Religious Freedom News
’New levels of misrepresentation’: India on US religious freedom watchdog report
’We are seeing impunity for violence by non-state actors committed against religious minorities,’ said United States Commission on International Religious Freedom chair Tony PerkinsUSCIRF categorised India as a ’Country of Particular Concern’ on religious freedom for first time since 2004
1 min read28 Apr 2020An Indian bill under US watch
The US CIRF has taken a grim view of the CAB’s provisions, and raised the possibility of recommending sanctions against its champion in the Lok SabhaThe bill amounts to a ’dangerous turn in the wrong direction’ and runs contrary to the secular values enshrined in India’s Constitution, US CIRF said
1 min read10 Dec 2019US puts Pakistan on Special Watch List for violations of religious freedom
US places Pakistan on ’Special Watch List’ for ’severe violations’ of religious freedom, says State Department, making it the only country to be put under the newly-formed list
3 min read9 Jan 2018US wants to ‘increase societal tolerance’ in India with $500,000 to NGOs
The US state department on Wednesday announced the grant for organisations which can come up with ideas and projects to promote religious freedom in India
1 min read9 Nov 2017Religious freedom rules spark new legal fight in US culture war
The US govt has issued new rules that let employers opt out of providing birth control and pave the way for religious businesses to discriminate based on their beliefs
4 min read7 Oct 2017China tightens restrictions on religious freedom
Chinese government intensifies punishments for unsanctioned religious activities and steps up supervision of certain groups in a bid to ’block extremism’
2 min read8 Sep 2017Violence by cow vigilantes increased in India in 2016: US
US report on religious freedom says there was an increase in violent incidents by cow vigilantes mostly against Muslims in India in 2016 and authorities often ’failed’ to prosecute them
2 min read15 Aug 2017Donald Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US
Donald Trump vows to support and defend religious liberty, says the threat of terrorism is ’one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today’
1 min read2 Jul 2017India briefs US on initiatives for safeguarding rights of minorities
US ambassador-at-large for religious freedom David Saperstein and minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi discussed issues including the ’triple talaq’ and Uniform Civil Code
1 min read14 Dec 2016Bulgaria bans full-face Islamic veil
Bulgaria’s parliament approved a law banning burqa or niqab in public with infringements carrying fines over $100
1 min read30 Sep 2016Popular Topics
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