Suspect in Jewish shooting still on the run
THE main suspect in a shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels
remains at large, several days after the attack on 24 May, though
the police have arrested one other man. Three people, including an
Israeli couple, were killed in the shooting. In a statement on
Tuesday, the Council of Christians and Jews expressed its sympathy,
and said that there were fears of rising anti-Semitism in Europe. A
statement from the Board of Deputies of British Jews urged
governments in Europe to protect minorities from such "despicable
acts".
Welby set for second meeting with Pope
THE Archbishop of Canterbury will visit Rome next month to meet
Pope Francis. The trip, from 14 to 16 June, will focus on the
anti-slavery initiative that was established in March by the
Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches (News, 21
March), and will also include visits to the Anglican Centre in
Rome, and to a church-based refugee project.
Sudanese 'apostate' gives birth
MERIAM IBRAHIM, the Sudanese Christian woman sentenced to death
for alleged apostasy, has given birth to a girl. Mrs Ibrahim's
death penalty was announced earlier this month, for allegedly
converting from Islam to Christianity, and then marrying a
Christian (News,
23 May). She says that she has always been a Christian, and her
lawyers to appeal.
Nigeria 'knows where Boko Haram girls are'
NIGERIA's Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has
said that the military know where the schoolgirls kidnapped by the
Islamist militants Boko Haram are (News, 2
May), but that they will not attempt to rescue them. The BBC
reported on Tuesday that an exchange deal involving some Boko Haram
prisoners was close to being agreed, before the plug was pulled on
the deal by the President, Goodluck Jonathan. Boko Haram was also
believed to be behind a bomb attack that killed 123 people in the
town of Jos last week. The atrocity has failed to spark significant
violence between Muslims and Christians, however. Many have been
directing their anger at the government instead, The
Guardian reported last Friday.
Professors sacked for Adam and Eve dissent
TWO professors sacked by an evangelical college in the United
States, Bryan College, Dayton, Tennessee, for refusing to sign its
statement of faith are suing the college. Professor Stephen Barnett
and Professor Steve DeGeorge refused to agree to Bryan College's
revised statement of faith, after the college authorities added a
clause that stated that Adam and Eve were historical individuals
created by God and not by means of evolution. More than 20 other
lecturers at the college have backed the pair, but the trustees
have said they had every right to change the statement of faith to
assert a literal understanding of Genesis.