Somalia
Car, knife attack at Ohio State probed as possible terror attack
By Yonat Shimron — November 28, 2016
Artan said he was scared to pray openly on campus as a Muslim, saying that he feared that media portrayals of Muslims would give people the wrong idea about him.
Kenya’s Garissa University reopens nine months after massacre
By Fredrick Nzwili — January 5, 2016
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Only about 60 students, mostly Muslim, are expected to attend when classes resume Monday (Jan. 11). Before the attack the university had about 800 students.
Somali Muslim migrants lose factory jobs in prayer dispute
By Reuters — January 1, 2016
Nearly 200 workers, mostly Somali immigrants, were fired after they walked out in protest over what they called insufficient prayer accommodations.
Concerns grow over radicalized Kenyan youths in Islamic militia
By Tonny Onyulo — June 22, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Kenya is still grappling with how to best counter increasingly emboldened Islamic al-Shabab militants in the wake of the attacks at Garissa University that left 148 dead in April.
Al-Shabab militants create chaos, pain for Somalis
By Tonny Onyulo — April 20, 2015
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Al-Shabab militants have targeted government offices, U.N. facilities, the airport, the president's palace, hotels and restaurants in their bid to overthrow the government.
At least 147 killed, hundreds rescued in Kenyan university attack that targeted Christians
By Fredrick Nzwili — April 2, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) “When our men arrived, they released Muslims. We are holding others hostage,” Ali Mohamud Rage, an Al-Shabab spokesman, was quoted as saying.
Book on apostasy in Islam earns writer the moniker ‘Somalia’s Salman Rushdie’
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 7, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Somali Islamic militants, clerics and other extremist groups in Muslim majority countries are applying apostasy as a political tool, branding those with contrary opinions as apostates who need to be killed, said the writer.
Pentagon: Airstrike kills terror leader in Somalia
By Jim Michaels — September 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was targeted Monday (Sept. 1) in an airstrike that hit a vehicle and compound in a militant stronghold south of the capital, Mogadishu.
Long an oasis of Christian-Muslim calm, Kenya may see more strife
By Ken Chitwood — October 8, 2013
NAIROBI, Kenya RNS) Kenya has enjoyed relative peace between the two monotheistic religions that dominate the region. But that may be changing.
In Kenya attack, weakened al-Shabab seeks a foothold in Kenya
By Jim Michaels — September 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The attack on a shopping mall in Kenya came shortly before a deadly attack against a church in Pakistan, but analysts warn against concluding that radical Islam is gaining strength.
15 countries cited for religious freedom violations
By Lauren Markoe — April 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Fifteen countries make the list of most egregious violators of religious liberty, compiled by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. But some of the most alarming oppression is committed by entities that can hardly be called countries.
Boston mosque aims to keep young Somali immigrants off the streets
By Omar Sacirbey — July 12, 2012
BOSTON (RNS) While Somali Muslims in America have been in the news for joining terrorist groups overseas, few people have paid attention to a more substantive problem of young men getting involved in the drug trade and joining gangs. By Omar Sacirbey.
Oregon mosque under FBI scrutiny says it’s being pushed to adopt Americanized Islam
By Helen Jung — June 14, 2012
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The largest mosque in Oregon stands out for its traditional focus and charismatic imam. The imam has been at the center of a mysterious FBI probe, and he's suing over being placed on a no-fly list. Many at the mosque suspect the government is trying to harass people into a more westernized Islam. By Helen Jung.
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