Barriers to entry: For Iranian converts claiming religious persecution, European courts require proof of faith
HANNA VIOQUE, of Religion News Service, reports how judges across Europe are having a tough time deciding whether asylum-seekers claiming religious persecution are ‘genuine’ Christians…
Indian state outlaws religious conversion by marriage
New Delhi, IndiaAP India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has approved legislation in the country’s most populous state that lays out a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion. The decree for the state of Uttar Pradesh was passed Tuesday and follows a […]
ESSAY: WHAT CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS TELL US ABOUT AMERICA’S EARLIEST BLACK HISTORY
In an article first published on The Conversation, JANE LANDERS, professor of history at Vanderbilt University in the US, says Catholic records show black history in the US started much earlier than previously thought…