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San Jose State University in California has intimated Ratio Christi, a grassroots campus student ministry, of its decision to "de-recognized" the campus chapter as punishment for the ministry's "discriminatory" policy for leadership positions. School officials wrote to Ratio Christi, explaining their action is as per a new California State University Executive Order on how an organization selects its officers, the ministry revealed on its website this week. The ministry requires its chapter officers to be Christian and holding biblical beliefs, and the State of California now deems that as "discriminatory." "De-recognition" means the school chapter of the ministry is no...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - California State University, San Bernardino has refused to allow a Christian group to organize on campus, saying it would discriminate against non-Christians and homosexuals. The Christian Student Association's proposed constitution included a statement on sexual morality and required members and officers to be Christian. State law prevents student groups at public universities from excluding people based on religion or sexual orientation. "We are not permitted to charter them under Title V," said Christine Hansen, director of student leadership and development in the office of Student Affairs. She was referring to a section of the state...

KARACHI : Police in this southern port city have arrested a suspect in last week's bombing of a Christian Bible society and seized a huge cache of explosives, authorities said. Shamim Ahmed, a Pakistani man allegedly affiliated with the Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, was arrested Saturday in Karachi . Information he provided led police to the discovery late yesterday of a bomb-making factory in an abandoned house elsewhere in the city. A senior police officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Ahmed was believed to be linked to the Jan. 15 attack in which a grenade and powerful car...