Tag: Religious Persecution
Church group urges dropping of charges against missionaries
The Religious Discernment Group said that accusing the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines of financing terrorists is “simply ridiculous”
Nicaraguan Catholic bishop in detention says he is healthy
Bishop Rolando Alvarez has been holed up at home in Managua for a week after riot police prevented him from leaving to say Mass
Tibetan woman arrested for Dalai Lama photo
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists around the world
Women worldwide face sex-based religious persecution
These women, simply because they are women, face horrors from rape and forced marriage to forced birth control and sterilization
Christians most persecuted among displaced people, reveals latest Open Doors report
The report said the unique story of each displaced Christian varies based on their “personal layers of vulnerability”
US report on international religious freedom cites genocides in China and...
The report singles out the two countries for their repression of mostly Muslim Uyghurs and Rohingya
Despite Vatican-China deal, Chinese Catholics continue to face persecution
The report said that all religions, including the state-controlled ones, have suffered from "aggressive repression on religious freedom"
US sets new sanctions on China for harassing religious, ethnic minorities
The new actions come only a few days after Joe Biden spoke via video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
Court upholds school hijab ban in India’s south
Karnataka's high court ruled that the wearing of the hijab "does not form a part of essential religious practice in Islamic faith”
Catholics outraged over storming of church during archbishop’s Mass in Vietnam
“It was pretty confronting and really troubling to see the liturgy being stopped by several officials,” said the archbishop of Hanoi
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