South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Craig Bailie The need has never been more pressing for Africa’s citizens, families, communities, governments, and other organisations at national and regional levels to defend and advance freedom of religion or belief (commonly known as FORB). FORB is defined as follows in Article 18 of the UN Universal Declaration of […]
Originally published in Faithwire A Christian man in the UK has been convicted for silently praying just inside what had been dubbed a “buffer zone” at an abortion clinic in Bournemouth in November 2022. Adam Smith-Connor, a British military veteran and a father of two, was sentenced Wednesday to a […]
By Samuel Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett — Originally published in The Hill This week marks 75 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) — the document that has become the blueprint for our international architecture of rights. The UDHR references “the […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News. Finnish MP and former government minister Päivi Räsänen has stood trial for a second time on charges of “hate speech” over Bible verses she posted on social media. The latest trial, before the Helsinki Court of Appeal, involved three expressions of her Christian faith […]
Originally published in Christian News A documentary about the prosecution and trial of a Finnish MP who was accused of hate speech for sharing her thoughts on sexuality and gender identity on social media is set to be released in 2023. The film, directed by Matti Reinikka, will give an insight […]
South Africans are responding in numbers to calls from the religious community and civil society to take action against a serious threat to religious freedom and freedom of opinion by commenting on the controversial PEPUDA Amendment Bill So much so that last Friday the Department of Justice email address designated […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng did nothing wrong from a biblical, constitutional or political point of view when he spoke about Israel during a webinar last June, said ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe today. “That is why we are convinced he is going to win his appeal,” he said in a […]
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said last night that even before he had finished reading through a Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) finding against him regarding remarks he made in a webinar last June, God gave him “rock solid” grounds for appeal. At first he was shocked by God seemingly giving him […]
By Advocate Nadene Badenhorst, legal counsel for Freedom of Religion SA (FOR SA) The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) was tasked by the Minister of Home Affairs with investigating the possibility of a single marriage statute, regulating all the different kinds of marriages in South Africa. The SALRC has now released a discussion […]
A petition started in July last year calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to support Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s right to express his Christian views on Israel has enjoyed a renewed surge of public support over the past week as South African Christians have responded to attempts to muzzle the nation’s […]