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New initiative encourages FoRB in the Commonwealth

September 28, 2015 Commonwealth, Human rights, Minorities, Religious freedom, UK

A new freedom of religion initiative to encourage Commonwealth parliamentarians to speak out about the issue will launch on 1 October in the UK. The Commonwealth Initiative for the Freedom of Religion or Belief (CIFORB) will be based at the University of Birmingham’s Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding . . . Read More

Obama appoints religious minorities envoy

September 28, 2015 Barack Obama, Central Asia, Iran, Iraq, Minorities, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Syria, USA

President Obama has created a new special envoy position to address the persecution of religious minorities. Knox Thames was appointed to the long-awaited position of special envoy for religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia to coincide with the visit of Pope Francis to the White House . . . Read More

20 killed in CAR after death of Muslim taxi driver

September 28, 2015 Central African Republic Anti-balaka, Central African Republic, Seleka

Twenty people were killed on Saturday and at least 100 injured after the death of a Muslim taxi driver in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), says the BBC. The violence is the worst the city has experienced this year, with the largest death toll. The fighting . . . Read More

Al-Azhar bans book on blasphemy in Egypt

September 28, 2015 Egypt Al-Azhar, Blasphemy, Cairo, Egypt, Islamic extremism

Egypt’s top Islamic authority visited a well-known bookshop in central Cairo last week, telling it to halt sales of the book “Blasphemy in Egypt” by two prominent Egyptian authors. “Officials representing Al-Azhar and the Egyptian Ministry of Islamic Endowments visited Madbouli Bookshop and asked them to stop selling the book . . . Read More

Laos Christian ‘denied medication’ dies

September 25, 2015 Laos

Human Rights Watcher for Lao Religious Freedom has called on the Laotian government to accept responsibility for the death of a Christian man, who was reportedly denied access to his diabetes medication during nine months in prison. Tiang Kwentianthong, 61, died on 20 Sept., six months after his release from . . . Read More

Nigeria stops all transport in Borno

September 24, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Cars, public transport, horses, donkeys and camels have been banned in Nigeria’s Borno state until the end of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Friday (25 Sept.), in an attempt to guard against another terrorist attack by Boko Haram. Fifty-four people were killed in an attack in Maiduguri, the . . . Read More

‘Scandalous’ choice of Saudi for UN rights panel

September 24, 2015 Saudi Arabia Arabian Peninsula, Churches, Human rights, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, UN

Critics are accusing the UN of handing a key human rights role to the country with ‘arguably the worst record in the world when it comes to religious freedom’, writes the Independent. The appointment to the Human Rights Council of Saudi ambassador to Geneva, Faisal bin Hassan Trad, was uncovered . . . Read More

Myanmar regulates interfaith marriage

September 23, 2015 Myanmar Buddhist nationalism, Chin, Karen, Ma Ba Tha, Marriage, Minorities, Myanmar

Myanmar’s President has signed a law requiring interfaith couples to seek permission before they can marry. “Under the law, interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry,” reports Al Jazeera. “They will be allowed to wed if there are no . . . Read More

Boko Haram hits back in Maiduguri

September 22, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Maiduguri, Nigeria

At least 54 were killed and 90 injured in three bomb blasts in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria – the base of the Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram – late on Sunday (20 Sept.). The city had been free from attacks for about a month. Last hit by a bomb at the . . . Read More

India: Nun killed in Kerala

September 18, 2015 India Chhattisgarh, India, Kerala, Rape, Women

A nun has been murdered in the southern Indian state of Kerala, reports Fides. Sister Amala Valummel, 69, was found dead on 17 Sep. at her convent in the town of Palai. This is the fourth incident involving an Indian nun that World Watch Monitor has reported in 2015. In . . . Read More

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New initiative encourages FoRB in the Commonwealth

Obama appoints religious minorities envoy

20 killed in CAR after death of Muslim taxi driver

Al-Azhar bans book on blasphemy in Egypt

Laos Christian ‘denied medication’ dies

Nigeria stops all transport in Borno

‘Scandalous’ choice of Saudi for UN rights panel

Myanmar regulates interfaith marriage

Boko Haram hits back in Maiduguri

India: Nun killed in Kerala

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