A new federal policy on spiritual language in the armed forces raises concerns about freedom of conscience and religion’s future place in Canadian public life.
Canadian Chaplains and the Boundaries of State Neutrality
read more
From the World
Pakistan: Questions Persist After Destruction of Narowal Hindu Temple
Whether the historical place of worship was destroyed by a natural event or by a malicious human hand has become a bone of contention between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan: Targeted Killing of an Ahmadi Raises Fears of Renewed Violence
A deadly attack in Mandi Bahauddin intensifies concern over the safety of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the persistence of anti‑Ahmadi incitement.
Preventive Detention: International Standards, European Practice, and the Argentine Drift
A measure conceived as exceptional becomes routine, revealing how prolonged detention undermines the presumption of innocence and distorts the criminal process.
Let’s Give Anti-Cultists a Platform—and a Rebuttal
The global map of religious persecution is disheartening. Challenging media narratives could begin by putting journalists, anti-cultists, and the groups they criticize in the same room.
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 3. The Revolt of Ndochibiri
After the repression of its second insurrection, the Nyabingi movement went underground.
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 2. Muhumuza’s Insurrection
How an exiled queen claimed to be an incarnation of the spirit and transformed a spiritual movement into an anti-colonial revolt.
South Korea: Mother Han Sentenced to Two Years. She Is Innocent
The prosecutor had requested thirteen years. But innocent defendants should be acquitted, not receive “lenient” sentences to save the prosecutors’ face.
The Cult of Nyabingi in Rwanda. 1. A Subversive African Spirituality
The story of the most important East African millenarian movement and the spirit that allegedly gave rise to it.
Occupied Eastern Ukraine: How Russians Stole 800 Churches. Part 3
Ukrainian Orthodox Church priests face a painful dilemma: cooperate with the Russians, go to jail, or flee.