It is unclear whether the anti-apostasy statute is still in force. To be on the safer side, judges enforce it anyway.
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Khalistan Movement Attacks Hindu Temple in Canada
Violent extremists claiming the Sikh homeland in India should become an independent state remain a problem in Canada and other countries.
Japan and the Unification Church: The Case Before the UN Human Rights Committee
The assault on the Unification Church after the Abe assassination is incompatible with several articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
“They Kill Russian Children, Cats, and Pigeons”: Russian Anti-Cultists Accuse Ukraine of Spreading Imaginary “Cults” in Russia
Roman Silantyev insists that “Columbine Satanism” and MKU (Maniacs: Murder Cult) work for Ukraine in Russian territory. They do not exist, but the FSB arrests hundreds of alleged members anyway.
Pakistan: Protests in Two Countries After Forced Conversion of Sikh Girl to Islam
A schoolteacher was abducted at gunpoint from her home, and forced to convert to Islam and marry the man who had raped her—“voluntarily,” a Pakistani court said.
Grave of Seven-Month-Old Ahmadi Child Desecrated in Pakistan
The total number of graves of members of the Ahmadiyya community attacked in 2022 has risen to 185.
Putin Has a New Great Data Base of Religious (and Non-Religious) “Extremists”
Both books or pamphlets and individuals will be included in a mammoth Orwellian list of targets for exclusion and repression.
New Generation Church: Latvian “Cult” Accused of Pro-Ukrainian Sabotage in Russia
Members of the Riga-based Word of Faith church, which once praised Putin’s anti-LGBT agenda, have been arrested as “agents of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
Nicaragua: Catholic Bishop “Kidnapped,” USCIRF Denounces Widespread “Persecution”
The crackdown particularly continues to target the Catholic Church, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says in a comprehensive report.
Pakistan: Punjab’s Ruling Party Wants to Ban Ahmadis from a Whole District
Rather than protecting them against mob violence, the Vice President of Punjab’s Pakistan Muslim League-Q wants to expel them from Khushab District.