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“No Religion” Is Now Australia’s Number One Religion

“No Religion” Is Now Australia’s Number One Religion

For the first time ever, “no religion” has overtaken any single religious denomination, toppling Catholicism as the number one religious affiliation for Australians, the latest national census released on Tuesday revealed. Australia remains a fairly religious country, with 60% of people reporting a religious affiliation. In 1966 only 0.8% of Australians ticked the box for […]

Why young South Koreans are turning away from religion

Why young South Koreans are turning away from religion

Church leaders and experts point to unemployment, the hierarchical nature of organised religion and smartphones as reasons for a waning interest in religion. Hongdae, Seoul On a warm spring Sunday morning, the rows of pews inside Seoul Cathedral Anglican Church were nearly full with congregants singing a traditional hymn accompanied by a blaring organ. Among […]

Violence Hits Central African Republic Ahead of Pope Francis’ Visit

Violence Hits Central African Republic Ahead of Pope Francis’ Visit

Around a dozen people died in clashes mostly between Muslim rebels and Christian groups in the Central African Republic in the past few days, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said two weeks ahead of a visit to the country by Pope Francis. Eight people were killed in attacks on two refugee camps while a […]

Islam Religion of Peace, Cooperation, Mercy

Islam Religion of Peace, Cooperation, Mercy

Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El Tayyeb asserted that Islam is the religion of peace, cooperation and mercy. El Tayyeb said that Islam believes in freedom of expression and human rights, and recognizes the rights of all human beings. This came Tuesday during El Tayyeb’s meeting with Italian Senate’s Foreign Policy Commission Pier Ferdinando Casini […]

Catholic church to allow forgiveness of women who have abortions

Catholic church to allow forgiveness of women who have abortions

Pope Francis will allow priests discretion to absolve women who have had abortions if they seek forgiveness during the upcoming Holy Year beginning Dec. 8, the Vatican announced in a statement Tuesday. “One of the serious problems of our time is clearly the changed relationship with respect to life,” the pope wrote in the English-language […]

CEAST Chairman Highlights Creation of Dioceses

CEAST Chairman Highlights Creation of Dioceses

The chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe (CEAST), Dom Gabriel Bilingui, highlighted Sunday in the southern Cuando Cubango province, the creation over the 40 years of three dioceses and one archdiocese, as one of the biggest gains of the Catholic Church. Dom Gabriel Bilingui said so when speaking at […]

Tribal, Religious Sentiments Fuel Boko Haram Crisis – Former Army Chief

Tribal, Religious Sentiments Fuel Boko Haram Crisis – Former Army Chief

Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah has blamed the escalation of Boko Haram terrorism on its use to advance sectional, tribal, religious and political interests. Minimah made this known yesterday in his valedictory speech during a pulling out parade in his honour at the Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu Cantonment Abuja. He […]

Court Jails Ethiopian Muslim Activists for Up to 22 Years

Court Jails Ethiopian Muslim Activists for Up to 22 Years

The Ethiopian federal high court fourth criminal bench today sentenced eighteen Ethiopian Muslims including four members of Ethiopian Muslim arbitration committee members, one journalist and thirteen others to a lengthy jail term between seven and 22 years. The eighteen Muslims were charged on counts that include attempted terrorism, conspiracy to establish an Islamic state, and […]

Amnesty – Muslims ‘Erased’ From Central African Republic

Amnesty – Muslims ‘Erased’ From Central African Republic

Militias have taken advantage of the political vacuum in Central African Republic (CAR), engaging in ethnic cleansing towards Muslims in a bid to erase the community from the country, human rights group Amnesty International has said. Discussing Friday’s report, entitled “Erased identity: Muslims in ethnically cleansed areas of the Central African Republic,” Joanne Mariner, a […]

Saudi Arabia calls on world to ban criticism of religion

Saudi Arabia calls on world to ban criticism of religion

Saudi Arabia has called on the international community to ban all criticism of religion. At a July 25 symposium on media coverage of religious symbols in international law, Abdulmajeed Al-Omari, director for external relations at the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, said: “We have made it clear that freedom of expression without limits or restrictions would […]

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