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...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest 16-31 August General 18.08.2023 – Massive campaign against “Xie Jiao and illegal religion” targets children in Guangxi Bitter Winter – Rongxian County, in Guangxi province, with a population...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Photo: Mowlavi Abdolhamid, the top religious leader of Iran’s largely Sunni Baluch population IRAN: Top cleric decries Iran’s discrimination against Sunnis IranIntl (01.09.2023) – Iran’s leading Sunni cleric has criticized the regime for persecuting...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
The interior of Transfiguration Cathedral, the largest church building of Odesa, was damaged by a Russian missile that hit the altar on July 23. UKRAINE: Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral: international uproar about Putin’s missile strike (II) The world condemned...