INDIA: OPPOSITION TO MODI ISN’T JUST ABOUT ANTI-MUSLIM VIOLENCE, CHRISTIANS SAY
AYSHA KHAN, of Religion News Service, reports on how rising nationalism in India has left the country’s 28 million Christians uncertain about their future in the nation…
ESSAY: STOP THE ‘WEAPONISATION’ OF RELIGION IN PAKISTANI POLITICS
As Pakistanis head to the polls, Rev JOHNNIE MOORE and GAYLE MANCHIN – who both serve on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom – call for “unrelenting pressure” for the nation’s government to stop the harassment of the country’s religious minorities…
PAKISTAN: COURT RULING AIMS TO PUBLICLY IDENTIFY ALL RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
NAILA INYAT reports for Religion News Service on last month’s ruling that all citizens must declare their religious faith before joining state-run institutions…
ESSAY: CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS IN IRAQ STAND ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
In an article first published by Religion News Service, US Congressman CHRIS SMITH, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, calls for the US to take urgent steps to address the plight of endangered religious minority communities like Christians and the Yazidis in Iraq…
BANGLADESH: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES INCLUDING CHRISTIANS FACE “ALMOST DAILY” HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, SAYS REPORT
DAVID ADAMS looks at the findings of a new report from UK-based Minority Rights Group International on the situation facing religious minorities, including Christians, in Bangladesh…