Tag: Islamic extremism

Kenya to force religious groups to register

January 14, 2016 Kenya Catholics, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta

The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya has condemned government plans to make it tougher for religious bodies and clerics from all faiths to operate, going so far as to claim the move was aimed at stopping the growth of evangelical churches. However, it’s locally reported that a leading (unnamed) Anglican cleric . . . Read More

2016 World Watch List drawn from world headlines

January 13, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Bibles, BJP, Boko Haram, Central Asia, Charlie Hebdo, Churches, Egypt, Hindu nationalism, India, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Kenya, Libya, Middle East, Mosul, Niger, Nigeria, Nineveh Plains, North Korea, Paris, Sub-Saharan Africa

Some of the most urgent headlines of the past 12 months, from the global spread of jihadist violence to North Korea’s test of a putative atomic weapon, intersect with an updated list of the most difficult places to live as a Christian. For the 14th straight year, North Korea is . . . Read More

Kenyan imam jailed for radicalising children

January 8, 2016 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Garissa, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mombasa

A Kenyan imam has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for radicalising children. Salim Mohamed Wabwire, who converted from Christianity to Islam, taught children that Christians should be killed, . However, Wabwire, a primary school teacher and imam at a village mosque near Mombasa, was not found guilty of . . . Read More

Australian Minister ‘confused’ over Islamic dogma

January 5, 2016 Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Islamic extremism, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Quran, Saudi Arabia

A claim by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Australia’s Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs, that Islam has no overarching authority has been . Responding to Fierravanti-Wells’ article in ‘The Australian’, “We need mellow Muslims and moderate imams”, in which she asserts that “there is no overarching authority to establish or forbid religious practices . . . Read More

Somalia, Brunei ban Christmas

December 23, 2015 Africa, African Union, Brunei, Christmas, Islamic extremism, Somalia

Somalia has banned the celebration of Christmas – for the first time since the last central government collapsed in 1991. “We alert fellow Muslims in Somalia that some festivities to mark Christian Days will take place around the world in this week,” Sheikh Ali Dhere told a press conference. “It . . . Read More

Muslims defend Christians from Islamist attack

December 21, 2015 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Mandera, Nairobi, Somalia

Kenyan Muslims defended Christians during an attack by Islamist gunmen on a bus near the Somali border, the . A local governor told Kenyan media Muslims had told the attackers to “kill them together or leave them alone”. At least two people were killed in the attack, however, near the . . . Read More

Northern Nigerians ‘created Boko Haram’

December 2, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Islamic extremism, Nigeria, Sharia

A Nigerian bishop has accused northern Nigerian leaders of paving the way for Boko Haram. At a conference organised by the Islamic Welfare Foundation at the Fountain University in Osogbo, Osun State, the Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, said “a hypocritical elite … laid the foundation for what is . . . Read More

More attacks on Christianity in Bangladesh

December 1, 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Rangpur

Bangladesh continues to see a rise in attacks and intimidation against those connected with Christianity, according to sources close to World Watch Monitor. On 25 November in southern Bangladesh, two young men viciously attacked Alok Sen, the general secretary of an interfaith committee that represents Christian, Hindu and Buddhist communities. . . . Read More

Attacks on Christians in Bangladesh escalate

November 24, 2015 Bangladesh Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamic extremism, Islamic State

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the in Bangladesh on Fr. Piero Arolari, the Italian Catholic priest who survived being shot by three men on motorcycles as he cycled to work, . “Security detachments of soldiers of the caliphate in Bangladesh carried out some unique operations [including] … targeting the . . . Read More

Boko Haram ‘more deadly terror group’ in 2014 than IS

November 20, 2015 Adamawa, Bauchi, Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Denmark, Education, Gombe, Hamas, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Israel, Kano, Lake Chad, London, Maiduguri, Middle East, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger, Nigeria, Paris, Quran, Terrorism, UN

Boko Haram was the world’s deadliest terror group in 2014, ahead of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, according to a report released on 18 Nov. by the Institute of Economics & Peace. It was responsible for 6,664 deaths in 2014, more than any other terrorist group in the world, according to the Global . . . Read More

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