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Thousands of mosques in Xinjiang demolished in recent years

Chinese authorities have demolished thousands of mosques in Xinjiang, an Australian think tank said on September 25, in the latest report of widespread human rights abuses in the restive region. Rights groups say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking people have been incarcerated in camps across the north-western territory, with residents […]

Nigerian Christians more resilient than terrorists, advocate says

Christianity won’t be driven from Nigeria by Boko Haram and Fulani militants, says one human rights advocate. Christians make up about half the population of Nigeria, but have faced harsh persecution in recent years on multiple fronts, primarily from Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram and Muslim Fulani herdsman, who have attacked Christian villages in search […]

Salvadoran university welcomes conviction for ’89 Jesuit murders

The Jesuit-run Central American University in El Salvador welcomed the verdict of a Spanish court, which convicted a former Salvadoran colonel for the murder of five Jesuit priests in 1989. The verdict was “an extraordinary service to the truth” from a conflict in which many atrocities have gone unpunished, the university statement said. It expressed […]

Macron defends blasphemy, decries ‘Islamic separatism’

French President Emmanuel Macron criticised on September 4 what he called “Islamic separatism” in his country and those who seek French citizen-ship without accepting France’s “right to commit blasphemy.” Mr Macron defended satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that helped inspire two French-born Islamic extremists to mount a deadly January […]

Boris Johnson’s son baptised Catholic

A statement from the Archdiocese of Westminster confirmed that the baptism of Wilfred Johnson took place. “We can confirm that Wilfred Johnson was baptised in West-minster Cathedral on September 12, 2020, in a private ceremony, attended by both parents and a small number of guests, in keeping with current (Covid-19) guidelines,” said the diocese. The […]

Top Muslim Torpedoes Interfaith Dialogue

Italy’s top Muslim leader, whose organization supports Pope Francis’ pact with Islam, is causing acute embarrassment to Catholic apologists of interfaith dialogue after he insulted Jews and Christians as heretics. Yassine Baradai, national secretary of the Union of Islamic Communities of Italy (UCOII) – the largest umbrella organization of the Islamic communities in Italy – […]

Nun to head Kenyan bishops’ new national television

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has appointed a Catholic nun to set up a national Catholic television station. Sister Agnes Lucy Lando, the director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at Kenya’s Daystar University, is the coordinator and lead consultant to assist the conference to launch Ukweli Television Kenya. The Communications Authority of Kenya […]

Beijing Betrays ‘Patriotic’ Church

The communist – approved Catholic Church in China is facing persecution despite official status. Officially registered churches are harassed regardless of belonging to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), a control arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This comes from a recent report by Bitter Winter, a magazine on human rights and religious liberty […]