Tag: Ramadan

Coptic boys on bail, anti-Islam charges pending

June 18, 2015 Egypt Al-Azhar, Blasphemy, Copts, Gad Younan, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Muslim Brotherhood, Ramadan

The last of four Egyptian boys accused of having “offended” Islam has been released on bail while trial is expected to continue after the Muslim month of Ramadan. The 17-year-old student from Upper Egypt was released after 62 days in prison, subject to the payment of 10,000 Egyptian pounds, equivalent . . . Read More

Cameroon pastor among 25 killed as Deputy Prime Minister’s wife kidnapped

August 4, 2014 Cameroon Adamawa, Boko Haram, Cameroon, Chad, Far North, Kidnapping, Maroua, Nigeria, Ramadan, Yaoundé

At least 25 people were killed in Cameroon, among them a church leader, as militants carried out two attacks in the far north of Cameroon at the end of July. In one attack in the town of Kolofata, the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister and her maid were kidnapped, . . . Read More

Two Finnish Christian aid workers killed in Afghanistan

July 25, 2014 Afghanistan Afghanistan, Badakhshan, Elections, Hamid Karzai, Herat, Kabul, Ramadan, Takhar, Taliban

Two Finnish women working for a Christian aid charity have been killed by gunmen in Herat, Afghanistan; both had worked in Afghanistan for 16 years, having arrived there together in March 1997. Two men, travelling by motorcycle, shot two women, who worked for the International Assistance Mission, IAM – while . . . Read More

Ramadan adds extra pressure for N. African Christians

July 2, 2014 Algeria Algeria, Algiers, Berbers, Hijab, Kabylie, Morocco, Ramadan, Sharia

In the name of all beliefs’ – a flyer for rallies this week in Algeria.World Watch Monitor In about 50 countries across the world, some 1.6 billion Muslims have begun fasting from sunrise to sunset for the 30 days of Ramadan. It occurs every year during the ninth month . . . Read More

Algerian Christian refused burial in public cemetery

February 5, 2014 Algeria Bejaia, Burial, Islamic extremism, Kabylie, Ramadan, Tizi Ouzou

A Christian family in Algeria has been refused permission to bury their son in the local public cemetery because he was not a Muslim. “The leaders of the mosque demanded that I would have to follow Islamic burial rites if I was to bury my son in the cemetery,” said . . . Read More

Algerians stage picnics in protest against ‘forced’ fasting

August 6, 2013 Algeria Algeria, Bejaia, Islamic extremism, Kabylie, Ramadan

A march of protest followed the the picnic in Aokas, near Béjaïa. The sign translates: ‘Stop Salafists and Wahabites’, two Islamist groups.World Watch Monitor Around 200 people ate together at a public lunch in the city of Tizi Ouzou on Saturday (Aug 3) to protest against the “persecution of . . . Read More

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