Freedom of Religion and Belief
LATVIA: State TV bans Orthodox services from broadcast CNE NEWS (29.08.2023) – The Latvian state broadcaster refuses to broadcast Orthodox worship services any longer. It implemented the ban after nuns prayed for the Russian Patriarch Kirill. The broadcaster,...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: Arrested: Shiite cleric Agha Baqir Al Hussaini. From Facebook. PAKISTAN: Leading Shiite cleric arrested based onn new blasphemy law “Bitter Winter” correctly predicted that new penalties against those who “offend the wives and companions of the Prophet” were...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: Schools in France send dozens of Muslim girls home for wearing abayas Schoolgirls who refused to change out of the loose-fitting robes have been sent home with a letter to parents on secularism. Aljazeera (05.09.2023) – French public schools have sent...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest August Christians Renewed crackdown on Christians in Iran underway Catholic Herald (17.08.2023) – Britain is an increasingly impoverished society: spiritually and financially. Still, anyone born here has...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
INDIA: Muslim Law Board’s stand sought on nikah halala The controversial short-term marriage forms are not practiced commonly in India, says the AIMPLB; with regard to minimum age, it adds that Islam allows marriage when boys and girls come of age. By ZIYA US SALAM...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
INDIA: UN experts alarmed by continuing abuses in Manipur UN OHCHR (04.09.2023) – UN experts* today raised the alarm about reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Northeast State of Manipur in India, including alleged acts of sexual...