Tag: Religion

Conservative church group condemns choice of female Archbishop of Canterbury

"If you want to go fast, go alone - if you want…

Lebo Diseko Lebo Diseko

How African popes changed Christianity – and gave us Valentine’s Day

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic…

Catherine Heathwood Catherine Heathwood

World’s ‘first openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam,…

Todah Opeyemi Todah Opeyemi

The Muslim group that doesn’t fast or perform daily prayers

As dusk settles over Mbacke Kadior, a village in central Senegal, the…

Rukia Bulle Rukia Bulle

I was a black child raised in a white supremacist cult.

When Jerald Walker was a boy, his school principal called him into…

Steve Rose Steve Rose

‘The hijab is part of me’ – beach volleyball star

As a 19-year-old about to make her debut at the 2016 Olympics,…

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Kenya starvation cult: ‘My wife and six children followed Pastor Mackenzie’

Kenyan preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has appeared in court following the discovery…

Humans of Africa Humans of Africa

I went into debt, trying to secure a miracle

Evarline Okello breaks down in tears as she tells me she is…

Lebo Diseko Lebo Diseko

‘I went undercover in the schools that chain boys’

When I meet Ahmed, he is shackled in a room all alone.…

Your pastor is not your king, Christ is.

Don’t attend a church where the pastors chair is different from the…

Leila Djansi Leila Djansi