SOMALIA, BRUNEI BAN CHRISTMAS
24th December, 2015 Somalia has banned the celebration of Christmas – for the first time since the last central government collapsed in 1991. “We alert fellow Muslims in Somalia that some festivities to mark Christian Days will take place around the world in this week,” Sheikh Ali Dhere told a press conference. “It is prohibited […]
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CAMPAIGNERS WELCOME CUBAN GOVERNMENT MOVE TO REVERSE DECISION TO EXPROPRIATE CHURCH
24th December, 2015 Religious freedom advocacy Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed a decision by Cuban authorities reversing an earlier move to expropriate the property of the Maranatha First Baptist Church in Holguin City and allow the church to rebuild on the site. The church’s pastor, Rev Amado Ramírez Oliveros, was informed in May by local […]
MIDDLE EAST: CHRISTMAS FOR REFUGEES BRINGS JOY TO CHILDREN FROM WAR-TORN NATIONS
In an article first published by ASSIST News Service, BOB ARMSTRONG writes about an initiative to bring the light of Christmas in the lives of children in refugee camps in the Middle East…