Senior clerics in Kohistan stated that if a single foreign woman is caught accompanying a marriageable Pakistani man, she should marry him.
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Spanish Anti-Jehovah’s-Witnesses Group Loses Court Case—But Claims It Won
The secretary of the Spanish Association of the Victims of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was found guilty of violating the religious organization’s right to honor and ordered to pay Euro 5,000 in damages.
Orthodox Jews and the Federal Government vs. Airmont: The End of the Thirty Years’ War?
Anti-discrimination lawsuits and demography are finally defeating the project of excluding Orthodox Jews from a gentrified village.
Colorado Court: Christian Pre-School Hiring Christian Teachers Only Is Entitled to State Aid
The U.S. District Court also stated that maintaining sex-separated bathrooms for religious reasons in the pre-school is protected by freedom of religion.
Pakistan: Abducted and Forcibly Married Christian Girls Seek Justice in Courts
Mishal managed to escape and now wants her captors punished. Samreen is trying to protect relatives who rescued her from charges that “they” are guilty of kidnapping.
Pakistan: Even Children Are Taught to Hate Ahmadis
A video showing a small boy cursing the persecuted religious minority quickly went viral on social media.
“Ukraine in Itself Is a Cult”: A New Absurd Claim by Russian Propaganda
Russian anti-cultists suggest that, rather than arguing that in Ukraine “there are cults,” it is now time to identify “Ukraine” not as a country but as a “cult.”
Spain: Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Important Case Against “El Mundo”
A Spanish court ordered the newspaper to publish the reply of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to a defamatory 2022 article. The court found the newspaper has been fed false information by an association of disgruntled former Witnesses and has uncritically published it.
The Request for Dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan: A Tragic Violation of Freedom of Religion or Belief
Twelve NGOs, representing a who’s who of religious liberty advocacy throughout the world, protest the Japanese government’s actions.
Seychelles Opposition Leader Patrick Herminie Arrested for “Witchcraft” and “Satanism”
The former speaker of the National Assembly has been released on bail in what literally appears as a case of politically motivated “witch hunt.”