Articles
Friday, 04 August 2023 05:58
Kazakhstan: Points for prayer
Some say ‘to be a Kazakh is to be a Muslim’. Most Kazakhs follow a version of Islam influenced by shamans and indigenous practices. Other Muslim countries send Muslim missionaries to Kazakhstan, successfully converting even ethnic…
Friday, 04 August 2023 05:57
USA: Parents refused funds for religious schools
Six Jewish parents and two Jewish schools are suing the California Department of Education over their refusal to allow families whose children have special needs to use federal and state funds designated for such students to…
Friday, 04 August 2023 05:55
Sudan: Sinking deeper into civil war
The International Criminal Court has opened another war crimes probe after three months of war between feuding generals. 87 bodies were buried in a mass grave by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group prompting a…
Friday, 04 August 2023 05:53
Iran: Hijab enforcement tensions
The Iranian authorities are doubling down on policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying the return of the morality law which insists women and girls wear headscarves in public with police patrols enforcing…
Friday, 04 August 2023 05:52
Nigeria: Bishop dismissed Islamising fears
Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, Bishop Kukah of Sokoto, who criticised previous governments’ failure to curb extremist violence and protect Christians, welcomed the new president, Bola Tinubu, and vice-president, Kashim Mustapha, despite fears…
Friday, 04 August 2023 05:46
Ukraine: War coming back to Russia
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned war is coming back to Russia after drone attacks on the capital Moscow. Mr Zelensky said attacks on Russian territory were an ‘inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process’ of the…