Fear keeps Nigerians from church
A CURFEW in north Nigeria has been
lifted, after threats by the terrorist organisation Boko Haram that
it would attack churches last weekend proved unfounded. Although
the curfew permitted people to attend church, it was reported that
many worshippers stayed away, after a week of sectarian violence. A
bomb exploded at Bayan Gari in the Bauchi State on Sunday, injuring
nine people, while, in Yobe State, armed men stormed a prison,
freeing 40 inmates. On Thursday of last week, the US State
Department designated three leaders of Boko Haram as
terrorists.
Bishop Hamid to co-chair IARCCUM
THE Suffragan Bishop of the
diocese in Europe, the Rt Revd David Hamid, has been appointed as
the Anglican co-chair of the International Anglican Roman Catholic
Commission for Unity and Mission by the Archbishop of
Canterbury.
Obama's religion? 'Don't know'
ONLY 34 per cent of Americans can
correctly identify President Barack Obama's religion as Christian,
a new survey suggests. The Gallup poll of 1004 adults living in the
United States, conducted earlier this month, found that 44 per cent
of those questioned did not know President Obama's religion, while
11 per cent said that he was a Muslim, rising to 18 per cent of
Republicans. Both the President's religion and his birthplace have
been queried by his opponents during his public career.
Turkish general questioned over missionary murders
A FORMER general in the
Turkish armed forces, Hursit Tolon, has been called to testify as a
suspect in the investigation of the murder of three missionaries in
2007. Mr Tolon has already been accused of heading the Ergenekon
network, a group that the Turkish government says has plotted its
overthrow. Now a Turkish prosecutor has linked the group to the
murder of three members of a Bible publishing firm in April 2007.
Nine people are already on trial for the murder, of whom six are in
prison. Mr Tolon's lawyer said that the claims against his client
were "baseless".
Chosen: the Bishop of Masindi-Kitara,
the Rt Revd Stanley Ntagali, was elected as the next Archbishop of
Uganda last Friday. He will replace the Most Revd Henry Orombi, who
announced in January that he would retire
CHURCH IN UGANDA