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Former porn star Brittni De La Mora becomes a preacher
Brittni De La Mora may not be a name you recognize — but the now-31-year-old spent nearly a decade in the porn industry as the more recognizable Jenna Presley.
Like many who go on to work in the adult film industry, De La Mora got her start dancing at strip clubs as a way to put herself through college. “I grew up in a broken household so I really didn’t know my value or my worth.
“I discovered early on that if I was naked in the presence of men that I was going to get what I didn’t get at home — and that was affirmation,” she added.
De La Mora said that after turning 18 she was approached by two men at the strip club she worked at. The men explained they were romance movie producers in Los Angeles and according to Ruiz, they told her, “You’re beautiful, you’re destined to be a star.”
The next day, she met up with them to have her photos taken and sent to an agent.
“From that point forward, I was picked up by a premier agency and I was in the [porn] industry for seven years,” she said.
De La Mora said she enjoyed making adult films “for about a month” until she discovered she had contracted a sexually transmitted disease.
“I’d never gotten an STD in my life so I thought from that point on, ‘What am I doing in this business?'”
But it was her pride that kept De La Mora from quitting. “I didn’t want to admit that I made a mistake so I kept pressing forward,” she recalled.
De La Mora’s life then took a dark turn as she started abusing drugs like cocaine and heroin to cope.
“I just reached a breaking point at my three-year mark [in porn],” she said. De La Mora quit the industry and began attending church with her grandfather, where she said she met “Jesus as my Lord and Savior.”
But “another man” came into De La Mora’s life “who turned out to be a pimp,” so she returned to porn for an additional three-and-a-half years.
While De La Mora was dating the man she called her pimp, she began to slowly develop her relationship with God through reading the Bible. Until finally, one day she “felt this strong urge” to turn her life around.
“I went to go film a porn scene in Las Vegas and brought my Bible with me on the airplane and I was reading scripture,” De La Mora told us. “At which point I really felt that [God was telling me], ‘Brittni, this isn’t the life that I have for you…know that I have something so much greater in store for you but I need you to give me a step of faith today. I need you to quit the industry and I promise you, your life is going to turn around.’
“So I quit the industry that day and I’ve been out since December 2012.”
Fast-forward, and De La Mora is now married to a pastor named Richard. The pair has penned a two-part book called “Fire and Fresh” to help couples navigate their relationships when they have “lost the excitement.”
“My husband and I believe the greatest relationship is the relationship with God and with each other,” she shared. “If those relationships are on fire, everything else will be on fire.”
De La Mora also wants to send a message to women who are considering adult film.
“I would just really encourage them to not think about the now because I always lived by what was going to make me happy in the moment and I never ever considered the future,” she warned. “And if you really think about the future, do you want to deal with the repercussions of having your sexual acts all over the Internet for the rest of your life?
“People ask me all the time, ‘You’re a preacher, why is your porn still on the Internet?’ Well, I don’t have control over any of that. I can’t get that stuff removed I signed my rights away when I signed my contracts.”
De La Mora does worry about having to explain her porn past to her future children, something she says should also scare off women who are contemplating porn.
“What about your children? Do you want them to have to go through the possible embarrassment when their friends may tease them in school?”
She said that in the end, “whatever you’re searching for in the industry, you’re not going to find it.” Instead, she said she found the “affirmation” she was looking for in God.
“He will fulfill your heart’s desire, he will fulfill the longing in your soul, he will heal your broken heart and no amount of money can buy that.”
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എഡോ : നൈജീരിയയിലെ മധ്യ തെക്കൻ മേഖലയിലെ എഡോ സ്റ്റേറ്റിൽ നിന്നു തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടു പോയ സെമിനാരി റെക്ടറായ വൈദികന് മോചനം. ഇമ്മാക്കുലേറ്റ് കൺസെപ്ഷൻ മൈനർ സെമിനാരിയുടെ റെക്ടറായ ഫാ. തോമസ് ഒയോഡിനാണ് മോചനം ലഭിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. ഔച്ചി രൂപതയുടെ കമ്മ്യൂണിക്കേഷൻസ് ഡയറക്ടർ ഫാ. പീറ്റർ എഗിലേവ മോചന വാര്ത്ത സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോയ വൈദികനെ നവംബർ 6 ബുധനാഴ്ച വൈകുന്നേരം 7 മണിയോടെ മോചിപ്പിച്ചതായി ഫാ. എഗിലേവ പറഞ്ഞു. രൂപതയ്ക്കകത്തും പുറത്തുമുള്ള കത്തോലിക്ക വിശ്വാസികൾ ഉള്പ്പെടെ അനേകരുടെ പ്രാർത്ഥനയ്ക്കും ധാർമ്മിക പിന്തുണയ്ക്കും നന്ദി അറിയിക്കുന്നതായി അദ്ദേഹം പ്രസ്താവനയില് കുറിച്ചു.
വൈദികനെ തിരയുന്നതിനായി രാവും പകലും അധ്വാനിച്ച നൈജീരിയൻ സുരക്ഷാ ഏജൻസികൾക്കും ജാഗ്രത ഗ്രൂപ്പുകൾക്കും അദ്ദേഹം നന്ദി അര്പ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. എഡോ സംസ്ഥാനത്തിന് ചുറ്റുമുള്ള സുരക്ഷാ സാഹചര്യം മോശമാകുന്നത് പരിഹരിക്കാൻ നൈജീരിയൻ ഗവൺമെൻ്റ് എല്ലാ തലങ്ങളിലും പ്രവർത്തിക്കണമെന്നും ജനങ്ങൾ സാധാരണ നിലയിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങുമെന്ന് ഉറപ്പുനൽകുന്ന നടപടികൾ സ്വീകരിക്കണമെന്നും ബിഷപ്പ് ഗബ്രിയേൽ ഗിയാഖോമോ ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടു.
ഒക്ടോബർ 27 ഞായറാഴ്ചയാണ് രാജ്യത്തിൻ്റെ മധ്യ തെക്കൻ മേഖലയിലെ എഡോ സ്റ്റേറ്റിൽ സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഇമ്മാക്കുലേറ്റ് കൺസെപ്ഷൻ മൈനർ സെമിനാരിയുടെ റെക്ടറായ ഫാ. തോമസ് ഒയോഡിനെ സായുധധാരികള് തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോയത്. സെമിനാരിയിൽ തോക്കുധാരികൾ ആക്രമണം നടത്തിയതിന് ശേഷമായിരിന്നു തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകല്. എട്ട് ദിവസങ്ങള്ക്ക് ശേഷമാണ് വൈദികനെ കണ്ടെത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നത്. ക്രൈസ്തവ വിരുദ്ധ ആക്രമണങ്ങളാല് കുപ്രസിദ്ധമായ നൈജീരിയയില് വൈദികരെ തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നത് സ്ഥിരം സംഭവമായി മാറിയിരിക്കുകയാണ്.
കടപ്പാട് :പ്രവാചക ശബ്ദം
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നൈജീരിയയിൽ മറ്റൊരു വൈദികനെക്കൂടി തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോയി
നൈജീരിയയിൽ മറ്റൊരു വൈദികനെക്കൂടി തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോയി. ഇമോയിലെ ഇസിയാല എംബാനോയിലെ ഒബോളോയിലെ സെന്റ് തെരേസ ഇടവകയിൽ ശുശ്രൂഷചെയ്യുന്ന ഫാ. ഇമ്മാനുവൽ അസുബുകയെയാണ് അക്രമികൾ തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോയത്.
നവംബർ അഞ്ചിന് ഇടവകയിലേക്കു മടങ്ങുന്നതിനിടെയാണ് ആക്രമണം ഉണ്ടായത്. ഒക്കിഗ്വേ രൂപതയിൽനിന്നുള്ള വിവരങ്ങളനുസരിച്ച്, 2014 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 27 നാണ് ഫാ. ഇമ്മാനുവേൽ വൈദികനായി അഭിഷിക്തനായത്. നൈജീരിയയിലെ എഡോ സ്റ്റേറ്റിലെ അഗെനഗബോഡിലെ മൈനർ സെമിനാരിയുടെ റെക്ടർ ഫാ. തോമസ് ഒയോഡിനെ ഒക്ടോബർ 27 നാണ് തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോയത്. ഇപ്പോഴും ഫാ. തോമസ് ഇപ്പോഴും തടവിലാണ്.
വിവേചനരഹിതമായ ആക്രമണങ്ങൾ, മോചനദ്രവ്യത്തിനായി തട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകൽ, കൊലപാതകം എന്നിവ നടത്തുന്ന സംഘാംഗങ്ങൾ നൈജീരിയയിൽ വ്യാപകമാവുകയാണ്.
Sources:azchavattomonline.com
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Muslim vigilantes colluding with authorities to entrap Christians in blasphemy charges
Pakistan — Muslim vigilante groups are working with federal authorities to lure young people into sharing blasphemous content on social media in order to put them behind bars, according to an investigation by Pakistan’s National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR).
A steep increase in blasphemy cases this year, many of them filed against Christians and other religious minorities, is tied to collusion between Muslim vigilantes and federal investigators, according to the NCHR report. Pakistan saw three times as many blasphemy cases in the first seven month of this year compared with all of last year, according to the NCHR investigation.
As of July 25, there were 767 people accused of blasphemy languishing in jails across Pakistan, whereas in 2023 there were 213 suspects incarcerated for blasphemy, 64 in 2022, nine in 2021 and 11 in 2020, according to the data gathered by the NCHR.
“Most of the blasphemy cases were registered with the Federal Investigation Agency’s Cybercrime Unit in collaboration with a private entity,” the NCHR noted, adding that young men were targeted through entrapment tactics involving females using pseudonyms to lure them into blasphemous activities online.
At least 594 blasphemy suspects were imprisoned in Punjab Province alone, followed by 120 in Sindh Province, 64 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, and two in Balochistan Province, the NCHR added.
The report follows a study by the Special Branch of the Punjab Police released in January, which for the first time revealed the presence of a “blasphemy business” that exploits the controversial blasphemy laws to entrap victims for extortion.
According to the Special Branch report, a majority of the cases were being brought to trial by private “vigilante groups” led by lawyers and supported by volunteers who scour the internet for offenders.
One such group was responsible for the conviction of 27 people who have been sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty over the past three years, the report revealed. It recommended the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launch a thorough inquiry to determine the source of the vigilante groups’ funding, but the agency’s response was unknown.
The most active vigilante group is the Legal Commission on Blasphemy Pakistan, which is prosecuting more than 300 cases, led by Shiraz Ahmad Farooqi, the complainant in the blasphemy conviction of a 40-year-old Christian woman, Shagufta Kiran. Kiran was handed the death sentence by a special judge in Islamabad on Sept. 18.
The NCHR’s report called for “a comprehensive review” of the roles and accountability of both government and private entities. It also noted the inhumane conditions of blasphemy suspects in jails.
“Individuals accused of blasphemy are housed together in single, severely overcrowded barracks to protect them from potential harm by other inmates who may attack or threaten them,” the NCHR reported. “However, this arrangement results in inhumane living conditions, as the barracks lack adequate facilities and are grossly overcrowded.”
Detainees also face coercion, extortion and pressure from the vigilantes involved in their entrapment, “who sometimes encourage them to engage in further criminal activities within the prison,” according to the report.
The NCHR recommended engaging the highest levels of government and judiciary to address the FIA’s involvement with Muslim individuals and vigilante groups entrapping people. It also urged constituting a Joint Investigation Team comprising officials from the Special Branch of the Intelligence Bureau, the ministries of Law and the Interior, the FIA, and other relevant departments to investigate blasphemy cases.
Mere allegations of blasphemy in Muslim-majority Pakistan can ignite public outrage and sometimes result in mob violence. Hundreds of people have been accused and jailed for alleged blasphemy, and some were handed the death penalty, though none has been executed so far.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Oct. 17 observed that Pakistani authorities have failed to curb a range of human rights violations, including a sharp increase in blasphemy-related violence. Expressing serious concern over frequent attacks against religious minorities, including accusations of blasphemy, targeted killings, lynchings, mob violence, forced conversions, and desecration of places of worship, the committee stated that Pakistani society has become increasingly intolerant of religious diversity.
“Religious minorities are facing a constant threat of persecution and discrimination amid the rise of religious radicalism,” the committee stated.
Pakistan ranked seventh on Open Doors’ 2024 World Watch List of the most difficult places to be a Christian, as it was the previous year.
Sources:Christian Post
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