South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Sowetan Live Samantha Lewthwaite, nicknamed the ‘White Widow’, one of Britain’s most wanted people has reportedly been shot and killed in Ukraine. The Regnum News Agency in Russia claimed that the 30-year-old British Jihadi was gunned down two weeks ago in Ukraine by a Russian sniper, however […]
Originally published in Christianity Today A woman kidnapped a year ago has been identified as one of the American hostages being held by the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. IS demanded $6.6 million and the release of a Pakistani prisoner being held […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has declared an “Islamic Caliphate” in the predominantly Christian town of Gwoza, which it seized earlier in August and slaughtered over 100 civilians. “Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in (the town of) Gwoza and […]
Originally published in Christian Today The parents of murdered photojournalist James Foley expressed pride in their son and faith in the Lord’s will in a statement to reporters on Wednesday (August 20, 2014). A graphic video of the kidnapped American’s death was released online by the Islamic State (IS) on […]
Originally pubished in Fox News Shamal Ahmad Tofiq was a fun-loving barber from the northern Iraqi town of Said Sada who liked women and a party – before he left his small hometown to find himself in Europe. Now he is back, and, as a fast-rising member of Islamic State, […]
The African National Congress’s complacency on Islamic extremist terrorism around the world poses a threat to the future of religious freedom in South Africa, African Christian Democratic Party MP and Whip, Cheryllyn Dudley told Parliament yesterday (Wednesday, August 20, 2014). Speaking in the Debate on National Women’s Day, she called […]
Originally published in The Telegraph Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman released from prison on Monday after worldwide protests at her death sentence for apostasy, has been rearrested with her husband at Khartoum airport after less than 24 hours of freedom. The 27-year-old was arrested along with her American husband, Daniel […]
Originally published in Assist News Yesterday (Monday, June 23, 2014), finally came the news that many around the world had prayed for -– that Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, the young mother, sentenced to death by a Sudanese court for her refusal to renounce her Christian faith — was released along with […]
Originally published in ecna.com Veteran athlete Zola Budd says she will dedicate her Comrades Marathon run to Pierre Korkie, who coached her in the late 1990s. She will run the ultra-marathon on Sunday with a yellow ribbon to honour the former Bloemfontein teacher who has been held by […]
By INcontext Ministries On 14 April, the Islamic militant group Boko Haram stormed an all-girls secondary school in the village of Chibok in Nigeria’s Borno state, taking hundreds of young women with them asthey disappeared into a remote area along the border with Cameroon. The kidnapping occurred on the same […]