Islamic extremists shot the leader of an underground church to death outside the capital city of Somalia this month and have threatened to kill his wife, his tearful widow told Compass. Having learned that he had left Islam to become a Christian, Somali militants from the Islamic extremist al Shabaab murdered 41-year-old Mohammed Ahmed Ali at about noon on Jan. 1, Amina Ibrahim Hassan said.
In the News
-
January 27th, 2010
-
January 27th, 2010
The Islamic full-body veil should be banned from French public offices, hospitals, trains and buses, according to a parliamentary investigation which reported yesterday.
-
January 27th, 2010
A French parliamentary committee has recommended a partial ban on women wearing Islamic face veils. So should there be a similar ban in the UK - and would it work?
-
January 27th, 2010
Europe must assert its religious identity if it is to face up to the 'challenges' of globalisation and immigration, Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini said yesterday.
-
January 27th, 2010
A new study shows American teen pregnancy and abortion rates are escalating ? and while abortion advocates fault supporters of abstinence, one group is placing blame for the pregnancy boom squarely with Planned Parenthood-style sex education.
-
January 27th, 2010
Today's equality gap is not a problem that results from the rich getting richer. The problem is that the poorer are not getting richer, too.
-
January 27th, 2010
It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. In October 2008 the Equalities Minister Harriet Harman decided to set up (at our expense, of course) the National Equalities Panel and commission them (a bunch of left wing academics) to produce a report measuring the progress achieved towards equality.
-
January 27th, 2010
Fathers will be able take up to six months off as official paternity leave while the baby?s mother returns to work, the Government will announce today.
-
January 27th, 2010
Couple who fled to Tennessee fearing persecution for keeping their children out of school win first case of its kind in US.
-
January 27th, 2010
Matchmaking website eHarmony.com settled a class-action lawsuit Tuesday, agreeing to pay half a million dollars to gay, lesbian and bisexual Californians who were harmed by its decision not to offer same-sex matching services.