par Liberte Religieuse | 26, Juil, 2007 | News
The Ugandan Government would soon weed out the ‘mushrooming’ fake Pentecostal churches, the ethics minister, Dr. Nsaba Buturo, has announced. « We are trying to put in place regulations that would control these new churches, » he said. Officiating at the fundraising...
par Liberte Religieuse | 26, Juil, 2007 | News
The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat state has resumed the secret survey of Christian institutions it began eight years ago. Extremists have used such surveys to target religious minorities for violence. In response to a petition...
par Liberte Religieuse | 25, Juil, 2007 | News
The Russian Orthodox Church’s growing influence threatens to erode the separation of church and state and upset other officially-recognized religions, leading academics warned President Vladimir Putin on July 23. « We are becoming increasingly concerned by the...
par Liberte Religieuse | 25, Juil, 2007 | News
Many Turks who put the AK Party back in power hope a second term will improve religious freedom, but they also say that opposition could mean another generation of women will have to choose between university and the veil. The party with roots in political Islam won...
par Liberte Religieuse | 23, Juil, 2007 | News
A Turkish state prosecutor demanded acquittal yesterday for two Turkish Christians on trial for “insulting Turkishness” under the nation’s controversial Article 301. State Prosecutor Ahmet Demirhuyuk told the Silivri Criminal Court on Wednesday (July 18) that there...
par Liberte Religieuse | 22, Juil, 2007 | News
Cambodia has banned Christian groups from door-to-door proselytising and is seeking to limit other religious activities by non-Buddhist organisations, which it says disrupt society. A directive from the Ministry of Cults and Religions obtained by AFP on July 17 said:...
par Liberte Religieuse | 21, Juil, 2007 | News
Muslims have apologized for attacking a church last month in Pakistan’s Punjab region, but they offered no compensation for injuring Christians and damaging the building. In addition to wounding seven Christians and destroying books at the Salvation Army church in...
par Liberte Religieuse | 19, Juil, 2007 | News
Kyrgyzstan will tighten regulation and surveillance of religious groups in largely Muslim Central Asian nation, a government official said July 12, citing concerns about extremist groups. More than 2100 religious organizations are currently registered with...
par Liberte Religieuse | 18, Juil, 2007 | News
States participating Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) should work to ensure that crack-downs legitimate human rights concerns come to an end, participants agreed at an OSCE conference concluded July 13. « Governments must open their eyes to...
par Liberte Religieuse | 17, Juil, 2007 | News
In their struggle against what has been termed prejudice or even outright persecution, many in Egypt’s Christian Copt community seem to have found a sanctuary in the church, where as well as praying they can also vent their rage. In a typical Wednesday sermon at...
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