par Liberte Religieuse | 1, Juin, 2007 | News
Court to rule in test case for religious freedom in Muslim MalaysiaMalaysia’s highest court is to rule on May 30 whether a Muslim woman has the right to convert to another religion in a high-profile case seen as a test of religious freedom in the Muslim-majority...
par Liberte Religieuse | 31, Mai, 2007 | News
As the campaigns for general elections on July 22 begin in earnest, strategies in Turkey are following both the classic ad-and-promises pattern of European or American politics as well as the homegrown technique of appeals to spiritual values. In Turkey, that means...
par Liberte Religieuse | 30, Mai, 2007 | News
For the past three and half decades, the Copts (Christians of Egypt) have been targeted by a wave of brutal attacks on their persons, churches, homes and businesses. Ibn Khaldoun Research Center (headed by Human Rights advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim documented over one...
par Liberte Religieuse | 29, Mai, 2007 | News
Around 200 Sikhs from across Europe have met a British member of the European Parliament to discuss problems faced by their community in Europe. The group met Neena Gill here last week and aired their grievances about growing racial discrimination and harassment...
par Liberte Religieuse | 28, Mai, 2007 | News
Thailand, for all purposes already a Buddhist country, appears closer to formally making Buddhism its state religion. Such a step would be a victory for the Buddhist monks who have been holding public rallies to press their demands. But it could also lead to further...
par Liberte Religieuse | 21, Mai, 2007 | News
In the not too distant past here in Turkey’s religious heartland, women would not appear in public unless they were modestly dressed, a single woman was not able to rent an apartment on her own, and the mayor proposed segregating city buses by sex. Fears of such...
par Liberte Religieuse | 20, Mai, 2007 | News
A decision by an Egyptian administrative court earlier last month has sent the Christian community into an uproar over what they have termed the continuation of religious intolerance by the government. The controversial new law states that Christians who convert to...
par Liberte Religieuse | 9, Mai, 2007 | News
Vietnam, which faces frequent criticism from abroad for violating religious freedoms, respects the religious beliefs of its citizens, President Nguyen Minh Triet was quoted May 7 as saying. « Religion and belief are spiritual needs and are part of our people. They...
par Liberte Religieuse | 8, Mai, 2007 | News
Protestant pastor Dmitry Shestakov is claimed by officials in Uzbekistan to have « voluntarily » renounced his right to an appeal and, because of poor health, begged to be transferred immediately to his place of punishment.Friends of the pastor, who has been...
par Liberte Religieuse | 7, Mai, 2007 | News
Armenia has a record number of religious conscientious objectors to military service in jail, despite a 2004 promise to free these prisoners of conscience, Forum 18 News Service has found. 72 Jehovah’s Witnesses are now in jail. Four of these prisoners have been...
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