American leadership required for international religious freedoms

New Delhi, May 1 : The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has listed Pakistan among worst violators of religious freedom, and also recommended continuance of ban on visa to Gujarat Chief Minister for his alleged role in 2002 riots.

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In the spotlight this week is Turkey, where burgeoning protests represent the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan since his rise to power a decade ago. The opposition charges Erdogan with authoritarianism, demanding greater ...

Posted 07:00 PM ET Freedom: In Northern Ireland, President Obama repeated an old canard about religious schools being at the root of division there and elsewhere. In reality, hatred comes from state power and poisonous political ideologies. ...

Smoke rises from districts in Aleppo, Syria, in December 2012. Credit: Freedom House/CC by 2.0 Saudi Arabian religious scholars are leading an increasingly vocal chorus of Islamic preachers who are urging Muslims and Arabs to support Syrian ...

Women of the Wall's quest for freedom of religion cuts only one way. Theirs. Women of the Wall prayers at the Western Wall Photo: TOVAH LAZAORFF All animals are equal; but some animals are more equal than others. The Orwellian quote was the ...

After he was released from more than a week of detention by Sri Lankan police last month, Muslim leader Azath Salley personally telephoned Ottawa's High Commission in Colombo to thank Canada for condemning his arrest. It was an unusually quick ...

Criminal defamation of religion charges must be dropped in a number of cases across Egypt, Amnesty International said today after a teacher was convicted for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in the classroom. A Luxor court on Tuesday fined ...

InterAksyon.comThe online news portal of TV5 YANGON - Kam Khan Cin travelled for four days from his remote mountaintop town to attend Myanmar's forum on web freedom as the country embraces its long-vilified netizens as part of sweeping reforms. The ...