IPC: Connections
Israel: Prayer Update on Elections
Elections in Israel were yesterday. This afternoon (Wednesday) with some 97% of votes counted, the Likud with Benjamin Netanyahu and the Blue and White party with Benny Gantz were tied, each having received 35 seats each in the new Knesset. However, because the two religious parties, the Sephardic Shas and…
Muslim cleric speaks out on roots of Islamophobia
The senior member of the world’s biggest Muslim organisation has insisted that Islamophobia is not rooted in racism and that the distrust of Muslims in many countries is a result of Islamist extremism and terrorism throughout the world. Yahya CholilStaquf, the secretary-general of Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama movement, which claims to…
Nigeria: Christians slaughtered at baby dedication
Over a dozen Christians, including children, were slaughtered by Fulani militants following an infant dedication service in the Nigerian state of Nasarawa. Morning Star News reports that the attack took place on Palm Sunday as Christians in the predominantly Christian community gathered to eat after the child was dedicated that…
North Korea: Current Update
The Situation in the North In the weeks following the Hanoi Summit, the issue of North Korean denuclearization has been in the news a lot. As evidence mounts that the North is rebuilding a major missile launching site that it had been dismantling, Trump has been warning against just that.…
