Thousands of children are abused in Senegal’s religious schools
Source: The Economist Mbar lifts up his trousers and points at the marks where the chains wore his skin away. He was 11 when his father sent him from his village […]
A Quebec bill to ban some from wearing ‘religious symbols’ is fueled by Islamophobia
Source: The Washington Post By Nora Loreto Nora Loreto is a Canadian freelance writer and author of “From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement.” Fatima Ahmad was attacked in […]
Being Christian in Western Europe
Source: Pew Research Center Western Europe, where Protestant Christianity originated and Catholicism has been based for most of its history, has become one of the world’s most secular regions. Although […]
Indian Court Convicts 6 Hindus in Rape and Murder of Muslim Girl, 8
Source: The New York Times By Kai Schultz NEW DELHI — An Indian court on Monday convicted six men over the kidnap, rape and murder of a Muslim nomadic girl […]
Groups launch challenge of Quebec’s secularism bill one day after it becomes law
Source: CTV News Less than 24 hours after it became law, groups representing Canadian Muslims and civil liberties advocates sought Monday to have Quebec’s secularism legislation struck down as unconstitutional. The National Council of Canadian Muslims, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and Ichrak Nourel Hak — a Universite de Montreal […]
Bill 21: Quebec passes secularism law after marathon session
Eleven years after the Bouchard-Taylor report recommended the idea, Quebec now has secularism legislation that bans the wearing of religious symbols by certain public servants in positions of authority by overriding their fundamental rights Source: The Montreal Gazette Eleven years after the Bouchard-Taylor report recommended the idea, Quebec now has […]