Category: Religion

Johannesburg – The Council of Muslim Theologians in South Africa says a High Court judgment restricting the athaan (call to prayer) at a Muslim religious institute in Durban, represents an abridgement of the rights of religious expression in the Islamic community. Last week, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court ordered that the historic call to prayer from […]

USA – Muslim immigrants are being served pork at a US detention facility in Miami, Florida, forcing them to choose “between their faith and starvation,” said advocates. In an August 19 letter, immigrant advocate groups say they have received “alarming reports” that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its officers have been serving “pork or pork-based […]

Melbourne – The deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth, has downplayed concerns from prominent church figures in Australia that some Christians could refuse a Covid-19 vaccine on ethical grounds. Coatsworth’s defence of the University of Oxford vaccine follows a warning from Catholic archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, that Catholics would be presented with an […]

Johannesburg – various church organisations opted to remain closed during lockdown, even after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced, under level 3, that places of worship of worship may reopen under strict control. The Trans Orange Conference of the Seventh Adventist Church said its churches would remain closed until further notice. Alleluia Ministries International’s, headed by Pastor […]

Johannesburg – President Cyril had a virtual meeting with faith leaders in May to discuss the reopening of places of worship under lockdown level 3. The meeting was organised under the auspices of the South African Council of Churches (SACC). The president later announced that places of worship would be open under level3 but that […]

A Kentucky pastor is urging religious leaders to re-open their churches and “step up and roar” against forced closures put in place to prevent the spread coronavirus. Pastor Brian Gibson, pastor of a megachurch with branches in Kentucky and Texas, alongside at least 50 other churches are urging religious leaders to demand re-opening their sites […]

Texas -Catoosa Baptist Tabernacle in Ringgold, Georgia, less than 20 miles away from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Houston have indefinitely cancelled services after members and leaders tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after opening. One of the churches had to stop all services as one of its priests, Reverent Donnel Kirchner, […]

Scientologists on n May 9 celebrated Dianetics: The Modern Science of  Mental Health published on May, 1950. The book, which was written by popular writer L. Ron Hubbard, was an instant success with some 50,000 copies sold immediately and quickly becoming a hit on the New York Times bestseller list and staying there for 26 […]

Johannesburg – Pastor Alph Lukau’s Alleluia Ministries International has donated groceries to 1,000 poor families in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. The donation, according to spokesperson Busi Gaca, was part of the church foundation’s ongoing community outreach programme. “We started this way before lockdown, but the effort has been intensified because of the great need during […]

Berlin – German leaders in German are slowly growing impatient with government officials as religious services remain banned. They have, however, placed strict guidelines and regulations for holding religious services. Services have been prohibited since the lockdown commenced in mid-March and a result worshippers are growing furious with the government’s slowness with regards to the […]