On April 13, 2013, members of the Islamic extremist group Al Shabaab shot 42-year-old Fartun Omar to death in Buulodbarbe, Somalia, less than a year after Omar’s husband was killed for converting to Christianity. On April 8, 2013 a Russian prosecutor indicted sixteen Jehovah’s Witnesses. Their crime:
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Hudson Institute’s Persecution Report Sheds Light on International Religious Persecution
Posted on 07 May 2013.
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Critical Analysis: Coptic Church Elects New Pope During Times of Uncertainty
Posted on 13 November 2012.
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, Bishop Tawadros became the Pope-designate of the Coptic Church after a blindfolded six-year-old boy drew a slip of paper bearing Tawadros’ name from a glass bowl. The Bishop succeeds Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March and who served as Pope for over forty years. Copts believe this ancient [...]
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Critical Analysis: Kurdistan Debates Blasphemy Law
Posted on 13 September 2012.
The Kurdish parliament is considering a bill that would criminalize offending and insulting religions in response to the arrest of Hamin Ary, the editor of an Erbil-based Kurdish monthly magazine. Ary was arrested in May for “violating religious sensibilities” after he republished a controversial article entitled “Me and God.” The article, originally published on Facebook [...]
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