From left: Imam Omar Kobine Layama, Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, and The Rev. Nicolas Guérékoyame-Gbangou.Illustrations by Michael Hoeweler for TIME As violence ravages Central African Republic, ...
Imam Oumar Kobine Layama, a prominent Muslim leader from the Central African Republic, passed away on Saturday evening, according to local news outlets. Layama, president of the Central African ...
The Quran, Islam’s holy book, indicates that when a Muslim is in trouble, he should go to Christians, because they are also children of God, so Imam Omar Kobine Layama fled to the house of a Catholic ...
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Sìrìrì (peace in the Sango language), the cardinal et l’imam". This is the title of the documentary made by Franco-Swiss director Manuel von Stürler, on the deep bond between ...
UN intervention is the only way to end the spiralling conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), the heads of the Christian and Muslim faiths in the capital of Bangui have told an international ...
The Central African Republic is being torn apart by violence that pits Christians against Muslims, but three religious leaders representing the Protestant, Muslim and Catholic communities are working ...
Trio of religious leaders who founded Central African Republic’s Interfaith Peace Platform fear elections could reignite sectarian violence that has killed thousands Relations between minority Muslims ...