The claim that Hinduism is a uniquely pacific and tolerant religion is dangerous bunk, says (UK) Guardian columnist Rahila Gupta.
There is a profoundly disquieting myth about Hinduism which has been put about by its adherents so often and so successfully that it is in danger of crystallising into a truth – that of its essentially [...]

A Singapore court has convicted a Christian couple for handing out a particular brand of religious tracts to Muslims.  The pair could be fined or even imprisoned.
A Singapore court Thursday has found a Christian couple guilty for distributing seditious and objectionable publications to Muslims, media reports said. Between March and December 2007, Ong Kian Cheong, [...]

The Malaysian government has forbidden Christians from referring to God as “Allah”, even though the word “Allah” means exactly that in the national language. The Roman Catholic church has gone to court to decide the issue.
Muslim leaders insist that “Allah” must be restricted for usage in Islam, else “young or unsuspecting Muslims” might get [...]

US President Barack Obama has chosen Egypt as the site of his promised major speech to the Muslim world.  Christian Freedom International (CFI) hopes he will not overlook Egypt’s atrocious record of trampling on the religious liberties of Christians.
According to [CFI President Jim] Jacobson, “When it comes to human rights and the treatment of minority [...]

Royal Hamel of the Guelph Mercury’s Community Editorial Board says, “Bravo to the brave Miss California”:
The United States is embattled in an escalating culture war on the issue of same-sex marriage. If the battle plays out as it did in Canada, many Christians and many churches will run for cover instead of speaking clearly what [...]

Horrific news of an outrageous incident of official persecution against Christians in Egypt has arrived from Assyrian International News Agency.
On the morning of Sunday, 26 April, hundreds of Egyptian State Security officers demolished a service building belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church.  When news of the attack was disseminated to local Christians, people gathered at [...]

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak issued a letter of greeting to the Coptic Diaspora on the occasion of Easter, which Eastern Christians celebrated on 19 April. Voice of the Copts says President Mubarak’s letter contains Taquiah—dissimulation or falsehood permitted by Islam under certain conditions. (The word is also spelled “Taqiyya” in English.)
In last week’s [...]

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) today condemned the continued detention of Christian blogger Hani Nazeer, who was arrested by State Security last October.  His arrest was prompted by complaints from Muslims over material posted at his blog.
ANHRI also alleges that the arrest “occurred with the collaboration of the Church in [his hometown [...]

Two years ago, Susanne Geske appeared on Turkish television shortly after her husband, Tilmann Geske, was brutally murdered with his friends Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel, in Malatya, Turkey. They were killed by Muslim fanatics motivated by anti-Christian animus. She forgave her husband’s killers.
She recently spoke about the power of forgiveness at a [...]

An Egyptian woman who converted from Islam to Christianity has been arrested for marrying a Christian man, even though that is not illegal under Egypt’s penal code. (It is, however, illegal under sharia law.)
What’s more, the police carried out the arrest even though they don’t have a copy of the marriage contract.
Christian convert Raheal [...]

Human Rights Watch has issued a scathing report on the tiny African nation of Eritrea. Under the autocratic rule of President Isayas Afewerki, Eritreans are subjected to “arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, forced labor, and inhuman conditions in detention; rigid restrictions on freedom of movement and expression; and religious persecution”, causing a humanitarian crisis.
“Eritrea’s [...]

In India, Christians are vilified and attacked by Hindus; in Sri Lanka, Buddhists are the persecutors.
Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka last week, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building in the capital.
On April 8, four Buddhist extremists approached the home of [...]

Muslim militants set upon Christians and burned churches in Niger state, northern Nigeria, during Easter celebrations last weekend. Christian services and processions were attacked in the state capital of Minna and the nearby town of Gwada.
[T]he day turned bloody in Gwada, where three churches were burnt while about 26 Christians were injured. In Minna, [...]

Today saw the first of five rounds in India‘s latest general election, the largest exercise of democracy in the world. Results, expected on 16 May, will determine which party or coalition of parties will be chosen to govern for the next five years. Analysts say the race is too close to call.
Although Christians [...]

Testimony at the trial of the killers of three Christians in Malatya, Turkey, in April 2007 strongly suggests that local security officials were involved in the crime. Called to the stand on Monday were Mehmet Ulger, former gendarmerie commander of Malatya province, and Ruhi Abat, theology instructor at a local university.
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