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- Over 1,000 Muslims Go to Mecca 11 Nov 2009 16:55 GMT
... Kampala — A total of 1,300 Muslims have gone to Mecca in Saudi Arabia ... pilgrimage. Haj is the fifth pillar of Islam, which must be done at least once in ... Islamic calendar. The health ministry and the Uganda Haj Mission trained 26 medical officials in ...
- Should Faith Determine the School Your Child Attends? 11 Nov 2009 08:12 GMT
... him up with a stern warning. "In Islam, we do not sing when worshipping and ... to a school that advocates a different religion from their own? Fr. Lawrence Kanyike, the ... chaplaincy and communication director, Adventist Union of Uganda, says the way students are treated depends ...
- Opinion: Gay rights go global 11 Nov 2009 14:52 GMT
... U.K. — A new bill before the Ugandan parliament proposes the death penalty for “aggravated ... wrecking the lives of LGBT people. Six Islamist states impose the death penalty, including Saudi ... enforced by governments, police, courts, media and religious leaders, as these examples illustrate: ...
- International workshop to promote religious tolerance underway in Ghana 5 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
... 5 November 2009 International workshop to promote religious tolerance underway in Ghana Ho, Nov. 5, ... Eritrea, Togo, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia and Uganda. Rev. Sister Cecilia Kudexa, President of the ... Alhaji Hamza Danjumah, Regional Chief Imam said Islam and Christianity originated from the same cradle ...
- Jewish community in Africa persists against long odds 7 Nov 2009 12:12 GMT
... twice the market rate and saving an Ugandan Jewish community from near-extinction by igniting passion ... Keki, or JJ Keki. Keki, master farmer, religious leader, music director and composer/songwriter, will share ... on all religious observances except Christianity and Islam. Members who wished to continue their observance ...
- 'You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I'm Gay' 9 Nov 2009 21:16 GMT
... Kampala — The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens ... The Bill has the support of various religious groups in Uganda, who have been battling ... from the Orthodox Church, Pentecostal Church and Islam, in appearing before the Parliamentary and Presidential ...
- Sudan native's journey takes detour to Army 5 Nov 2009 17:54 GMT
... country’s south 11 years before and imposed Islamic law (the shari’a) throughout the land. Those ... were the final insult to the predominantly non-Muslim, non-Arab population of southern Sudan. Monibe was ... is on the border of Sudan and Uganda. Monibe said that according to his parents, ...
- Member of African Jewish tribe returning to Kansas 6 Nov 2009 18:53 GMT
... A member of Uganda’s Abayudaya tribe, which adopted Jewish practices nearly ... am Jewish and therefore part of a religious minority; or if it is because I ... will be for sale, as will kippot, Islamic prayer hats and Keki’s “Delicious Peace” brand ...
- DiCesare: Grover's soccer title knocks down some walls 8 Nov 2009 05:12 GMT
... with a scattering of Asians, and the Islamic Feast of Ramadan requires they fast from ... 7-7. They don't do it." Outside of religion and school, their common bond is an ... no grass in the Central Congo, Tanzania, Uganda," said Kevin Eberle, the principal at Grover. ...
- Security Council - Musical Chairs 6 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
... and determined bid. Bosnia received backing from Muslim states among others. Brazil easily won the ... council; namely; Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda. Looking at the new list from my ... sadly under the shadow of Syria and Islamic Iran. This council membership could provide a ...
- Abayudaya Jewish leader to speak 6 Nov 2009 21:51 GMT
... leader of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda will speak next week at Washburn University ... living in a country that only sanctions Islam and Christianity. He has been acclaimed in Oprah ... educate and feed 700 Jewish, Christian and Muslim children. Kulanu is a non-profit organization that ...
- Militant Islamist group threatens to attack Israel 4 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
... For the first time, Al-Shabab, a militant Islamist group in Somalia, located in the horn ... that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call Haram al-Sharif. Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, ... Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, Ghana, Sudan and Uganda. They have in the past threatened African ...
- Heritage should be a source of honor 4 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
... Muslim, according to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. That's easy for me ... And because of my scarf, I represent Islam for many people. I know I can't ... KKK, the Lord's Resistance Army's genocide in Uganda and abortion clinic bombings. I know the ...
- Involving local Somali leaders will keep al-Shabaab at bay 3 Nov 2009 21:35 GMT
... in the tightening of security in major Uganda cities like Kampala, Jinja, Tororo and, over ... global reach. Al-Shabaab is an alliance of Islamic organisations that rose after the defeat of ... have forced al-Shabaab toward stronger ties with Muslim extremists including Al-Qaeda. The US State Department, ...
- Al Qaeda-Somali group warns Israel 2 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
... -- A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for ... that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call Haram al-Sharif. "The Jews started to ... Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea, Ghana, Sudan and Uganda. They have in the past threatened African ...
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