RELIGION April 25, 2019 Christians' ethnic inclusion in Sri Lanka keeps fragile calm During the bad years, when rebels mostly from the ethnic minority Tamils and majority Sinhalese government forces were slaughtering each other in a horrific civil war, Gnanamani found solace in something many of her fellow Tamils didn't have: Christianity, and especially its long inclusion in Sri Lanka's main ethnic groups.
Middle East April 25, 2019 Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community The Yazidi community in Iraq says it will accept the survivors of the Islamic State group's campaign of enslavement and welcome the children conceived through rape into the minority community.
OPINION April 25, 2019 Qanta Ahmed: Sri Lanka attacks illustrate Islamist war on Christianity that is opposed by most Muslims The horrific Easter Sunday bombing attacks that killed more than 350 people and wounded over 500 at churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka are the latest evidence of the war being waged on Christianity, Western society and others by radical Islamists.
Middle East April 25, 2019 Egypt extends state of emergency ahead of Coptic Easter Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has extended a state of emergency imposed after deadly church bombings by the Islamic State group in 2017.
RELIGION April 25, 2019 Romanian villagers light graveyard fires in Easter ritual Orthodox Christians in a southern Romanian village lit fires and candles at the gravesites of friends and relatives, part of a centuries-old Easter ritual.
RELIGION April 25, 2019 Sri Lanka Muslims, refugees fear backlash from Easter attack After fleeing their homes in Pakistan over militant attacks and government persecution, hundreds of Ahmadi Muslims felt they finally found peace in Sri Lanka as they sought resettlement across the world.
RELIGION April 24, 2019 Prince William visits New Zealand after mosque attacks Britain's Prince William has arrived in New Zealand for a two-day visit to commemorate wartime soldiers and visit survivors of last month's mosque attacks.
OPINION April 24, 2019 Frank Gaffney: We must hold persecutors of Christians accountable Suicide bombers took over 300 lives and wounded many more in coordinated attacks on Christian churches conducting Easter Sunday services and celebrations at hotels in Sri Lanka.
Africa April 24, 2019 Nigeria plagued by ethnic and religious violence as attacks on Christians rise Tragic events in Nigeria, just as the Sri Lanka attack comes, highlight the dangers that remain from asymmetric terrorism and violence against Christians in ethnically and religiously divided societies.
Christianity April 24, 2019 Sri Lankan children said they would die for Jesus in Sunday school moments before bomb went off A Sunday school teacher at one of the Sri Lankan churches targeted on Easter Sunday recounts how the children in her class said they were willing to lay down their life for Jesus minutes before many of them instantly died after a radical Islamic terrorist blew himself up.