Second blast hits Congo’s Beni city after Catholic Church attack
Beni, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters A suspected bomber was blown up when his improvised explosive device went off in a busy intersection of the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Beni on Sunday, authorities said, the second blast in Beni on the same day. No-one was killed in the two incidents apart from the […]
Deadly clashes after Islamists take police hostage in Pakistan’s Lahore
Lahore, PakistanReuters Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group’s leader. The Tehrik-i-Labaik Pakistan group had given the government a 20th April deadline to expel the French ambassador over the […]
Protesters say French anti-radicalism law is anti-Muslim
Paris, FranceAP Activists rallied Sunday in Paris to demand that the French government abandon a bill aimed at rooting out Islamist extremism that the protesters say could trample on religious freedom and make all Muslims into potential suspects. French lawmakers hold a key vote Tuesday on the draft law, which is expected to win approval […]
AFRICA: CARDINAL TO FAITH LEADERS – NEGOTIATE PEACE WITH TERRORISTS
FREDRICK NZWILI, of Religion News Service, reports on call from a Nigerian Catholic cardinal for a new approach to tackling the Boko Haram insurgency…