par Liberte Religieuse | 15, Déc, 2018 | News
USCIRF Applauds Canada’s Move Toward Abolishing Blasphemy Law Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) applauds the passage of legislation in Canada’s Senate removing the offense of blasphemy from the country’s criminal...
par Liberte Religieuse | 14, Août, 2007 | News
Uproar over Claim of Malaysia as ‘Islamic State’ Is Silenced – Government gags media discussion of minister’s claim A government halt to media discussion of whether Malaysia is an “Islamic state” last month was one indicator of how close to the surface strong...
par Liberte Religieuse | 7, Août, 2007 | News
A Muslim convert to Christianity filed suit against Egypt last week for refusing to legally recognize his change of religion, sparking a reactionary lawsuit by Muslim clerics and death threats against his lawyer. Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy, 24, brought a case against...
par Liberte Religieuse | 1, Août, 2007 | News
The latest Russian citizen to win a religious freedom case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, Petr Barankevich has told Forum 18 News Service he believes financial compensation now due from the state is « not as important » as the 26 July...
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:...
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