Does Turkey’s New System for Changing Religious Affiliation Online Presage a More Tolerant Religious Atmosphere?
Turkey has launched an “ e-Government Gateway ” system. Does this offer new opportunities for discrimination?
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June 25, 2020 •
U.S. Watchdog Proposes ‘Binding Agreement’ With Pakistan to Combat Blasphemy Laws and Persecution of Minority Ahmadiyya Muslims
The USCIRF says the United States should create a binding agreement aimed at addressing religious freedom violations in Pakistan.
June 25, 2020 •
Vatican Calls for Curbs on Religious Intolerance and Discrimination
The Vatican calls on OSCE member states to protect religious freedoms against a rising tide of discrimination and intolerance adversely impacting the fundamental rights of minority communities, during the coronavirus pandemic.
June 21, 2020 •
Geneticist Winner of Templeton Prize Unites Faith and Science
Director of the National Institutes of Health Francis Collins, who headed the team that completed the Human Genome Project n 2003, is awarded the 2020 Templeton Prize. Past recipients have included Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
June 20, 2020 •
Survey Finds Faith Strengthened by the COVID-19 Pandemic
One in four Americans reports their faith has become stronger as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a nationwide survey.
June 19, 2020 •
First Observant Sikh Woman to Graduate From West Point
The first observant Sikh in the 218-year history of the United States Military Academy at West Point made history June 13 when she graduated from the distinguished institution.
June 13, 2020 •
Persecution of Baháʼís in Iran Continues Unchecked
Prisoners of conscience of Iran’s banned Baháʼí faith, recently furloughed to alleviate overcrowding in the nation’s unsanitary jails facing COVID-19 outbreaks, are being summoned back behind bars.
June 11, 2020 •
Bitter Winter: A Voice for China’s Oppressed
Bitter Winter, a cooperative enterprise by scholars, human rights activists, and members of religious organizations persecuted in China.
June 8, 2020 •
Pope Calls For a More Habitable and Humane Society on World Environment Day
Urging global solidarity aimed at respecting and protecting the planet’s biodiversity, Pope Francis addressed a letter to Colombian President Ivan Duque in celebration of World Environment Day June 5.
June 4, 2020 •
Christians Denied Food Aid During COVID-19 Pandemic
As financial and food insecurity ravages much of the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam and Pakistan governments and aid agencies are denying food aid to disadvantaged minority Christians because of their faith.
