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Pre-election ‘warning’ attack on Indonesian church

March 13, 2018 Indonesia Catholics, Indonesia, Sumatra

An attack on a church in Indonesia by vandals has been described as a “political warning” ahead of upcoming regional elections in June, reports Asia News. Vandals destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary and set fire to benches when they broke into St. Zechariah church just after midnight on . . . Read More

Saudi Prince ‘commits’ to interfaith dialogue

March 9, 2018 Saudi Arabia Apostasy, Converts, Islamic extremism, Mohammad bin Salman, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia

As part of his first public trip abroad as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman visited the UK and had a private meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby yesterday, 8 March, at Lambeth Palace in London. As part of his reforms to modernise his country, the . . . Read More

Israel: closure of Christianity’s ‘holiest site’ an ‘alarm signal’

March 9, 2018 Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Orthodox Jews, Tel Aviv

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christianity's 'holiest site', in Jerusalem. (Photo: Larry Koester via Flickr; CC 2.0)

Last week’s closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – Christianity’s ‘holiest site’ – was not just a protest over perceived government intervention; it was an “alarm signal” over the future of the city, according to a church spokesperson. “Can Jerusalem be a holy city for Jews, . . . Read More

First-ever peacebuilding platform for Arab Christian and Muslim leaders

March 8, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Arabs

More than 200 leaders from the Arab region have met to commit to peacebuilding and repairing the divisions created by extremists. The ‘Interreligious Dialogue for Peace: Promoting Peaceful Coexistence and Common Citizenship’ conference, organised by the Vienna-based International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), was the first of its kind for Christian and . . . Read More

Vietnam: 2017 was ‘worst year’ for dissidents

March 8, 2018 Vietnam Maria Tran Thi Nga, Vietnam

Vietnam’s communist government was criticised again this week over its treatment of dissidents. In its latest report, published on 5 March, the Former Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience (FVPOC) said the 43 people arrested in 2017 for challenging the state was more than double the combined number detained in 2016 (11) . . . Read More

Rwanda: Six pastors arrested following shutdown of 700 churches

March 8, 2018 Rwanda Churches, Kigali, Pentecostals, Rwanda

Six pastors have been arrested and accused of “masterminding” a ploy to disobey the Rwandan government’s order to shut down over 700 churches in one province. The pastors were alleged to have held “illegal meetings with bad intentions”, the BBC reported. The churches in the central province of Kigali were . . . Read More

Kazakhstan: 24 faith-related criminal convictions in 2017

March 8, 2018 Kazakhstan Baptists, Censorship, Education, Kazakhstan, Proselytism, Religion Law

New figures show the number of known criminal convictions handed out for exercising freedom of religion or belief in Kazakhstan reached 24 in 2017, reports the Oslo-based Forum 18 news service. The individuals were mainly Sunni Muslims but included one Christian, Yuri Ivanovich Bekker, a Baptist sentenced to a year . . . Read More

Religious freedom learning platform launched at UN

March 7, 2018 Global News -- No Particular Country Ahmed Shaheed, Human rights, Jan Figel, Religious freedom, Switzerland, UN

A new website to help promote understanding of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) was launched yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland, at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council. The Sweden-based FoRB Learning Platform provides downloadable resources in 13 different languages, including quick guides to religious rights, movie clips, theological . . . Read More

Rights group tells Russia to ‘properly respect’ religious freedom

March 7, 2018 Russia Don Ossewaarde, Europe, Jehovah's Witnesses, Minorities, Oryol, Religious freedom, Russia, Yarovaya Law

Religious freedom advocate ADF International is today (7 March) filing a third-party brief with the European Court of Human Rights, arguing “for the right to religious freedom to be properly respected in Russia”. (Such a brief is a statement by a third party, usually an NGO or academic, which has . . . Read More

Saudi Crown Prince makes ‘unprecedented’ visit to Coptic Pope

March 6, 2018 Copts, Egypt, Mohammad bin Salman, Pope Tawadros II, Saudi Arabia

On his first public trip abroad as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman yesterday (5 March) visited close ally Egypt and met the leader of the Coptic Church, Reuters reports. Saudi’s al-Arabiya TV channel showed Prince Mohammed and Pope Tawadros II walking together in Cairo’s St. Mark’s . . . Read More

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Catching Our Eye

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Pre-election ‘warning’ attack on Indonesian church

Saudi Prince ‘commits’ to interfaith dialogue

Israel: closure of Christianity’s ‘holiest site’ an ‘alarm signal’

First-ever peacebuilding platform for Arab Christian and Muslim leaders

Vietnam: 2017 was ‘worst year’ for dissidents

Rwanda: Six pastors arrested following shutdown of 700 churches

Kazakhstan: 24 faith-related criminal convictions in 2017

Religious freedom learning platform launched at UN

Rights group tells Russia to ‘properly respect’ religious freedom

Saudi Crown Prince makes ‘unprecedented’ visit to Coptic Pope

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