A new report shows more countries saw spikes in religious hostility by individuals and groups in 2023, the last year for which data is available — with the rise attributable in part to harassment of religious minorities and the ongoing impact of the Israel-Hamas war.
The five-alarm fire injured more than 60 others, with dozens going to hospitals in critical condition.
The author quotes extensively from contemporary Christian and Muslim chroniclers. The reader gets to know what each side thought of the other as well as the rivalries among themselves.
Catholic leaders in northeastern Kenya are collecting donations to gift Muslims over Christmas season, despite attempts to ignite a rift between the two faiths.
While hundreds of vendors sold water to the thirsty, the Muslim community at the oldest mosque in Panama City gave it away for free near a banner that said, “Welcome Pilgrim Friends.”
Two diverse books challenge the stereotypes that equate Islam and violence and the the most intimate of interfaith experiences, that of marriage, family and personal religious identity.
Christian and Muslim leaders in the Central African Republic have accused foreign states of complicity in a May 1 gun and grenade attack on a Catholic Mass and announced coordinated prayers for peace and reconciliation in its churches and mosques.
The Asian church news agency ucanews.com reported the country’s Catholic bishops told the papal nuncio in June that they would prefer Pope Francis avoid mentioning the Rohingya by name.
