Muslim woman sues Louisville over jail photo taken without her hijab
Source: USA Today By Sarah Ladd LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Muslim woman is suing Louisville Metro Corrections and the city, saying she was made to remove her hijab in front of […]
No, American Religious Liberty Is Not in Peril
Source: Wall Street Journal By Marci Hamilton The First Amendment doesn’t exempt believers from general laws for the public good, especially when their conduct harms others I was clerking for […]
Yes, American Religious Liberty Is in Peril
Source: The Wall Street Journal By David French As the 2020 presidential contest begins, it’s worth reflecting on one of the issues that made Donald Trump president—religious liberty. And it’s worth […]
Pompeo takes aim at China at religious freedom conference
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said that China was responsible for the “stain of the century” of human rights […]
Pew Research: Asia remains ‘enemy’ of religious freedom
Source: asianews.it The Pew Research Center report states that “in the 2007-2017 decade, government restrictions on religion – laws, policies and actions of state officials that limit religious beliefs and practices – have increased dramatically in the world.” Leading the ranking of countries that impose restrictions on religious freedom are […]
Pew Research Report: How religious restrictions around the world have changed over a decade
Source: pewresearch.org | BY MICHAEL LIPKA AND SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Pew Research Center just published its 10th annual report analyzing restrictions on religion (by both governments and individuals or groups in society) around the world. This year’s report differs from past reports because it focuses on changes that have occurred over the course of a decade, […]
State Dept. hosts largest religious freedom summit in world history; survivors testify
Source: Christian Post The U.S. State Department launched on Tuesday its second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, a three-day summit being touted as the largest religious freedom event ever held. […]
Turkish politician faces 17 years over tweets
Source: Dawn ISTANBUL: Hundreds gathered at Istanbul’s main court on Friday to support an opposition politician who faces 17 years in prison for a series of tweets criticising the government. […]
As the wildfire of hate speech spreads, fighting it must be a job for everybody
Source: Guardian Addressing hate speech does not mean limiting freedom of speech. To prevent it from escalating, we need to treat it as we treat every malicious act Around the […]
US envoy decries lack of response from Islamic world to China’s attacks on Uighurs
Source: The Guardian Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have been silent in the face of the mass incarceration of Muslims in Xinjiang By Julian Borger in Washington […]
Indiana Amish couple could set new religious freedom precedent with lawsuit settlement
Source: Indy Star By Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star A southern Indiana Amish couple with 13 children has settled a multi-year lawsuit with the federal government, allowing the Canadian wife to become […]
Infecting People Isn’t a Religious Right
Source: The New York Times It’s no coincidence that measles is spreading across the United States after a decade in which the number of parents claiming exemption for their children from […]
Russia jails Dane for six years in Jehovah’s Witnesses purge
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Wednesday found a Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing a banned extremist group and jailed him for […]
Muslim woman says Ga. Corrections Department won’t let her wear hijab
Source: AJC By Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination complaint against the Georgia Department of Corrections, alleging the agency violated her religious beliefs by […]
We Are Taking Religious Freedom Too Far
Source: Washington Post By Margaret Renkl Contributing Opinion Writer School buses parked in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, near the Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov, a Jewish school on Bedford Avenue where there was a measles […]
MEPs join condemnation of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws – threaten suspension of subsidies and trade preferences
This week a cross-party group of 51 Members of the European Parliament issued a collective letter addressed to Imran Khan, Prime Minister of the islamic Republic of Pakistan, expressing their concerns and seeking […]
This Man’s Aunt Was Jailed Days After He Met With Mike Pompeo Over China’s Muslim Crackdown
Source: Buzz Feed News BY Megha Rajagopalan A Uighur American man who met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his family members have been jailed in apparent retaliation for […]
U.N. religious freedom expert seeks visit to China’s Xinjiang
Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations investigator on religious freedom said on Tuesday he has asked China to let him visit its Xinjiang region where some […]
US religious freedom envoy: Pakistan has ‘desire to change’
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan has “a desire to change” its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries […]
US Muslim leaders call on China to end persecution of Uighurs
Source: Religion News Service By Aysha Khan (RNS) – More than 130 American Muslim leaders and scholars have signed an open letter condemning the Chinese government’s continued persecution and detention […]
