Tag: Nigeria
Ecumenical Patriarch’s Statement condemning religious violence in Northern Africa
May 2014 The Ecumenical Patriarchate has witnessed with great pain and distress the recent manifestations of religious violence against women in Northern Africa, which have ... Read More
Easter: A Time of Joy, But Also Danger for Persecuted Christians
By April Thompson http://www.commdiginews.com - 20/4/14 DALLAS -- This year the liturgical calendars of the Eastern and Western churches coincide, and all of Christendom will celebrate ... Read More
Jizya-Vigilantes Target Christian Minorities
Raymond Ibrahim - 14/3/14 In the al-Nafura region of Asyut, Egypt, an increasingly common scene took place earlier this month. Isaac Eli—a Coptic Christian—was abducted under ... Read More
Terrorists Slaughter Dozens of Nigeria Villagers
18/2/14 Islamic terrorists murdered dozens of villagers in a northeastern state in Nigeria Sunday. They chanted “Allah is great” as they murdered an estimated 63 ... Read More
Bartholomew I: Peace in Syria and throughout the world
NAT da Polis 17/8/2012 The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is concerned about the situation in the country and the fate of the Syrian Christian community. ... Read More
Christians “will not know peace again” if they do not accept Islam – the Boko Haram
Ahmed Saka 11/7/2012 A radical militant sect has claimed responsibility for weekend attacks that have killed at least 58 people including two lawmakers in central ... Read More
Lagos governor urges closer religion-state links
22/2/2012 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday advocated the deepening of relationship between governments and religious bodies as means to provide solution to ... Read More
As religion grows, so does inter-faith conflicts in Africa
Isaac Mwangi is the immediate former chief sub-editor of the The EastAfrican E-mail:isaacmmwangi@gmail.com 19/2/2012 With both Muslim and Christian populations in sub-Saharan Africa growing rapidly, ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill urges Nigerian govt to resolutely crack down on terror
Moscow, January 4, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent condolences to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan following the death of dozens ... Read More
Islamofascism And The War on Nigeria’s Christians
12/27/2011 Islamofascism: Scores of Christians attending Catholic mass in Nigerian churches were slaughtered in their pews by massive bomb blasts on Christmas Day. While decried ... Read More
Christmas Day terrorist attacks kill Nigerian Christians
Jim Kouri, Law Enforcement Examiner 25/12/2011 Islamic terrorists detonated bombs throughout Nigeria on Christmas Day targeting Christian churches that were celebrating the birth of Jesus ... Read More
At Least 45 Christians Killed in Plateau State, Nigeria
28/11/2011 Ethnic Fulanis crying ‘Allahu akbar!’ attack church, communities. BARKIN LADI, Nigeria, November 28 (CDN) — Fulani Muslim herdsmen along with Muslim soldiers have killed ... Read More
Muslim group condemns Egypt terror Atrocity
4/1/2011 A religious group based in Leicester has denounced a terrorist attack in Egypt which killed 21 people. The Federation of Muslim Organisations said it ... Read More