Tag: Islam

Pakistan hangs bodyguard who killed ex-governor

Originally published in Fox News Pakistan on Monday (February 29, 2016) hanged the convicted killer of a former governor, shot in 2011 by his bodyguard who accused him of blasphemy, officials said. The execution triggered protests in several cities denouncing the hanging after some religious and political leaders, as well […]

76 starving Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian military

Originally published in Fox News Dozens of emaciated-looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defence fighter said on Wednesday (March 2, 2016). Seventy-six people including children and women gave themselves up to soldiers last Saturday in Gwoza, about 96km southeast […]

Bold Christian woman interrupts Muslim prayer service led by SA Ambassador in historic US cathedral

A lone Christian woman protester was evicted from a controversial Muslim prayer service led by South African Ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool in the Washington National Cathedral on Friday (November 14). The woman, Christine Weick, 50, who slipped through tight security at the by-invitation-only service organised by Rasool […]