ideological. it is also easy to say that i am a good liberal, so i am going

christian is 3,280 feet in the air. three times the height of the empire state building. slowly, cautiously, breathing deeply, christian places one foot in front of the other, bridging the gulf step by step. as he reaches the halfway point of the 39-foot crossing, he starts singing to himself. a tiny voice in the vast canyon. seconds later -- >> woo-hoo! >> he's made it. >> yeah! >> immediately after the stunt christian tries to explain why he took on the challenge. >> we create contrasts in our lives. so to really be brave, we also have to experience hell. it's good to come home and sit on the sofa and relax. >> be careful. >> a mountain biker plunges head over heels down a rocky cliff. >> it's hard to describe the experience when you think you see another human being in the process of dying. >> in 2004, southern california. an experienced cyclist, a new year's day trial ride. >> just to start the year off right. >> bill mounted a video camera and is recording as the men make their way along the narrow cliff top path.

with the shooting in crunch way ok christian the final nail in the coffin you want to react to. well you know you have to take a look at the longer term so we have a counterinsurgency strategy of sorts that president obama put in place but it's always been essentially a policy of managed failure because the time he knows the surge and he didn't give the combatant commander the amount of troops that were necessary for this with the president also knows to offer so the taliban basically have no there's an expiration date on the u.s. commitment they've conducted themselves accordingly but stepping back we have achieved the goals that president bush originally set out for this mission back when it began october ninth i believe of twenty one which is to ensure that afghanistan could not be used as a safe haven for terrorists the problem is if the taliban come back there is actually reason to believe they can also but you can't reach him don't you think it's the occupation withdraw it's the occupation there will be it's the occupation that creates the violence right that these foreign