Christians in Morocco fear fatwa’s harsher treatment

May 16, 2013

RABAT, Morocco — A Moroccan fatwa (legal judgment) calling for the execution of those who leave Islam has left many Christian converts in turmoil. There

Court upholds women’s prayer rights at Western Wall

May 9, 2013

JERUSALEM — Women who want to wear prayer shawls while praying in the women’s section of the Western Wall are not breaking the law, according

British prime minister pushing for Internet porn ban

May 9, 2013

LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron is pushing a ban on pornography on public Internet networks, drawing the praise of an anti-pornography organization. “It

USCIRF cites 15 countries for religious freedom violations

May 9, 2013

It can be hard to come up with a list of countries with the most egregious records on religious freedom when some of the world’s

Sudan intensifies arrests, deportations of Christians

May 9, 2013

JUBA, South Sudan — Sudan has stepped up its arrests and deportations of Christians, with interrogation including threats to bury them alive, sources said. Besides

Kazakhstan tightens government control of religion

May 9, 2013

Astana, Kazakhstan — As part of its controls on free speech in the area of religion, Kazakhstan’s government agency controlling religion — the Agency of

Kazakh police raid Easter service, fine participants

May 9, 2013

ZHASKENT, Kazakhstan — Within 48 hours of a claim by Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev that “religious freedom is fully secured,” seven members of a small