Essay: After Christmas attacks in Plateau State, 2024 must be the year Nigeria’s nightmare ends
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, calls for action – both from Nigerian authorities and the international community – to address the ongoing “nightmare” of violence in Nigeria…
Sharing space: Muslim migrants in New York find refuge in a Nigerian church
FIONA ANDRÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on how Hosanna City of Refuge Church in Queens, New York, is helping Muslim migrants from West Africa…
Essay: Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
CHRISTINE SHEPARDSON, an historian of Roman Christianity at the University of Tennessee in the US, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the complex history of Palestinian Christians in Gaza…
Pakistan arrests 129 Muslims after mob attacks churches and homes of minority Christians
Jaranwala, Pakistan AP Police arrested more than 100 Muslims in overnight raids from an area in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of the Quran by a Christian man attacked churches and homes of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon troops to restore order, officials said Thursday. There were no […]
Muslim mob attacks three churches after accusing Christian man of desecrating Quran in eastern Pakistan
Multan, Pakistan AP Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the Quran, demolishing the man’s house, burning churches and damaging several other homes, police and local Christians said. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The scale of the violence prompted the government to deploy […]
Muslims flee Indian business hub after religious clashes, attacks
Gurugram, India Reuters Over 3,000 poor Muslims have fled a business hub outside New Delhi this month, fearing for their lives after Hindu-Muslim clashes and sporadic attacks targeting them, residents, police and a community group said. Shops and shacks owned or run by Muslims and their houses in two large slum areas were padlocked when […]
Modi’s denial of discrimination against minorities in India is a lie, activists say
Washington DC, USReuters Narendra Modi’s denial that discrimination against minorities exists in India contradicts thorough documentation by rights advocates, according to activists disappointed by President Joe Biden’s embrace of the Indian Prime Minister. Asked at a press conference with Biden on Thursday what steps he was willing to take to “improve the rights of Muslims and […]
Narendra Modi denies religious discrimination exists in India
Washington DC, USReuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied that discrimination against minorities existed under his government during a press conference with US President Joe Biden on Thursday. Rights groups and the State Department have made detailed allegations of abuses of minorities, dissidents and journalists in India. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a […]
After days of violence, Jerusalem prayers end peacefully
Jerusalem Reuters Ramadan prayers and Jewish Passover visits at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound passed without incident on Sunday, after days of tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site which led to cross-border exchanges of fire. A member of the Israeli security forces stands guard at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble […]
Israeli police clash with worshippers at Jerusalem holy site
JerusalemAP Israeli police raided Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City early Wednesday and attacked Palestinian worshippers, Palestinian media reported, raising fears of wider tension as Islamic and Jewish holidays overlap. The incidents sparked a wave of Palestinian protests, condemnations and violence. The Israeli military said sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded in Israeli communities around […]