clerics

Despite the odds, one doctor promotes family planning in Muslim Nigeria

By Fredrick Nzwili — October 19, 2015
(RNS) For 10 years, Dr. Farouk Mohammed Jega, 45,has been championing evidence-based arguments to try to persuade clerics in Northern Nigeria that Islam supports family planning methods.

Kenya’s religious leaders demand government response to deadly terror attack

By Fredrick Nzwili — June 17, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The Islamic militant group al-Shabab said it executed the attack, but the government disputes this.

Central African Republic’s top clerics call for peacekeepers

By Elizabeth Bryant — January 23, 2014
PARIS (RNS) The Central African Republic's top Muslim and Christian clerics called Thursday for a United Nations peacekeeping force to end their country's brutal conflict.
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