The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) is working to defuse tensions between Christians and Muslims here, providing a forum since 1999 to enhance dialogue between the two groups. Through the past two decades, the interfaith group has responded to crises that have wracked…
Russian court jails Jehovah’s Witness for practising banned faith
LA Russian court has sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness on Tuesday to six years in prison for practising his faith, which is banned in the country, the organisation and local media reported. The Christian faith, which does not observe many traditional…
How Africa is transforming the Catholic Church
Pope Francis began a three-nation Africa tour last week, and for good reason. Africa has the fastest-growing Catholic population on the planet, which is projected to reach nearly 350 million by 2050. As Francis reaches out to this growing population…
As Boko Haram’s reign of terror continues in Nigeria, the Christian faith persists
“The faith of the faithful is becoming stronger,” even after 10 years in which 40,000 people have died and two million have been left homeless. It has been 10 years since Boko Haram began its reign of terror in northeastern…
Sudan’s persecuted Christians eye long-sought freedom
Sudan’s Christians suffered decades of persecution under the regime of Islamist general Omar al-Bashir. Now they hope his downfall will give the religious freedom they have long prayed for. Deep within the maze of dusty alleys that honeycomb Omdurman, Khartoum’s…
A Question Of Faith
In November 2018, a trailer was released in the Nollywood film space, a character played by Zainab Balogun parks her car on 3rd mainland bridge, climbs over the rail and then lets gravity do its thing. It stirred debates in…
Islam and feminism are not mutually exclusive, and faith can be an important liberator
Islam is not unique in having theological interpretations that centre on men. Christian, Jewish and Buddhist women (and men) have grappled with the overt and covert sexism within their own sacred texts and traditions in numerous ways. This is because…
Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion
Major art museums have realized there is much to learn from clothing that is both religiously coded and fashion forward. Earlier this year the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a fashion exhibition inspired by the Catholic faith titled “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion…
10 Christians Are Dying Every Day for Their Faith in Nigeria
Life has become increasingly difficult for Christians in Nigeria, as persecution continues to rise and an average of ten Christians are dying for their faith every day. 91 million Christians live in Africa’s most populous nation, but many of them…
Has Kanye Lost His Jesus Complex and Found Christ?
It’s been 15 years since Christianity Today reviewed Kanye West’s debut album, The College Dropout—quoting verses from “Jesus Walks” and other God-tinged tracks, while warning that the release overall is “far from pious, with an array of expletives and lyrical undesirables.” “One…