sectarian violence
Polygamous sect member pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children
By Jacques Billeaud — March 20, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state line.
The suspects in a Kenyan doomsday cult are ordered to be hospitalized after a hunger strike
By Tom Odula — February 21, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The visibly emaciated suspects pleaded not guilty on all counts, which were read out over four and half hours.
‘Soldiers of Christ’ killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults
By Sudhin Thanawala — January 8, 2024
(AP) — Community leaders say the case is a wake-up call for Korean Americans to be more vigilant about religious cults and potential threats to new arrivals from South Korea.
In central Africa, a cathedral shelters Muslims amid sectarian violence
By Doreen Ajiambo — August 14, 2018
BANGUI, Central African Republic (RNS) — In Bangassou, St. Peter Claver Cathedral has opened its doors to some 2,000 Muslims. But Muslims and their protectors live in constant fear of attack amid threats from Christian militia.
Religious leaders can’t fight terrorism with ideas alone
By Qamar-ul Huda — August 1, 2018
(RNS) — Experts and policymakers need to accept the limitations of religious leaders who live in war zones and under authoritarian regimes.
Christian militias kill up to 30 Muslim civilians in Central African Republic
By Serge Leger Kokopakpa — May 14, 2017
(RNS) Hundreds of civilians are seeking refuge inside a mosque in the Central African Republic's border town of Bangassou, said a United Nations official.
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