Tag: Islamic extremism

Sudanese ‘apostasy’ Mariam now in the US

August 4, 2014 Sudan Apostasy, Islamic extremism, Mariam Ibrahim, South Sudan, Sudan

The Sudanese death-row mother, Mariam Ibrahim, who’s been in global headlines for renouncing Islam, arrived in New Hampshire last week. She was accompanied by her two children and husband Daniel Wani, a dual US and South Sudanese citizen. The family was initially flown to Italy, where they met the Pope, . . . Read More

IS invades monastery, steals ‘everything’ from Iraqi Christians

July 22, 2014 Iraq Al-Qaeda, Alqosh, Baghdad, Batnaya, Chaldeans, Dohuk, Erbil, Genocide, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jizya, Kidnapping, Kurds, Louis Raphael I Sako, Minorities, Mosul, Qaraqosh, Sunni, Tel Kaif

After every known Christian is reported to have left Mosul, Islamic State fighters, IS, have now taken over a monastery near the largely Christian town of Qaraqosh, 32 miles southeast of Mosul. According to Agence France Presse IS expelled its three resident monks, a cleric and a few families living there, ordering . . . Read More

Uganda troops fight Al-Shabaab

July 17, 2014 Uganda Al-Shabaab, Islamic extremism, Kampala, Somalia, Uganda

As reported in our recent article, Uganda also has troops fighting Al-Shabaab in Somalia. In May, the US Embassy in Kampala warned churches that there was a credible threat against them. Now it appears as if local Muslim extremists may be exploiting regional tensions to attack their neighbours, as Uganda’s . . . Read More

Kenyan coast Christians fear for lives as local politicians appear to be linked to Al-Shabaab

July 17, 2014 Kenya Al-Shabaab, Catholics, Islamic extremism, Kenya, Lamu, Mandera, Mombasa, Mpeketoni, Nairobi, Somalia, Tana River, Uhuru Kenyatta, Wajir, Westgate

After at least 65 people were killed a month ago on June 15 in the predominantly Christian town of Mpeketoni, 40km inland from Kenya’s mainly Muslim coastal strip, attacks in the area have continued. Now residents are sleeping in a nearby prison because they are scared to stay at home. . . . Read More

Chibok, 3 months later

July 14, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, EYN, Islamic extremism, Jama'atu Nasril Islam, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Samuel Dali, Stephen Davis, Sultan of Sokoto

Three months to the day after more than 200 teenage girls were kidnapped from their school in northeast Nigeria, headlines have been dominated by the visit of another teenager, 17 year old Pakistani Malala Yusufzai, to some of the missing girls’ families and the Nigerian President. But there is no . . . Read More

The rise of political Islam in Europe

July 9, 2014 Egypt, Europe, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Syria, Tony Blair

After the allegations of Islamists infiltrating British education in schools earlier this year. An emergency report was commissioned, “Operation Trojan Horse,” to investigate practices at 21 schools in Birmingham, including Park View (pictured). SWNS There are increasing fears that European-born young men who go to Syria will get caught . . . Read More

The rise of political Islam in Europe

July 9, 2014 Egypt, Europe, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Syria, UK

Analysis: Why jihad is not as big a threat as creeping ‘participation’ There are increasing fears that European-born young men who go to Syria will get caught up in the fight of radical Islamic extremists to establish an Islamic Sharia-based state across Syria and Iraq, and then return to their . . . Read More

Ethiopian wife killed for Christian conversion

June 26, 2014 Ethiopia Boreda, Converts, Ethiopia, Islamic extremism

Maria Yusuf, from Boreda, Ethiopia, was killed after her husband beat her for her refusal to recant her Christian faith on 22 June. Yusuf was a Muslim when she married but became a Christian two years ago – converts from Islam are often placed under tremendous pressure to return. A . . . Read More

Malaysia refuses Church right to appeal ban on use of ‘Allah’

June 25, 2014 Malaysia 'Allah', Hudud, Islamic extremism, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Najib Razak, PAS, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Sharia, The Herald

Almost eight years after the Malaysian Catholic newspaper the Herald first sought to overthrow a government ban on it using the word ‘Allah’ for ‘God’ in its publication the judicial appeal process appears to have ended in failure. A federal court in Kuala Lumpur ruled on June 23 that it . . . Read More

Welby concerned by Pakistan’s blasphemy laws

June 3, 2014 Blasphemy, Islamic extremism, Justin Welby, Pakistan, Religion Law

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby expressed his concerns over daily threats Christians face from Islamist militants and the blasphemy laws at the end of a two-day visit in Pakistan. Speaking to Muslim leaders, Welby is determined to improve relations between Christians and Muslims in the West. He was also . . . Read More

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Tag: Islamic extremism

Sudanese ‘apostasy’ Mariam now in the US

IS invades monastery, steals ‘everything’ from Iraqi Christians

Uganda troops fight Al-Shabaab

Kenyan coast Christians fear for lives as local politicians appear to be linked to Al-Shabaab

Chibok, 3 months later

The rise of political Islam in Europe

The rise of political Islam in Europe

Ethiopian wife killed for Christian conversion

Malaysia refuses Church right to appeal ban on use of ‘Allah’

Welby concerned by Pakistan’s blasphemy laws

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