Sri Lankans urged to avoid mosques, churches amid fears of more attacks
Updated: 4pmColombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels. Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not […]
Updated: Forty-nine people confirmed killed in terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand
Last update: 7:15pmForty-nine people have been killed and more than 20 seriously injured in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand with multiple fatalities reported. Police Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed 49 people died in attacks, 41 at the Masjid Al Noor mosque, located in the city centre opposite Hagley Park, and […]
ESSAY: HOW SAFE IS YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP?
CHRISTOPHER P SCHEITLE, of West Virginia University and JEFFERY T ULMER, of Pennsylvania State University, look at what their research reveals about congregations in the US in this article first published on The Conversation…
After shuttering 700 churches, Rwanda proposes stricter clergy guidelines
RNS After closing more than 700 churches and some mosques in March, Rwandan government officials have moved to institute guidelines for how faith groups operate in the majority-Christian East African country. Rwanda’s minister in the office of the president has brought to Parliament a draft law that would require Christian and Muslim clerics to attain university education […]
POSTCARDS: SPIRITUALITY IN THE SUBURBS – THE LONDON DISTRICT UNITING FAITHS
ADELA SULIMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, on how religious communities are coming together in London’s west…