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September 06, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy: Kenya church attacks are latest sign of tension between Christians, Muslims
On the Sunday morning after their church was attacked, forcing their pastor, his injured wife and their daughter to flee, a handful of the curious and devout shuffled through the ring of police outside, through the smoke-stained entrance and gingerly around shards of glass to take seats inside.
August 31, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Africa beer sales surge despite church and mosque
Beer sales in Africa are surging because of economic and population growth, a trend rubbing against the grain of another demographic factor defining the region: intense religiosity.
August 29, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Frustrated by lack of protection, Kenyan churches sue government
In the wake of the torching of churches in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa and grenade attacks on other churches around the country, Protestant leaders are trying a new tack to get more help from the government: they're suing.
August 26, 2012 - The Miami Herald
Miami Herald: Spiritual journeys
In troubled times, many people turn to their faith, which may explain why faith-based travel has been gaining momentum in recent years.
August 22, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: RPT-Militant S. Africa union marches with Bible, witchcraft
Its leaders call themselves devout Christians and say life is sacred. But its supporters march with spears, machetes and clubs and anoint themselves with magic potions to ward off police bullets.
August 01, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Jews, Sikhs, Hindus root for fellow believers in Olympics
Americans cheered when Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass., won a gold medal on Tuesday (July 31) in the women's all-around gymnastics competition, but at least some American Jews likely cheered a little louder.
July 14, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Sect attack claim complicates Nigeria crisis
Christians and Muslims have clashed for years in central Nigeria, a conflict that took an unexpected turn when Islamist insurgents based in the northeast claimed responsibility for deadly weekend raids on Christian villages.
July 10, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: After attacks, Kenyan Muslims guard Christian churches
In Kenya, attacks on Christian churches in the Muslim-majority town of Garissa killed 17 people July 1. Now, local Muslim leaders are patrolling to help protect the churches.
July 02, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Mali Islamists exert control, attacking door to a mosque
Islamists who have taken control of one of Africa's most historic cities, Timbuktu, smashed the wooden door of an old mosque on Monday, continuing a campaign of destruction of religious monuments that has drawn condemnation from the United Nations and the International Criminal Court.
June 26, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Thousands flee Mali's deadly crossfire
IT was dusk when the gunmen came to Rouki's village in northern Mali and killed her eight-year-old son, Bashir.
June 17, 2012 - Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Christians retaliate after three more churches bombed in Nigeria
Suspected Islamic militants bombed worshipers at three Christian churches on Sunday in northern Nigeria, killing some 23 people.
June 17, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: 21 killed in more attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria, worsening religious tensions
Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians.
June 11, 2012 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: At meeting in St. Louis, Catholic theologians defend one of their own
The head of the Jesuit order in East Africa explained to other theologians gathered here last week that a simple gesture had different meanings in different cultures.
June 04, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Nigeria's Boko Haram a holy war? Maybe not entirely
Nigerian Roman Catholic Archbishop John Onaiyekan, on a visit to Kenya, said the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency is as rooted in bad governance as much as in its push for Islamic sharia law.
May 30, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Liberia proves the power of prayer
Sometimes there is an opportunity to document that the power of God is real.
May 22, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Somalia, African Union forces attack Islamist-held camp
A major offensive aimed at clearing Somalia’s Al Qaeda-allied Islamist army from the world’s largest camp for displaced people began Tuesday, amid fears that civilians could end up in the firing line.
May 21, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Mixed reactions over Malawi's plan to repeal anti-gay law
Malawi's President Joyce Banda has announced her intention to repeal a number of laws that have made Malawi into a pariah state, from its ban on homosexuality to broad police powers of search and arrest, to a law that allows cabinet ministers to shut down newspapers.
May 02, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: In N. Mali, Islamists flex muscles, banning booze, uncovered women and whipping violators
In one town in northern Mali a man has been whipped for drinking alcohol.
April 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Nigeria journalists become target of radical sect
Nigeria journalists, already the targets of threats and bribes, face a new danger after a radical Islamist sect bombed the offices of a major newspaper in the country and vowed to "hit the media hard" in Africa's most populous nation.
April 14, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Giving divorce a bad name
THE cold war between Africa’s newest neighbours is heating up.
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