par Liberte Religieuse | 16, Juil, 2007 | News
Two ministers in China’s unrecognized Protestant church have been sentenced to one year each in a labor camp on charges of using an « evil cult » to obstruct the law, a U.S. monitoring group said July 9. The two men were detained on June 15 along with four other...
par Liberte Religieuse | 15, Juil, 2007 | News
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin refused to sign the « Law on religious cults and their constituent structures » and returned it to parliament for improvement, Interfax was told on June 28 in the legislature of the republic. « The basic statement of the head of...
par Liberte Religieuse | 14, Juil, 2007 | News
An Egyptian court accepted an appeal July 1 from 45 Copts who were denied the right to reclaim their religious identities after they decided to convert back to Christianity from Islam, a lawyer and court officials said. A lower administrative court ruled against the...
par Liberte Religieuse | 13, Juil, 2007 | News
If Tajikistan’s parliament, the Majlisi Oli, adopts the current version of the proposed new Religion Law, no non-Islamic religious communities will be likely to be able to gain legal status, while the number of mosques allowed to operate will be severely...
par Liberte Religieuse | 12, Juil, 2007 | News
Chris Atkins will help bring peace-of-mind to the soldiers fighting on the front lines in Iraq. As a non-combat army social worker, Atkins will be helping soldiers in Iraq cope with combat stress such as anger, marital problems, nervousness, family separation, and...
par Liberte Religieuse | 11, Juil, 2007 | News
A hallmark of the Baptist tradition has been freedom of religious belief and practice from interference by government. But there is wide disagreement on how that plays out in the public arena on issues like school prayer, religious displays in public places and...
par Liberte Religieuse | 10, Juil, 2007 | News
The globalization of the economy and communication should be matched by the globalization of human rights, says the Holy See. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi made this comment in a recent address to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. « Like a young tree...
par Liberte Religieuse | 9, Juil, 2007 | News
Roman Catholic leaders are demanding that the new UK prime minister repeal the Act of Settlement. British Roman Catholics are calling for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to include repealing the Act of Settlement on his list of sweeping government reforms. The act bars...
par Liberte Religieuse | 8, Juil, 2007 | News
Parents who sued the Norwegian state 10 years ago over mandatory religious classes in public schools could finally claim victory on June 29. The European Court of Human Rights narrowly ruled in their favour. The court in Strasbourg ruled that Norway’s so-called...
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