Religion

Five Egyptian Coptic Christians wounded during a clash

Five Egyptian Coptic Christians wounded during a clash

Five Egyptian Coptic Christians were injured on Sunday in clashes with Muslims at a church in a village south of Cairo, says security source. ...
Suicide bombing during church service in Kaduna

Suicide bombing during church service in Kaduna

Seven people have been reported dead and several others injured following a suicide bombing which occurred during a mass at a catholic church in...
DRC and Uganda prohibited from pilgrimage in Mecca

DRC and Uganda prohibited from pilgrimage in Mecca

Muslims from Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda have been banned from making the pilgrimage to the by holy city of Mecca this year...
26 Mubi students  killed on  an attack

26 Mubi students killed on an attack

Several casualties have recorded after a group of unknown gunmen attacked and killed students in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria. Report says that the killings...
NIGERIA MUSLIM WOMEN DEPORTED ON THEIR WAY TO MECCA RETURNED  HOME

NIGERIA MUSLIM WOMEN DEPORTED ON THEIR WAY TO MECCA RETURNED HOME

After spending five days at the airport of Jeddah and Medina Nigerian Muslim women expected to go on pilgrimage to mecca finally returned...
Christianity: a papyrus identified as from the 4th century revived the debate on the marriage of Christ

Christianity: a papyrus identified as from the 4th century revived the debate on the marriage of Christ

A papyrus dated by scientists as belonging to the 4th century revived the debate on the marital status of Christ One sentence, written in...
France: the  group”Do not touch my prophet” called for a demonstration in Paris

France: the group”Do not touch my prophet” called for a demonstration in Paris

Two appeal for demonstrations on Saturday against the anti-Islam film ''Innocence of Muslims'', have been published on social networks. The gathering of the...
Tunisia: hundreds of U.S. citizens evacuated from Tunis

Tunisia: hundreds of U.S. citizens evacuated from Tunis

The United States began evacuating their nationals living in Tunis, the Tunisian capital. The U.S. Embassy has been targeted by protesters on Friday opposed...
Northern Mali’s “city of saints” suffers rebel fury

Northern Mali’s “city of saints” suffers rebel fury

History dating as far back as the 5th century is literally being chipped away with pick axes and shovels at the hands of an...
Burqa Ban: Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment

Burqa Ban: Islamophobia verses the Enlightenment

Writing during a period of great religious conflict, John Locke stated that the “toleration of those that differ from others in matters of religion...
Ugandan Sex workers attack religious leaders

Ugandan Sex workers attack religious leaders

Sex workers in Uganda have lashed out at religious leaders who have condemned their trade but failed to encourage programs and projects to help...
Anti-gay propaganda splits Uganda priests and churches

Anti-gay propaganda splits Uganda priests and churches

Christianity in Uganda has been hit by anti-gay propaganda which has led to divisions amongst followers as many Christians in the country express surprise at...
Pastoral political Endorsements: Essential or Irrelevant?

Pastoral political Endorsements: Essential or Irrelevant?

We saw the smiles beaming during that photo-op press conference and we heard the words employed in making that political endorsement. But what we...
Nigeria: Military seizes weapons from Islamist militia

Nigeria: Military seizes weapons from Islamist militia

Nigerian military has impounded an arsenal of Kalashnikov rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, explosives, hand grenades and a large quantity of ammunition from suspected members of...
South African President urged to apologise for shocking blasphemy

South African President urged to apologise for shocking blasphemy

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has found himself in a delicate situation with the Christian community after telling ANC supporters “that only an...
Palestine Army of Islam behind deadly Egyptian Church attack?

Palestine Army of Islam behind deadly Egyptian Church attack?

The Army of Islam was behind the deadly New Year's Day church bombing in Egypt which killed twenty-three people outside a church in the...
International recognition vital for Southern Sudan

International recognition vital for Southern Sudan

Last Saturday evening the week long referendum on self-determination for southern Sudan ended. Polling stations closed, ballot boxes were sealed and over the coming...
Nigeria’s budding democracy struggles with religious-tribal politics

Nigeria’s budding democracy struggles with religious-tribal politics

The race for the presidency in Nigeria steers closer and closer toward ethno-religious lines as politicians exploit public disenchantment on north-south, Christian-Muslim parity. All...
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Several Christians hastily convert to Islam for clothes

A group of Christians has suddenly converted to Islam in order to receive free items donated by a Dubai-based company and the United Arab...
Uganda: Muslim women seek the use of condom

Uganda: Muslim women seek the use of condom

Some Muslim women in western Uganda are demanding that a new HIV prevention programme for Muslims include condom promotion, going against calls by local...
Nigeria’s ethno-religious violence and feared split

Nigeria’s ethno-religious violence and feared split

Nigeria has witnessed incessant religious tension, demand for Sharia Law and an end to western style government and education by extreme Muslim group, Boko...
Ivory Coast: South African pastors to the rescue

Ivory Coast: South African pastors to the rescue

A delegation of South African clerics has flown to troubled Ivory Coast in a bid to mediate in the political standoff claiming that chances...
American Muslim groups express horror over attacks in Egypt and Nigeria

American Muslim groups express horror over attacks in Egypt and Nigeria

American Muslim groups denounced the New Year’s terror attacks in Egypt and Nigeria that killed and injured dozens of people as “barbaric” and “heinous”...
Zambia: Coup plotter apologizes to Chiluba, asks for God’s forgiveness

Zambia: Coup plotter apologizes to Chiluba, asks for God’s forgiveness

The orchestrator of Zambia’s 1997 attempted coup, Captain Stephen Lungu (alias Captain Solo), has met Dr. Frederick Chiluba, the man whose government he wanted...
Christmas jingle bells ring loud in Islamic North Africa

Christmas jingle bells ring loud in Islamic North Africa

Santa has paved his merry way into the heart and soul of Northern Africa, a Muslim-majority region. Decorated Christmas trees, mistletoes and artificial snow...
Nigeria: Muslim extremist group clamped down

Nigeria: Muslim extremist group clamped down

A clamp down on members of the Boko Haram extreme Muslim group after a series of violent attacks in Northern Nigeria has been hailed...
Nigeria: Violence blamed on politicians

Nigeria: Violence blamed on politicians

The holiday season violence in Nigeria has been traced to local politicians seeking to make the most of communal tensions for their gain. Religious...
Nigeria: Boko Haram extreme group back and stronger?

Nigeria: Boko Haram extreme group back and stronger?

Authorities in Nigeria are yet to identify suspects following the Christmas season massacre across the country that has claimed over 38 lives in a...
Somalia: Battle for control of capital intensifies as rebels join forces

Somalia: Battle for control of capital intensifies as rebels join forces

The Somali government’s control of a major part of the capital city Mogadishu may be short-lived as the merging of two of the major...
What has commonsense got to do with it?

What has commonsense got to do with it?

I have seen too many things that are so hard to say: A woman with severe high blood pressure, who against her doctor’s advice,...