Religion

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – A hospital source in Ethiopia’s city of Gondar confirms that at least three people are dead after a wooden stand erected for the colorful Epiphany celebration Monday collapsed. The source, who spoke on condition of … Continued

‘I am British Muslim and happy to be. Islam explains things to me. The answers are all there’ Born to Christian but not especially religious families, Hanan Sandercock and her husband John Smith became Muslims as adults in Wales. They … Continued

4 mosques, church set ablaze in northwestern Ethiopia three days ago Addis Getachew and Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Muslims in Ethiopia condemned the weekend torching of mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the country. A demonstration on Tuesday in Jijjiga, … Continued

 BY: JENNIFER WILLIAMS  Christmas, as everyone knows, commemorates the birth of Jesus and is a major religious celebration for Christians around the world. But what many people don’t know is that Jesus is an important figure in Islam, too, even though … Continued

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Several thousand Muslims across Ethiopia in recent days have protested the burning of four mosques in the Amhara region. The Dec. 20 attacks in Motta town also targeted Muslim-owned businesses. Muslims have called for the … Continued

Bileh Jelan Addis Abeba, An overnight attack last night in the city of Mota, east Gojam zone of Amhara regional state, left two mosques completely burned down and two more seriously damaged after having been set on fire by a … Continued

FATIMA MUHAMMAD JEDDAH: Hajj and Umrah Minister Mohammed Salih Bentin and Tawuniya Chairman Sulaiman Al-Humaid signed an agreement on Wednesday to provide insurance for pilgrims coming from outside Saudi Arabia. The signing took place at the Hajj and Umrah Ministry’s … Continued

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived at the U.N.’s International Court of Justice on Tuesday to defend her country over charges of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, as back home thousands of people rallied … Continued

People who were at vocational training centers in China’s far west Xinjiang have all “graduated” and are living happy lives, an official said Monday. But Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities from the region say their family members continue … Continued

BY ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI AND AYA BATRAWY (RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Women in Saudi Arabia will no longer need to use separate entrances from men or sit behind partitions at restaurants in the latest measure announced by the government that upends a … Continued

Pedro Carvalho becomes Muslim with assistance of Turkish imam in newly opened Cambridge Central Mosque in England Hasan Esen  CAMBRIDGE, UK Media consultant of a prominent British singer-songwriter and philanthropist Yusuf Islam converted to Islam in Cambridge Central Mosque, newly … Continued