Jane Onyanga-Omara
Jane Onyanga-Omara is an author at Religion News Service.
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Singapore teen blogger guilty of insulting Christians
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — May 12, 2015
Yee posted a YouTube video that said Christians were "power-hungry and malicious" people who "deceive others into thinking that they are compassionate and kind."
Islamic State claims responsibility for Texas attack
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — May 5, 2015
"What is coming will be more grievous and more bitter," the statement from the Islamic State group said.
Pope Francis to visit Cuba before US trip
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — April 22, 2015
Francis would be the third pope to visit Cuba, after St. John Paul II in 1998 and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2012.
Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Robert Finn for failing to report abuse
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — April 21, 2015
The resignation was offered under the code of canon law that allows a bishop "who has become less able to fulfill his office because of ill health or some other grave cause" to resign.
British YouTube star keeps kids off the extremist path
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — April 7, 2015
When British police were looking for alternative ways of reaching young people to highlight the dangers of radicalization, they knew who to call.
Bodies of 7 kids killed in NYC ‘hotplate’ fire arrive in Israel
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — March 23, 2015
(RNS) Fire officials believe the blaze was started by a malfunctioning hot plate being used to keep food warm during the 25-hour Sabbath, when religious restrictions forbid cooking.
Islamic State militant ‘Jihadi John’ named by media
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — February 26, 2015
(RNS) Mohammed Emwazi, who is in his mid-20s, is believed to be a Kuwaiti-born British man from west London. The BBC said he was known to British security services, who chose not to disclose his name for operational reasons.
Activists: Islamic State group now holding 220 Christians in Syria
By Jane Onyanga-Omara — February 26, 2015
(RNS) The United Kingdom-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the civilians were kidnapped from 11 villages near the town of Tal Tamr over the past three days by the militants, who control vast swaths of Syria and Iraq.
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