By Jocelyne Sambira History dating as far back as the 5th century is literally being chipped away with pick axes and shovels at the hands of an extremist rebel faction in northernMali. Holy Muslim shrines in the ancient city ofTimbuktuhave become targets of the Ansar Dine. For the Islamist faction, the Sufi shrines are a [...]
Recognizing that climate change “is not merely an economic or technical problem, but rather at its core…a moral, spiritual and cultural one,” a delegation of senior religious leaders from the Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths discussed the need for spiritual leadership on environmental issues during a conference in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Hosted [...]
By: Daud Abdi Daud The Center for Christian-Muslim Relations Eastleigh (CCMRE) is a newly formed center. The CCMRE pilot-project, which will be for the duration of one year (October 2011- October 2012), seeks to supplement the theoretical teaching and learning of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (ICMR) programme offered at St. Paul’s University and in other [...]
Wrote by Daud Abdi Daud Dimbil Despite, Africa suffers and faced many challenges like poverty, climate change, droughts and lack of proper water and health as well as insecurity. Now the time is continuing to be ruthless one with a lot of worry and the most dangerous challenge that Africa will face on the coming [...]
URI Africa Joined Nigerian Government officials, clerics gathered for peace prayers in Kano The United Religions Initiative of Africa whose vision is to see united, prosperous, and peaceful Africa where there is no religious strife Joined the Government officials and clerics gathered for peace prayers in Kano on 24 January 2012 after a wave of [...]