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‘No minimum age for conversion in Islam’, Lahore High Court says

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected a petition filed by a Christian man, Gulzar Masih, seeking recovery and custody of his reportedly underage daughter, Chashmaan Masih, who was allegedly forcibly converted to Islam and then married to an older Muslim man.

27.09.2021
Ahmed Saeed & Human Rights Without Frontiers
Pakistan
Muslims (offenders)
Christians (victims)

Taliban ban Helmand barbers from trimming beards

The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law.

26.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Afghanistan
Muslims (offenders)

28 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to prison in 2021

Valery Rogozin, Sergei Melnik, Igor Egozarian, Viacheslav Osipov, and Denis Peresunko are Nr 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

23.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Russia
Secularists/Atheists (offenders)
Christians (victims)

Strategies for religious freedom in fragile states, a USCIRF hearing

Special focus on Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen

23.09.2021
Dr. Zsuzsa-Anna Ferenczy & Human Rights Without Frontiers
All countries

Tabligh Jamaat and Said Nursi Muslims sentenced or fined for practising their religion

Misuse of the anti-extremism legislation in August

22.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Russia
Muslims (victims)
Secularists/Atheists (offenders)

Statistics about victims of blasphemy laws (1987–2021)

Presentation by lawyer Akmal Bhatti, director of the Minorities Association of Pakistan (MAP) – To the press conference “Is Suspension Of Pakistan’s GSP+ Status Overdue?” at the Press Club Brussels, hosted by Human Rights Without Frontiers Brussels, 9 September 2021

21.09.2021
Akmal Bhatti
Pakistan
Muslims (offenders)
Christians (victims)
Muslims (victims)

15 Christians re-arrested

The Eritrean authorities recently arrested 15 Christians in raids on their houses in the capital Asmara. All have previously been imprisoned for their faith – some for up to 16 years.

20.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Eritrea
Christians (victims)
Muslims (offenders)

Pakistan: Anti-forced conversion bill draws concern from clerics

Clerics and religious scholars have expressed serious reservations over the draft of the anti-forced conversion bill.

20.09.2021
Nasir Saeed
Pakistan

Dmitry Terebilov is the 23rd Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to a prison term in 2021

Terebilov was born in 1980 in Kostroma. Being the only child in the family, he lost his mother early. When he was young, he was fond of freestyle wrestling and boxing, spent a lot of time on the street with friends.

20.09.2021
Willy Fautré & Human Rights Without Frontiers
Russia
Secularists/Atheists (offenders)
Christians (victims)

EU urged to act over ‘continued rights abuses’ by Pakistan

Coalition spokesman Andy Vermaut: The EU institutions have been urged to act urgently in the case of Pakistan’s alleged continued human rights abuses.

17.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Pakistan
Hinduists (victims)
Muslims (victims)
Christians (victims)
Muslims (offenders)

“The Taliban killed my parents”

An Afghan Christian, whose parents were killed by the Taliban when he was eight, has given fresh insight into what Christians can expect following the extremist group’s takeover.

17.09.2021
Raquel Martin and Fionn Shiner & Human Rights Without Frontiers
Afghanistan
Muslims (offenders)
Christians (victims)

AFGHANISTAN: The fall of Kabul, the sunset of interventionism for the West?

Is there a sustainable future for human rights in Afghanistan, asks Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers?

14.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers & Willy Fautré
Afghanistan
Muslims (offenders)
Muslims (victims)
Christians (victims)

Hamid Soudad sentenced to 5 years in prison: NGOs appeal to the UN

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

14.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Algeria
Muslims (offenders)
Christians (victims)

Protestant church set on fire in France

Unknown vandals attacked a temple in Behren-lès-Forbach, in the French region of Moselle.

14.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers & Daniela Bovolenta
France
Christians (victims)

FECRIS admits: Hamburg Case lost against Jehovah’s Witnesses was “a lesson”

While in a public press release the lost case was presented as a victory, in its General Assembly the organization acknowledged things went differently.

13.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers & Massimo Introvigne
Germany
Christian marginal groups (victims)

Two elderly pastors imprisoned for their faith

Two elderly pastors are being held in Eritrea’s maximum-security interrogation center as one of the world’s most repressive and closed countries continues to persecute Christians.

11.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers & Anugrah Kumar
Eritrea
Christians (victims)

Afghan Christian’s plea to CNA: ‘You are my last hope’

He says the Taliban executed his father. And his brother. Now, they are hunting for him.

9.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers & Shannon Mullen
Afghanistan
Muslims (offenders)
Christians (victims)

Catholic bishops’ commission laments EU religious freedom envoy vacancy

A Catholic bishops’ commission said on Wednesday that it is a “pity” that the “key position” of EU religious freedom envoy is now vacant.

8.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
European Union

Freedom of religion: 2021 Report of Aid to the Church in Need

Legal framework on freedom of religion and actual application

6.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Montenegro
Christians (victims)

At least 20 injured in Serbian church protest in Montenegro

At least 20 people were injured Sunday in Montenegro during clashes between police and demonstrators trying to prevent the inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

5.09.2021
Human Rights Without Frontiers
Montenegro
Serbia
Christians (victims)

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Arbeitskreis Religionsfreiheit

21.01.2022

Mosambik: Terrorist bekennt sich zum globalen Dschihad

Aussage bestätigt, dass es nicht in erster Linie um wirtschaftliche Ziele geht, sondern um religiöse

21.01.2022

Iran: Pastor nach Freilassung wieder inhaftiert

Matthias Haghnejad soll für sechs Jahre hinter Gitter

21.01.2022

Deutschland: Pfarrerin erhält Morddrohungen

Herne: Polizei vermutet ein politisches Motiv

21.01.2022

Bangladesch: Christ in Flüchtlingslager misshandelt

Christliche Minderheit unter Rohingya immer wieder Ziel von Angriffen

21.01.2022

Äthiopien: Versorgung mit Hilfsmitteln gefährdet

Aus der Konfliktregion Tigray

20.01.2022

Libanon: Psychiatrischem Krankenhaus in Beirut droht Schließung

Schwester Jeanette: "Viele Patienten haben keine Familie, die meisten würden auf der Straße landen."

Institute of Islamic Studies

21.01.2022

Türkei: Russisches Eingreifen in Kasachstan bedroht türkischen Einfluss in Zentralasien

(Institut für Islamfragen, dk, 08.01.2022) Die sich im katarischen Besitz befindende und in London erscheinende Tageszeitung „Al-Quds al-Arabi“ veröffentlichte am 7. Januar 2022 einen Bericht ihres Korrespondenten in Istanbul über die Situation in Kasachs

20.01.2022

Syrien: 2022 Diskussion über Wiederaufnahme Syriens in die Arabische Liga

(Institut für Islamfragen, dk, 06.01.2022) Die sich in katarischen Händen befindende und in London erscheinende Tageszeitung „Al-Quds al-Arabi“ berichtete am 4. Januar 2022 über die mögliche Wiederaufnahme Syriens in die Arabische Liga. Der Beitrag Syrie

19.01.2022

Deutschland: Studie an Berliner Schulen untersucht den Einfluss strenggläubiger muslimischer Schüler

(Institut für Islamfragen, dk, 06.01.2022) Die FAZ berichtete am 4. Januar 2022 über religiöse Konflikte an Berliner Schulen. Eine Studie des Vereins für Demokratie und Vielfalt (Devi) zeige, dass strenggläubige Muslime an immer mehr Berliner Schulen die

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Dialog mit muslimischen Führern verbessert die Lage der Christen

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WEA Secretary General Visits Seychelles, Meets with Country’s President and Leadership of National Evangelical Alliance

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WEA-Generalsekretär besucht die Seychellen und trifft sich mit dem Präsidenten des Landes sowie der Leitung der Nationalen Evangelischen Allianz

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Generalsekretär der Weltweiten Evangelischen Allianz fordert Rangliste für Religionsfreiheit

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Ein neues Buch über theologische Ausbildung durch Weiterbildung (TEE) beweist die Effektivität und Anpassungsfähigkeit des Modells an die Ausbildungsbedürfnisse der heutigen globalen Kirche

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New Book on Theological Education by Extension (TEE) Proves the Model’s Effectiveness and Adaptability to Meet the Training Needs of Today’s Global Church

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