Religion

During a sermon on Sunday, David Ibiyeomie, a Nigerian pastor of Salvation Ministries church said people who do not pay their tithes are criminals. The evangelist insisted on the obligation for the Christian to give 10% of his monthly income to the church. Comparing tithing to paying taxes to the …

The Tigray region’s top Islamic council announced that it has severed ties with the country’s umbrella body – the Ethiopia’s Islamic Affairs Council. This comes days after Tigray’s Orthodox religious leaders announced they had cut ties with the Ethiopian Orthodox church to establish their own synod. Muslim leaders say they …

Prayers are done this Friday in all mosques in Morocco in the hope of bringing rain to the drought-stricken Maghreb country, the Islamic Affairs Ministry announced. On the orders of King Mohammed VI, “the invocation of God for the request for rain” will take place in all mosques, the ministry …

At least two people have been killed in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa after security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition into crowds attending Epiphany’s religious festival, local media report. Followers of the Orthodox Church – the most widely practised faith in the country – were observing part of the …

A stampede at a church gathering in the Liberian capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday. The incident occurred during an all-night Christian worship event at New Kru Town, a neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital, Jalawah Tonpo said. “The doctors …

Atheists In Kenya Society (AIK) announced that it is offering medical and funeral coverage in an effort to register new members. AIK suffered a blow recently when its national secretary resigned after becoming a Christian, BBC News reports. The society is now asking anyone who is “an atheist, agnostic, free …

At least 16 worshippers have been killed and many others wounded by gunmen in a mosque in the Nigerian Niger state, local media have reported. Niger state government official, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane told the BBC that the attackers opened fire on the Muslim worshippers during early morning prayers on Wednesday. …

The Taliban Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice has called on Afghan television stations to no longer broadcast series showing women, as part of new “religious guidelines” broadcast on Sunday. “Televisions should avoid showing soap operas and series in which women have played,” said a …

A group of angry Muslim Malawian youths burnt down a church and a pastor’s house in Mangochi district, in the south-east of the country, raising fears of religious tensions in the area. Malawi is predominantly Christian, but the area along Lake Malawi – including Mangochi – has a significant Muslim …

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the symbolic leader of Anglicans around the world, has expressed concern over a new bill in Ghana that would impose severe penalties on the LGBT community. The bill is being debated in parliament, with a vote expected in a few days. The bill seeks to increase …