A growing wave of blasphemy attacks by Islamic extremists in Nigeria has stirred anger and threatened to divide Africa’s most populous nation. Two gruesome mob lynchings over alleged blasphemy on May 12 and June 4 have roiled the country and stirred calls for global action. Close to one dozen people have been killed for alleged…
Seeing Islam in a New Light?
Commentary To say that Christians and Muslims have enjoyed a love-hate relationship over the centuries would, sadly, be a gross misstatement. If it were true, it would be a reasonably wholesome thing, for at least it would imply openness to mutual understanding and acceptance, a willingness to try and admire each other in theory, even…
Global Imams Council Bans Muslims From Attending Beijing Winter Olympics
January 4, 2022
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The Global Imams Council (GIC) of Muslim faith leaders on Dec. 30 banned followers of Islam from participating in and attending the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing the oppression of Uyghurs in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. The GIC is the world’s first and largest transnational non-governmental body of Muslim religious leaders from all Islamic denominations and…
1 Dead and 4 Injured After Gunman Opens Fire at Holy Site in Jerusalem
One person has died and four others have been injured at a holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City following an attack by a Palestinian gunman on Sunday, according to multiple reports. The shooting occurred near an entrance to the contested flashpoint area known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Violence has previously…
Supreme Court Considers State-Secrets Privilege in Muslims’ Surveillance Lawsuit Against FBI
An appeals court was wrong to allow a lawsuit to proceed against the FBI based on a claim that it discriminated against Muslims by targeting them in a counterterrorism investigation, the Biden administration told the Supreme Court Nov. 8. The case is FBI v. Fazaga, court file 20-828. Former Imam Yassir Fazaga and two other…
Sectarian Violence in Nigeria Takes a New Turn, as Christians Storm Muslim Town
Gunmen of a Christian tribe attacked an all-Muslim Nigerian town early Aug. 7, leaving 9 persons dead, several houses burned, and town leaders fuming at authorities. The attack marked a new development in the ongoing strife in Nigeria, with Christians going on the offensive against Muslims. For months, the tribe of the Atyap people in…
Supreme Court Takes up Case About FBI Sting Operation Targeting California Mosques
June 7, 2021
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ (FBI) petition to review whether it was lawful for the federal agency to infiltrate and collect information from a dozen mosques in Southern California over a decade ago. The case was filed by the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union…
‘Dark Day:’ Police Say Five Pedestrians Run Down in London, Ont., Targeted as Muslims
LONDON, Ont.—A family of five Muslims out for an evening early summer stroll were mowed down by a driver in an “act of mass murder,” the mayor of London, Ont., said on Monday. The horrific incident on Sunday evening left four of them dead and a boy with serious injuries, police said. “Words fail on…
France Stands at Crossroads, as Members of Military Demand Action
Commentary In 1971, first-time novelist Frederick Forsyth, a former RAF pilot, journalist, and war correspondent, published “The Day of the Jackal,” a grippingly realistic thriller about an anonymous hired assassin known only as the Jackal, who very nearly assassinates French president Charles de Gaulle in revenge for his abandonment of France’s long-time colony of Algeria…
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