Bitter Winter attended the 2023 National Peace Symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and the inauguration of a landmark new building at the Baitul Futuh mosque in London.
Marco Respinti
Jahid Hasan: An Ahmadi Young Man Clobbered to Death in Bangladesh
A three-night attack by Muslim fanatics happened in daylight and in front of the police. It was not the first time, and may not be the last.
The Tai Ji Men Case: What Social Justice Is—And Isn’t
The injustice happening in Taiwan is an example of how ideology and personal interests of rogue bureaucrats corrupt the concept of social justice.
“Paideia” and Tai Ji Men
Human rights activists should be educated to the ideal of civilization that the Greek concept of “paideia” conveyed. It will also help them to understand the Tai Ji Men case.
Taxes as a Weapon of Mass Persecution: The Tai Ji Men Case
An article on a large-circulation Italian daily newspaper explains that all that glitters is not gold in Taiwan.
Norwegian Ahmadi Assassinated in Pakistan
The 75-year-old Dr. Rasheed Ahmad was the victim of a hate crime and of the climate of growing anti-Ahmadi intolerance.
Tai Ji Men Dizi: Children of a Lesser Father?
We will never achieve true justice until we allow ideology and dishonesty to corrupt the authentic experience of human fraternity.
Wang Yi’s Visit to Italy: A Missed Opportunity
The present Italian leadership expressed the intention to walk out of the 2019 Belt and Road agreement signed by the previous government. So far, it has not happened.
Media: Friends or Foes of Religious Freedom?
Silence, misrepresentation, and fake news transform one the most important allies of religious freedom into a pervasive and obnoxious enemy.
Pakistan: Why Lynching of “Blasphemers” Continue
Another man has been lynched in the Nankana Sahib District in Punjab. Do the anti-blasphemy laws inspire the criminals, or do the mobs influence the MPs who pass and support such laws?
Marco Respinti
Marco Respinti is an Italian professional journalist, member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), author, translator, and lecturer. He has contributed and contributes to several journals and magazines both in print and online, both in Italy and abroad. Author of books and chapter in books, he has translated and/or edited works by, among others, Edmund Burke, Charles Dickens, T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Régine Pernoud and Gustave Thibon. A Senior fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (a non-partisan, non-profit U.S. educational organization based in Mecosta, Michigan), he is also a founding member as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for European Renewal (a non-profit, non-partisan pan-European educational organization based in The Hague, The Netherlands). A member of the Advisory Council of the European Federation for Freedom of Belief, in December 2022, the Universal Peace Federation bestowed on him, among others, the title of Ambassador of Peace. From February 2018 to December 2022, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of International Family News. He serves as Director-in-Charge of the academic publication The Journal of CESNUR and Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights.