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Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Asmaa Waguih, Ulf Laessing - Apr. 07 (News Report) - Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on Saturday, in some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt for months. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hardline Islamists repressed under his rule. ...

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Lowe's pulls ads from TV show about U.S. Muslims

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Associated Press - Dec. 12 (News Report) - A decision by retail giant Lowe's Cos. to pull ads from a reality show about American Muslims after protests from an evangelical Christian group has sparked criticism and calls for a boycott against the chain of home-improvement stores.

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Lawyer: Norway Suspect Wanted A Revolution : NPR

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - Jul. 24 (News Report) - The man blamed for attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat that left at least 93 dead said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday. A manifesto he published online, which police are poring over and said was posted the day of the attack, ranted against Muslim immigration to Europe and vowed revenge on "indigenous Europeans," whom he accused of betraying their heritage. It added that they would be punished for their "treasonous acts." "The calculated cynicism in it is really staggering," Goran Skaalmo, an investigative reporter in Norway, told NPR's Linda Wertheimer. "He calls the operation in Oslo the 'ultimate love gift' at one time. He says in the foreword that to put this whole work together has cost him 370,000 euros. Also, he sees himself as a European hero."

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Phone hacking also rife under Piers Morgan at Mirror, claims ex-reporter

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Jul. 23 (News Report) - James Hipwell, who worked as a financial journalist under the editorship of Piers Morgan, said the practice was "seen as a bit of a wheeze" and offered to give evidence to the public inquiry into hacking ordered by David Cameron. Hacking also took place

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Norway attacks: Suspect identified and at least 91 dead in bombing, shootings

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Jul. 23 (News Report) - A man believed to be the gunman in a mass shooting on Norway's Utoya island Friday is also suspected in an explosion in Oslo earlier Friday, police said during a press conference Saturday.

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South Sudan, world's newest nation, is instantly one of the most troubled

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - Jul. 10 (News) - Africa's longest civil war gives birth to South Sudan, a country about the size of France that has broken away from its bitter antagonist to the north. Heads of state gather for a euphoric celebration in the fledgling capital of Juba, but poverty, corruption and questions about its leadership already plague the new nation.The countdown clock ran out, the flag ascended over the fledgling capital and a new nation born from Africa's longest civil war and the deaths of 2 million people joined the world Saturday.

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Apocalypse not now: Rapture fails to happen

Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By David Batty - May. 21 (News) - Christian doomsday prophet Harold Camping looks likely to be less than rapturous after his prediction that the world would end on Saturday failed to materialise. The 89-year-old Californian preacher had prophesied that the Rapture would begin at 6pm in each of the world's time zones, with those "saved" by Jesus ascending to heaven and the non-believers being wiped out by an earthquake rolling from city to city across the planet. But as the deadline for the Apocalpyse passed in the Pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia, it became apparent that Camping's prediction of the end of the world was to end not with a bang but with a whimper. Only on Twitter did the supposed armageddon sweep the world, with users expressing their mock disappointment at the lack of dead people rising from their graves. New Zealander Daniel Boerman tweeted : "I'm from New Zealand, it is 6:06PM, the world has NOT ...

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Egypt Christian protest attacked

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 15 (News Report) - 15 May 2011 Last updated at 04:33 ET There are growing fears for law and order in Egypt At least seven people have been injured in clashes at a Christian protest site in central Cairo, officials say. The demonstrators outside Egypt's state TV building we

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12 dead in Egypt as Christians and Muslims clash

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londono - May. 08 (News) - Clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in a Cairo suburb left 12 people dead, dozens wounded and a church charred in one of the most serious outbreaks of violence the country’s interim rulers have faced since taking power in February.

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Two killed, dozens hurt in third day of Afghan protests

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Apr. 04 (News) - Two policemen were killed and more than 30 people wounded in the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday during the third day of protests across Afghanistan against the burning of a Koran by a militant fundamentalist Christian U.S. pastor, officials said.

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Ten dead in Afghan Koran burning protests

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Ismail Sameem - Apr. 02 (News) - At least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said on Saturday, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the United States.

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Deadly Protests Over Koran Burning Reach Kandahar

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Taimoor Shah, Rod Nordland - Apr. 02 (News) - Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks.

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UN staff killed in Afghanistan amid protests over Qur'an burning

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Jon Boone - Apr. 02 (News Report) - Police spokesman in northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif says demonstrators killed at least eight UN employeesThe UN mission in Afghanistan has been thrown into a deep crisis after a furious mob of protesters killed and wounded a number of its staff in one of the country's most peaceful cities.One police source in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif claimed at least eight foreign UN employees were killed after a demonstration in the thriving commercial hub turned violent. Other officials reported different figures.Provincial police spokesman Sherjan Durrani said the demonstrators poured out of mosques in the city in the early afternoon, shortly after Friday prayers where worshippers had been angered by reports that a Florida pastor had burned a copy of the Qur'an.Last year Terry Jones, a US fundamentalist Christian leader, did threaten to burn copies of the Muslim holy book. He backed down after warnings that Islamic opinion around the world could be inflamed and the lives of US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq endangered.But on 21 March Wayne Sapp set light to a Qur'an with Jones standing by.Durrani said that while most protesters were peaceful, others were seeking targets to attack, including shops and the UN compound.Whatever the final death toll, the incident is seen as a disaster for the UN, coming just over a week after the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, announced that Mazar-e-Sharif would be one of the first areas of the wartorn country to be transferred from Nato to Afghan government security control.If the number of UN staff killed is high, the organisation will be obliged to consider closing down or dramatically reducing all its operations in the country – something it came perilously close to doing in late 2009 when an attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul killed five staff.The UN has already issued a "white city" order, which forces all staff in the country into lockdown in their compounds.Earlier in the day hundreds of Afghans marched on the US embassy in Kabul.In a statement the UN confirmed that some of its staff members had been killed. "The situation is still confusing and we are currently working to ascertain all the facts and take care of all our staff. The special representative of the secretary general, Staffan de Mistura, is on his way to Mazar-e-Sharif now to deal with the situation personally on the ground."AfghanistanUnited NationsUnited StatesReligionIslamChristianityJon Booneguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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"Ten Commandments Judge" Roy Moore to run for president

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Brian Montopoli - Mar. 29 (News) - Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who lost his job after erecting a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the state's courthouse, plans to announce in mid-April that he is setting up a presidential exploratory committee, an aide told CBS News.

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Supreme Court Rules For Military Funeral Protesters

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Mar. 03 (News) - Some may think their words are hateful but Wednesday the highest court in the land decided a Kansas church has every right to protest US soldiers' funerals.

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Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Defender of Mexico’s Mayans, Dies at 86

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Julia Preston - Jan. 27 (News) - During his 40 years presiding over a Roman Catholic diocese in Chiapas, Bishop Ruiz cast light on abuses suffered by the Indians and sought to bring them into the church as equals with other Mexicans.

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Lebanon's Missing

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Photography Dalia Khamissy, Production Benjamin Chesterton - Jan. 20 (Special Report) - Photographer Dalia Khamissy attempts to uncover what happened to the thousands of people who were kidnapped during the Lebanese civil war.

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Bethlehem sees record pilgrim crowd for Christmas

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Dalia Nammari - Dec. 25 (News Report) - The largest number of pilgrims in a decade gathered in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas, with tens of thousands flocking to the Church of the Nativity for prayers Saturday morning, while violence in Nigeria and the Philippines marred Christmas Day festivities.

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Pope tells Catholics in China to have courage

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Frances D'emilio - Dec. 25 (News Report) - Pope Benedict XVI urged loyal Catholics in China and Iraq to have courage in the face of persecution and limits on their religious freedom, as the largest number of pilgrims in a decade flocked to celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem.

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Xmas joy mixed with threats for Mideast Christians

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Agence France-Presse - Dec. 25 (News Report) - Christians in the Middle East prepared on Friday to celebrate Christmas, some in fear of attacks against their community, as in Iraq, and others in the most discreet way possible, as in Saudi Arabia.

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Bipartisan effort pressures White House to help save Iraqi Christians

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Hill - By Bridget Johnson - Dec. 25 (News Report) - Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are fervently pressing the White House to stem mounting attacks on Christians in Iraq.

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Iraqi forces storm church to end standoff; 37 killed

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Mohammed Tawfeeq - Nov. 01 (News) - Iraqi security forces stormed a Catholic church Sunday where gunmen suspected of having ties to al Qaeda were holding worshippers hostage, ending an hours-long standoff, police officials said Sunday.

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America's True History of Religious Tolerance

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Smithsonian Magazine - By Kenneth C. Davis - Oct. 10 (Research) - The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record.

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In Haiti, Rising Call for Displaced to Go Away

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Deborah Sontag - Oct. 05 (News) - The Church of God is planning to evict the encampment in the near future. While the church relented on a Sept. 30 deadline under pressure from humanitarian officials, it still wants its Haitian headquarters rid of a population that church officials have come to see as a freeloading nuisance. “This used to be a beautiful place, but these people are tearing up the property,” said Jim Hudson, a Church of God missionary living at the site. “They’re urinating on it. They’re bathing out in public. They’re stealing electricity. And they don’t work. They sit around all day, waiting for handouts.”

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US judge asks Vatican to serve court paper to pope

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Dinesh Ramde - Oct. 01 (News) - A federal U.S. judge is asking the Vatican to cooperate in serving the pope and two other top officials with court papers that stem from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by a priest in Wisconsin. The request is an incremental step in a lawsuit that accuses the officials of conspiring to keep the allegations against the Milwaukee priest quiet. The Vatican is not obliged to comply with the request.

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