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Typically, almost as soon as she is away from her family and in the hands of a Muslim man, a Christian girl is treated as though she has officially converted and needs to be protected from her parents. An official conversion may not have been registered, since it is illegal to convert a child under 18, but she is kept from her family .... Christians who have gone to the police to report a missing girl or to receive information about her are then treated as criminals themselves. They are considered second-class citizens who would try to harm her or force her to reconvert to Christianity. Under Egyptian law it is illegal to marry a girl under the age of 21 without her parents' consent. Yet marriage following a rape is seen to "legitimize" an underage marriage, no matter that the rapist and the groom are usually one and the same person.
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In this report on Christian Zionists' push for action against Iran, author Berkowitz quotes JewsOnFirst Co-Director Haim Dov Beliak, commenting on best-selling end-times novelist (The Last Jihad, The Ezekiel Option) Joel Rosenberg. A Jewish convert to Christianity, Rosenberg previously worked for former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, talk host Rush Limbaugh and the Heritage Foundation, Berkowitz reports. Here's where he quotes Beliak:
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Pauline Joyce Hutchison Meyer, usually known as Joyce Meyer (born on June 4, 1943) is a charismatic Christian author and speaker. Her television and radio programs air in 25 languages in 200 countries, and she has written over 70 books on Christianity. She is a proponent of the prosperity gospel. Joyce and her husband, Dave, have four grown children, and live near St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.
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This set of pages tries to summarize Christian beliefs and practices. It is intended as an introduction to Christianity for non-Christians, and ... as background for those who want to follow the discussions in soc.religion.christian.
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