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Uganda. "Intercourse with a girl below the age of 16 is statutory rape in Pakistan, but in most cases a falsified conversion certificate and Islamic marriage certificate influence police to pardon kidnappers." — Morning Star News, March 12, 2012, Pakistan. On March 20, a court "changed a sentence of life imprisonment to the death penalty for a Christian convicted of sending a blasphemous text message in 2011".... Such petitions are "seen often as a service to Islam and as jihad or holy war against blasphemers." according to the report. — Union of Catholic Asian News, March 29, 2021, Pak...

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the schools were closed on Feb. 19 over misunderstanding in the usage of Hijab (Islamic female veil) in public schools. The government set up a committee to resolve the dispute and later asked the schools to resume on March 8 with willing female students allowed to use the Hijab. The government, however, rescinded its decision to reopen the schools over safety concerns as some christians were averse to the decision. This led to the continuous closure of the schools until when the government announced the reopening in the wee hours of Wednesday (Ma...

Hijab: Violence, resistance mars reopening of Kwara grant-aided schools March 17, 2021 Violence and resistance on Wednesday marred the reopening of the 10 grant-aided missionary schools earlier closed down by the Government over the use of Hijab. Newsmen recall that the schools were closed on Feb. 19 over misunderstanding in the usage of Hijab (Islamic female veil) in public schools. The government set up a committee to resolve the dispute and later asked the schools to resume on March 8 with willing female students allowed to use the Hijab. The government, however, rescinded its decision to ...

3 min read The President of the Baptist Conference in Kwara State, Victor Dada, says more than 20 people, including four pastors, were wounded during the clash between Muslim and Christian parents at Baptist Secondary School, Surulere, Ilorin on Wednesday. The clash was a fall out of the hijab controversy that led to the closure of 10 schools in Ilorin last month. The school where the violence erupted on Wednesday was one of the 10 shut down last month by the state government over the controversy and reopened only on Wednesday. The state government had waded into the controver...

“More than 20 people (including four Pastors) were wounded with three hospitalised. “The fundamentalist in the presence of security officials vehemently attempted to burn the church and when repelled, threatened to burn the church either during the day or at night. “They doused the church gate with petrol and vandalised the auditorium. They also went ahead to vandalise The Apostolic Church, Eruda, Ilorin, a church without any grant-aided school.” The cleric stated that the church maintains its stance on the controversial issue, stressing that wearing of hijab will not be permitted in ...