Tag: Islamic extremism

Nigeria: Seminary attacked, priest shot for ‘asking herdsmen to stop invading our school’

May 29, 2018 Nigeria Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

Armed men, believed to be Fulani herdsmen, yesterday (28 May) attacked a Catholic boys’ secondary boarding school in Jalingo, capital of the Nigerian central state of Taraba. A priest was shot in the leg, while valuables worth thousands of dollars were destroyed, ‘This Day Live’ reported. The priest, named as . . . Read More

Philippines: Marawi, a year after Islamist siege, 50,000 still in temporary shelter

May 23, 2018 Philippines Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Marawi, Maute, Mindanao, Philippines

Street in battle-scarred Marawi in a still taken from a video.

People in the battle-scarred Southern Philippines city of Marawi are trying to rebuild their homes and lives one year after the place was stormed by Islamist militants. On 23 May 2017, militants belonging to the Maute group, an affiliate of Islamic State, took over Marawi. In what followed, five . . . Read More

Indonesia: death toll of Surabaya Christians confirmed at 12

May 22, 2018 Indonesia Indonesia, Islamic extremism, Surabaya

One week on from the suicide bombings of three churches in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, the number of dead has been confirmed at 18. This includes the six bombers, who were all members of the same family. Among the Christian victims were two young brothers, Vincentius Evan Hudojo, 11, . . . Read More

Chechnya: Seven killed in Orthodox church attack

May 21, 2018 Russia Caucasus, Central Asia, Chechnya, Grozny, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church

The Archangel Michael Orthodox Church in the center of Grozny. (Photo: Vladimir Varfolomeev via Flickr; CC 2.0)

Seven people were killed in an attack on a church in Chechnya on Saturday (19 May) that was claimed by Islamic State, local sources told World Watch Monitor. The victims included two police officers who were guarding the church, all four militants and one churchgoer, World Watch Monitor was told. . . . Read More

Egypt: Coptic mother recalls Minya bus attack that killed her son

May 18, 2018 Egypt Beni Suef, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Minya

26 May 2018 will mark the first anniversary of the attack on two buses carrying Coptic Christians on their way to St. Samuel’s Monastery to celebrate Ascension Day*. The convoy was stopped at 9.30am on a remote desert road, close to the border between the Minya and Beni Suef provinces, by masked . . . Read More

Indonesia: Death toll ‘unimaginable’ if bomb had exploded inside church

May 18, 2018 Indonesia Churches, Indonesia, Islamic extremism, JAD, Surabaya

The leader of the Indonesian church most badly damaged by the suicide bombing attacks last Sunday, 13 May, has said he “can’t imagine” how much greater the damage could have been had the attacker detonated the bomb inside the church. Rev. Yonathan Budiantoro of Surabaya Pentecostal Church, told the Christian . . . Read More

Philippines: Marawi Catholics accompany Muslims in Ramadan fast

May 15, 2018 Philippines Catholics, Islamic extremism, Marawi, Mindanao, Philippines, Ramadan

Catholic and Muslim residents of the battle-scarred city of Marawi, in the southern Philippines, started the Islamic month of fasting together this week, as part of a local tradition dating back almost 40 years. As Ramadan began on 13 May, Christian families were encouraged to “accompany their Muslim neighbours in . . . Read More

Indonesia bombings ‘did not come as a surprise’

May 14, 2018 Indonesia Indonesia, Islamic extremism, JAD, Java, Joko Widodo, Nahdlatul Ulama, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Surabaya

As details emerge of the shocking tactics used in the two sets of bomb attacks in Indonesia over the last 48 hours, a regional analyst has said he was not surprised by the apparent Islamist motive. “Just a few weeks before the attacks, the government published a study, according to . . . Read More

New promise that bodies of 21 beheaded Christians will be returned to families

May 11, 2018 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Libya, Minya, Samalut

For the third time since February, the families of the 20 Egyptian Copts and one Ghanaian Christian beheaded three years ago in Libya by IS have been promised the imminent return of their loved ones’ remains. The head of investigations at the Libyan Attorney General’s Office, Siddiq Assour, ordered on . . . Read More

Nigeria: Fulani herdsmen conflict has growing religious dimension – BBC

May 11, 2018 Nigeria Abuja, Benue, Boko Haram, Borno, Christian Association of Nigeria, Donald Trump, Fulani herdsmen, Islamic extremism, Maiduguri, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Sahel, West Africa

Following the shooting dead of two Catholic priests and over a dozen parishioners at a church in Nigeria’s Middle Belt last month, the BBC has visited the village and spoken to survivors. Fr. Joseph Gor and Fr. Felix Tyolaha were killed during the morning Mass at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, in . . . Read More

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