FAITH AND THE DEAF: AT GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY, DEAF CULTURE AND FAITH MIX TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports…
News coverage of Muslims is more negative than of other minority groups, says report
RNS A new study of how the media covers minorities in the United States finds that depictions of Muslims in the news remain by far the most frequent and the most negative. “Muslims are just way down there in comparison to the other groups,” said Erik Bleich, director of the Media Portrayals of Minorities Project […]
Indian police rescue suspected Rohingya victims of trafficking
New DelhiThomson Reuters Foundation A dozen Rohingya refugees, including teenagers, have been rescued from a suspected human trafficking operation, police in India said on Monday, after the group entered the country from Bangladesh without valid travel documents. Acting on a tip-off from local charities, police in the north-eastern state of Mizoram raided the house of […]
Herdsmen mount another slaughter of Christians in Benue State, Nigeria
Morning Star News Still shocked over a deadly attack on a Catholic congregation on Tuesday, Christians in Nigeria’s Benue state yesterday suffered another onslaught by Muslim Fulani herdsmen that reportedly left at least 39 people dead. More than 160 houses also were reported to have been set ablaze in heavily armed attacks that began late […]
Major faiths reject use of religious identity for political gain ahead of Indian election
World Watch Monitor Leaders of six major faiths have issued a joint call condemning the use of religion for political ends, ahead of India’s 2019 general election. Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Muslim and Sikh leaders met in the western state of Goa on 5th April to discuss rising communal tensions in several areas of the […]
Christians join with Muslims in praying for peace on Pakistan’s national day
Christian and Muslim leaders joined in reflection and prayer at a meeting to mark Pakistan’s national day on 23rd March, reports Agenzia Fides. The Catholic news agency reported that the meeting, organised by a Catholic Church commission and presided over by the Archbishop of Lahore, Sebastian Francis Shaw, saw participants praying for and committing themselves […]
Pastor, other Christians slain in attacks in north-east Nigeria
Morning Star News Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen in northeast Nigeria killed a pastor and 19 other Christians on 27th February in apparent retaliation for attacks by ethnic Bachama militia on Fulani families, sources said. Rev Haruna Enoch was killed along with the others in herdsmen attacks on four predominantly Christian areas in the Numan and […]
Pakistani Christian says daughter, 12, abducted, forced to convert to Islam and marry
World Watch Monitor A 12-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who disappeared in November, was abducted, forced to convert to Islam and marry her abductor, according to her father. Elisha, daughter of Iqbal Masih, appeared in the High Court in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, on Thursday, where she introduced herself by a new Muslim name but told the […]
REFUGEES: LIKE “WALKING THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL” – CALLS GROW FOR URGENT ACTION ON THE ROHINGYA CRISIS
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Tim Costello, World Vision Australia’s chief advocate, about his recent visit to the world’s fasting growing refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh…
LIFESTORY: HOW ONE NIGERIAN EVANGELIST ENDURES PERSECUTION AS A “LIFESTYLE”, PART II
In the second part of a two part article, Nigerian evangelist Habibu Adam Mohammed talks to Morning Star News about the impact his conversion to Christianity had in his relationship with his family, how God has provided him with a new ‘family’ and his messages for both the persecuted church – and their persecutors…