A PRIEST with the Church of England who converted to Hinduism has been allowed to continue to officiate as a cleric.
The Rev David Hart’s diocese renewed his licence this summer even
though he had moved to India, changed his name to Ananda and daily
blesses a congregation of Hindus with fire previously offered up to
Nagar, the snake god. He also “recites Gayatri Mantram with the same
devotion with which he celebrates the Eucharist”, according to The Hindu, India’s national newspaper.

Somali Christian sources report Ali Mustaf Maka`il, a 22-year-old
college student and cloth merchant who converted from Islam to
Christianity 11 months ago, was shot and killed in the Manabolyo
quarter of Mogadishu. According to a report from the Barnabas Fund, quoting a
Christian source inside Somalia, the gunman was loyal to the Union of
Islamic Courts, the Islamist organization that took power in Mogadishu
in early June and now controls much of southern Somalia. The report states the gunman shot Ali in the back Sept. 7
after he refused to join a crowd chanting Quran verses in honor of the
lunar eclipse. Solar and lunar eclipses are significant in Islam and
are accompanied by special congregational prayers. The Union of Islamic
Courts confiscated Ali`s body for 24 hours before delivering it to the
grieving family, the report said.

Ramadan got off to a rough start for a west-end Islamic school yesterday morning after an arsonist set it ablaze.

Firefighters responded to a fire at Abraar School, located at 1085 Grenon Ave., at about 3 a.m. yesterday.

The fire began at the southwest exterior of the building and made
its way to the roof before being extinguished. No injuries were
reported and damage was pegged at around $100,000.

A PRIEST with the Church of England who converted to Hinduism has been allowed to continue to officiate as a cleric.
The Rev David Hart’s diocese renewed his licence this summer even
though he had moved to India, changed his name to Ananda and daily
blesses a congregation of Hindus with fire previously offered up to
Nagar, the snake god. He also “recites Gayatri Mantram with the same
devotion with which he celebrates the Eucharist”, according to The Hindu, India’s national newspaper.

Somali Christian sources report Ali Mustaf Maka`il, a 22-year-old
college student and cloth merchant who converted from Islam to
Christianity 11 months ago, was shot and killed in the Manabolyo
quarter of Mogadishu. According to a report from the Barnabas Fund, quoting a
Christian source inside Somalia, the gunman was loyal to the Union of
Islamic Courts, the Islamist organization that took power in Mogadishu
in early June and now controls much of southern Somalia. The report states the gunman shot Ali in the back Sept. 7
after he refused to join a crowd chanting Quran verses in honor of the
lunar eclipse. Solar and lunar eclipses are significant in Islam and
are accompanied by special congregational prayers. The Union of Islamic
Courts confiscated Ali`s body for 24 hours before delivering it to the
grieving family, the report said.

Ramadan got off to a rough start for a west-end Islamic school yesterday morning after an arsonist set it ablaze.

Firefighters responded to a fire at Abraar School, located at 1085 Grenon Ave., at about 3 a.m. yesterday.

The fire began at the southwest exterior of the building and made
its way to the roof before being extinguished. No injuries were
reported and damage was pegged at around $100,000.