Sudan: 'Christianisation' a problem

Ammar Saleh, the Chairman of the Islamic Centre for Preaching and Comparative Studies in Khartoum, Sudan, has called “official bodies and the community to take a stand against 'Christianisation' and find a long-term solution to the problem”. (Sudan Tribune)

Musa murder linked to Boko Haram

Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State, was shot and killed yesterday (May 14).

Musa’s murder came on the day President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. Various reports in the region have linked the murder to Boko Haram.

Another thumbs-down for SBY 'statesman' award

Add another human-rights watchdog group to the list disapproving of the decision by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation to bestow its 2013 "World Statesman Award" to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, widely known as SBY.

The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network, or ETAN, has launched an online petition urging the New York-based foundation to rescind its award, scheduled to be presented May 30. Earlier this month the Clergy Forum of Jakarta, Banten and West Java tried, unsuccessfully, to deliver a letter of protest to the U.S. embassy in Jakarta. The two groups claim Yudhoyono has rolled back religious freedom since he took office in 2004.

ETAN promises a "protest at award ceremony in NYC" if the foundation follows through with the award to SBY.