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Bitter Winter

A magazine on religious liberty and human rights

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The swastika the FSB found in Novouralsk, left, and the official version of the Nazi swastika, right (credits).

03/22/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Russia, Hare Krishnas Accused of Planning Attacks Against Military Conscription Bureaus

A “ISKCON leader” was arrested in Novouralsk. The evidence of his connection with “Ukrainian Nazis”: a swastika (which is however a common Hindu symbol).

The Caliph inaugurates the new building

03/11/2023 Marco Respinti

Ahmadis Defend Human Rights—Not for Themselves Only

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.

Mian Mithoo speaks after one of its numerous trials. From Twitter.

03/07/2023 Massimo Introvigne

Pakistan: The Keynote Speaker at a Seminar on Kidnapping Is—A Kidnapper

The Islamabad Bar Association organized a seminar on kidnapping and forced conversion of non-Muslim girls to Islam. They invited kidnapper Mian Mithoo to lecture.

TV coverage of the lynching and the suspension measure of local police officers in Pakistan. Screenshot.

02/17/2023 Marco Respinti

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?

Mark Fino preaching at Living Stone Church, Tokyo. Tom Eskildsen is sitting in the first row.

02/02/2023 Tom Eskildsen

Mark Fino: No Asylum in Japan for Evangelist Threatened in Bangladesh

The persecuted Bangladeshi Christian preacher and blogger was denied refugee recognition—as it happens to many in Japan.

Chanda Maharaj’s mother at a rally protesting forced conversion. From Twitter.

01/16/2023 Massimo Introvigne

UN: Pakistan Should Halt Forced Conversions, Marriages of Christian and Hindu Girls

Six Special Rapporteurs wrote to the government of Pakistan. They have now decided to publish their letter.

The boy accused of blasphemy. From Twitter.

01/12/2023 Marco Respinti

Pakistan: Boy Charged with Blasphemy for Calling God “Cruel” on Social Media

Confronted with tragedy, a young man shared his anguish and wrote God should be cruel if he allows it. Now, the boy risks the death penalty.

Sentenced to eight years in jail (later reduced to seven): Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, here with his wife before the arrest.

12/27/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Religious Freedom Violations: Do Not Forget Cuba

Two U.S. documents reminded us this month that Cuba remains among the worst countries of the world when it comes to religious liberty.

Before and after. The door of the Baghbanpura Ahmadi mosque with its minarets before the destruction, and after the police intervened on December 8. From Twitter.

12/19/2022 Massimo Introvigne

Pakistan: Police Attacks Ahmadi Mosque in Gujranwala

In Baghbanpura, in the urban area of Gujranwala, Punjab, the Ahmadis covered decorative minarets with an iron sheet to make them invisible. It was not enough.

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