Anti-blasphemy statutes are being amended to make them even more dangerous for religious minorities, says the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Christian Churches
Xiamen’s Xunsiding Church: Pastor and Wife Asked to Pay a $63,632 Fine
Pastor Yang Xibo and his wife Wang Xiaofei filed an appeal against the unreasonable sanction but lost. The fine was increased.
Who Is Using the Kenya “Suicide Fasting” to Slander the Jesus Christians?
The 400+ death by extreme fasting in Shakahola are used by anti-cultists for an international attack against a peaceful Australian religious movement.
Religious Liberty Situation Deteriorating in Nepal
A report documents increased violence against Christians, fueled by discriminatory laws, although a grassroots interfaith movement offers some hope.
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, Police to Christian Churches: “Hire Private Guards, We Cannot Protect You”
After bloody assaults to dozens of churches, Karachi police has found a solution for the Christians: “Deploy private security guards.”
50th Anniversary of Tolkien’s Death: A Previously Unknown Letter, C.S. Lewis, and Inter-Christian Dialogue
The great English writer died on September 2, 1973. An important testimony emerges from an unpublished letter of January 1969.
Pakistan: Mob Burned Churches, Police Arrests—Christians
The real instigators of the attacks against Christian places of worship have not been arrested. Two Christian brothers are in jail accused of blasphemy.
Religious Freedom at Risk in European Union, USCIRF Report Says
Muslims, Jews, Christians, and groups unfairly stigmatized as “cults” are increasingly victims of secularism and of a widespread hostility to religion.
Pakistan, Christian Woman Gangraped and Killed for Refusing to Convert to Islam
Shazia Bibi was raped and murdered on June 6 in Lahore, but the news was only reported on July 1. The police said the murder was “not religious.” Anglican Bishops disagree.