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(Photo: Unsplash/Joshua Olsen) The United States government on 26 June 2024 released its annual report on religious freedom worldwide, offering a rare criticism of India, a close US partner, while also highlighting growing concerns about religious intolerance globally, particularly against Jews and Muslims. Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, presented the report, pointing out … Read more
(Photo: Pixabay) Christians have criticised a controversial bill in Assam that bans prayers for healing. The Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024, threatens people who conduct so-called “magical healing” with harsh fines and even imprisonment, Crux reports. It makes “inhuman, evil, or magical healing practices” illegal and offenders face up to five years in prison or a … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Nikhita S) The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), the apex decision-making body representing the Catholic community in the country, has issued a set of guidelines for educational institutions under its jurisdiction. These guidelines aim to address the “emerging challenges due to the current socio-cultural, religious, and political situation” in the country. Under the … Read more
(Photo: Pixabay) The Himalayan state of Uttarakhand has become the first to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India. President Droupadi Murmu has granted assent to the state’s UCC Bill, 2024, a landmark legislation that seeks to standardise personal laws governing marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption across all religions. The announcement was made by … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Jon Tyson) A resolution about religious freedom in India, introduced in the US Congress in June 2023 by Minnesota’s Representative Ilhan Omar, has once again gained attention after a Christian watchdog group shared it on their website. International Christian Concern, shared information about House Resolution 542 that calls on the State Department to designate … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Jamie Street) Concerns are escalating in the U.K. over the authenticity of asylum seekers’ claims of converting to Christianity, with a notable case involving migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset. Reports indicate that a significant number of migrants housed on the barge are attending church services, sparking a debate on the … Read more
Burnt Bibles from the attacks on Christians in Manipur. (Photo: Open Doors) A five-member delegation from the United Christian Forum (UCF) met with the chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on September 21 in New Delhi to present their concerns regarding the persecution of Christians. As a response to the NCM’s nearly six-month-old … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Alexander Grey) A Christian orphanage in central India has been denied a renewal of its permit to receive foreign charitable funds, intensifying concerns about religious freedom and governmental oversight in the country. The Department for Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh state declined to renew the licence for Aadharshila Sansthan, an orphanage in … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Mohamed Nohassi) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued a directive urging the government to respond to a petition aimed at halting the forced conversion and marriage of minority girls, often used to disguise instances of child rape. The move follows a petition challenging the Lahore High Court’s decision to send Nayab Gill, a … Read more
(Photo: Unsplash/Robert Bye) Researchers from Open Doors International, a global NGO network which has provided support to persecuted Christians for over six decades, are monitoring growing religious tensions in Israel after leaders of several Christian denominations expressed concern over the growing number of verbal and physical attacks against Christians as well as the desecration of … Read more