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Libya: Gaddafi declares Jihad on Switzerland
Libya’s president Mr. Muammar Gaddafi has called on all Muslims to shun Switzerland and begin a jihad against the Alpine nation. The antagonism is...
Gospel Truth Music Ministry Condemns Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill
The Rev. Rizi Nasele Timane' and the Gospel Truth Music Ministry are voicing their support for Uganda's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and...
Uganda: Christians and Muslims protest Gay Porn shown in churches
A cross section of Christians in Uganda have protested against the showing of pornography in churches as one way of making the public...
Uganda police stop anti-gay demonstration
Police in Uganda has stopped a demonstration, in support of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which was supposed to take place tomorrow in Kampala...
Ugandans protest against Obama and anti-gay bill
Over 4000 Ugandan supporters of the anti-gay bill yesterday demonstrated in Uganda's eastern town of Jinja against US president Barrack Obama and all...
Proof of Jesus’ Black Heritage Comes From Surprising Source, Two Black Mormons
Since at least the 19th century, the race of Jesus has been a subject of great debate. Many societies have chosen to depict Jesus...
Egypt: Shari’a in favour of minority rights
Over the past decades, numerous polls have demonstrated that the majority of Egyptians want shari’a—or Islamic principles—applied to parts of their country's legal system....
Sexuality: Artificial hymen, a Moroccan sore?
"Like a Virgin" sounds like an appropriate slogan for Gigimo, a Chinese company involved in the "discreet" sale of artificial hymen. At only 300...
Egypt: Pig-cull induced street rubbish a “national scandal”
The Egyptian government’s decision to cull all of the country’s 300,000 pigs in May 2009 is increasingly being viewed by experts and officials as...
Nigeria: Perpetrators of religious riots could be freed again
The aftermath of the Christian-Muslim conflict in the Northern Nigerian city of Jos has seen hundreds of people arrested. However, there are fears that...
Nigerian sectarian violence: Religion as a pretext
The city of Jos in Nigeria's Plateau State was the scene recent of communal clashes that registered the death of several hundreds of people....
Zimbabwe: Anglican Church invites Mugabe to pray out ex Bishop’s unholy mess
Anglicans in Zimbabwe have resolved to hold a street prayer protest in central Harare to press the police to allow the church access to...
Uganda: Thousands of children demonstrate in favour of anti-gay bill
Thousands of children in Uganda Friday demonstrated against homosexuality on the streets of the country's capital Kampala.
The children carried placards supporting the anti-gay...
Nigeria: Use Restraint in Curbing Jos Violence
Nigeria should ensure that its security forces use restraint and comply with international standards on the use of force in responding to the latest...
Nigeria: Religion still a blindfold for violence
The State of Jos in Nigeria has proven to be a hot spot for religious violence, for the umpteenth time. Christians and Muslims have...
Christian Copts of California: Christians of Egypt are Massacred, and President Mubarak is Still Silent!
The Copts, Egypt's Christian minority, number approximately 12 million, about 15% of Egypt's population. Under the rule of President Mubarak, violent attacks against them...
Botswana: Radical Jamaican cleric trained Batswana to attack 2010 World Cup?
A radical Jamaican cleric, Abdullah al-Faisal, who was recently deported from several African countries was operating a “suicide bomber camp” in Botswana, a publication...
The Abyssinian Baptist Church Ministry of Christian Social Concern Hosts 12th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. ‘Non-Violence’ Youth Event
On this year's King Holiday, Monday, January 18, 2010, the Ministry of Social Concern at Harlem's historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, will again celebrate the...
Troops Patrol Nigerian City after Clashes
Calm is returning to the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, a day after members of an Islamic sect clashed with security forces. Police said...
Nigeria: Police clampdown on new extreme Islamic sect
Many have died in Northen Nigeria following a crack down by police of a Muslim sect on Monday. The group known as Kala Kato...
Terrorism and Africa: Blood in the Sand
The attempted bombing of Delta Airlines flight 253 by a Nigerian has led to media speculation on the rise of militant Islam in...
Nigerian al-Qaeda terror suspect was a troubled youth
Nigerian terror suspect, twenty-three year old Abdulfarouk Umar Abdulmutallab, was a young Islamc scholar whose extreme beliefs alienated him from his family and drew...
Gay Uganda and the Broken Body of Christ
There is a scene in the comedy, ‘In and Out’, in which Joan Cusack, playing a bride left at the altar by her gay...
Tabaski Redux
The saying, “it’s the thought that counts,” sounds generous and openhearted in the United States. It sounds laughable in Africa, at least at Tabaski....
Tabaski, Thanksgiving: Back to Back
The moon and sun align this year to bring two holidays together: the Muslim feast of Tabaski (also called Eid al-Adha and Aïd el-Kebir)...
Sudan Trouser woman: “I may not return to Sudan”
The Sudanese journalist briefly jailed for wearing "indecent trousers" said Wednesday she might not return to her country but instead continue her campaign for...
Murder In The First
Today, I learned that a gentleman in our church took his life. I hardly knew the man, indeed, I have no recollection of his...
Structuralism ‘au village’: An Obituary for Claude Lévi-Strauss
French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the twentieth century’s most revered intellectuals, died October 29 at the age of 100. He is best known...
Freemason Presidents in Africa: Ali Bongo ordained Grand Master of Gabon
The grand master of the National Grand Lodge of France (GLNF) installed Ali Bongo as the head of Gabonese Freemasonry, a couple of weeks...
Sudan: Memorizing Quran or Bible as a prerequisite for prisoner pardon questioned
Some members of the interim National Assembly are opposed over a law which requires long-term convicts to memorize either the Holy Quran or the...