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Iceland makes blasphemy legal

July 3, 2015 Blasphemy, Charlie Hebdo, Elections, France, Iceland, Sweden

Iceland’s parliament has abolished its blasphemy laws, despite opposition from some of the country’s churches, reports the BBC. A bill was put forward in response to the attack against the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, by Iceland’s minority Pirate Party, which campaigns for internet and data freedom. The Pirate movement . . . Read More

Malaysia: Use of ‘Allah’ will get day in court

July 2, 2015 Malaysia 'Allah', Jill Ireland, Malaysia, Sarawak

Malaysia’s High Court on July 2 set a date to prepare the groundwork to hear arguments by Jill Ireland that she has the right to use the word “Allah” in reference to God. On June 23, the Court of Appeal ordered the government to return to Ireland a collection of . . . Read More

Growing signs of ISIS activity in Jerusalem

July 1, 2015 Israel Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories, Ramadan

A new Islamist threat to Christians has emerged in Jerusalem, according to Middle East Concern. On 25 June leaflets were distributed in East Jerusalem by a group calling itself Islamic State in Palestine. The leaflets bore the black flag of ISIS and carried a message warning Christians to leave Jerusalem . . . Read More

Chibok girls ‘forced to kill’ for Boko Haram

June 30, 2015 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Children, Genocide, Nigeria

Some of the kidnapped Chibok girls have been forced to join Boko Haram and carry out killings, the BBC has been told. Witnesses who escaped from the same camps that were holding some of the Chibok girls said they have been brainwashed and are being used to terrorise other captives . . . Read More

US must elevate status of religious freedom

June 29, 2015

The chairman of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged US policymakers to lift religious freedom out of being a “second or third-class concern”. Asked by Aleteia if he thought the US administration didn’t care enough about persecution of Christians in the Middle East, new chair Robert George said “I . . . Read More

Date set for judge to question S Sudan pastors

June 26, 2015 Sudan Mariam Ibrahim, NISS, Peter Yen, Sudan, Yat Michael

The prosecution in the trial of South Sudanese pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yen closed its case on 25 June after presenting its final witness, an officer of the National Intelligence and Security Service, but no new evidence. The two men will next appear in court on 2 July, when . . . Read More

Pakistan pressure on foreign nationals continues

June 25, 2015 Pakistan Catholics, Islamabad, Pakistan

It closed down Save the Children, one of the most recognized charities in the world, then asked thousands of other aid organisations to submit to strict new licensing procedures. Now Pakistan has cancelled the visas of three nuns prompting a lawsuit from the Catholic Church, says the Washington Post. The . . . Read More

Malaysian Islamic authorities withdraw charges

June 25, 2015 Malaysia 'Allah', Islamic extremism, Jill Ireland, Malaysia

A bookstore manager will no longer be pursued in court by Malaysia’s Federal religious authorities for stocking a book that later became a banned item. Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz was arrested in June 2012 following the seizure of the book on 23 May 2012. But the book was only . . . Read More

Sudan’s treatment of minorities ‘woeful’

June 24, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, Minorities, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

In highlighting the case of two South Sudanese pastors on trial in neighbouring Sudan to the north, Yat Michael and Peter Yen, the BBC’s former correspondent there, James Copnall, throws light on Sudan’s treatment of its minorities (3%). He takes a close look at the reasons behind historical conflict before . . . Read More

Muslims must ‘face up’ to Quran’s violence

June 23, 2015 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Prophet Muhammad, Quran

Egyptian President al-Sisi’s New Year’s Day speech asking how belief in Islam could make Muslim nations “a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction” ought to have triggered a worldwide theological debate amongst Muslims asking where the mechanism for restraining Islamic violence lies, according to Canon Dr. Gavin Ashenden, writing . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

Catching Our Eye

Iceland makes blasphemy legal

Malaysia: Use of ‘Allah’ will get day in court

Growing signs of ISIS activity in Jerusalem

Chibok girls ‘forced to kill’ for Boko Haram

US must elevate status of religious freedom

Date set for judge to question S Sudan pastors

Pakistan pressure on foreign nationals continues

Malaysian Islamic authorities withdraw charges

Sudan’s treatment of minorities ‘woeful’

Muslims must ‘face up’ to Quran’s violence

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