...al-Banna founded the Brotherhood in the 1920s by re-introducing politics to Islam, which long ago had been part of Muslim life but had been driven out during generations of European...
...which the complainant had retracted an accusation of blasphemy. The removal of charges against Patras, who spent about four months in jail before his February release, comes as Aasiya Noreen,...
...less than 1% of Algeria’s 38 million inhabitants, and often face restrictions when seeking to build new churches. The presence of Protestant Christians in Algeria dates back to the French...
Syria has been torn apart by a conflict lasting more than two years.flickr.com/freedomhouse Syrian Christians are the victims of disproportionate violence and abuse as sectarian violence continues to engulf Syria,...
...who make up nearly half of a population estimated at around 4.6 million, and Muslims, who comprise 15%. The two religious communities have coexisted previously without many problems, with a...
France has decided that an Egyptian Coptic Christian man should be returned to his native country, but the European Court of Human Rights last week asked France to reconsider. AFP...
...the Archbishop of Bambari have also been attacked, while others have been kidnapped or hunted by rebels. More than 100 of their vehicles have also been stolen, the Catholic Church...
...Mulsims have been attacked by mobs – evidence of what the Agence France-Presse news service this week characterized as “religious intolerance sweeping the country.” “In fact, President SBY did not...
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan during 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia. (Commonwealth Secretariat / Flickr / Creative Commons) A month ago, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he would...
...José Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bangassou, said rebels stole a dozen mission cars, and destroyed a number of church buildings when they entered the town. In a letter sent to...