Tag: religious freedom

Baker Jack Phillips wins at Colorado Supreme Court after 12 years of battling for Christian beliefs

Originally published in CBN The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favour of long-embattled Christian baker, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop on Tuesday. The state’s high court dismissed the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v Scardina because the attorney who was targeting Phillips did not follow the correct process in suing him, according […]

China intensifies crackdown, removing Christian symbols

Originally published in Charisma News The Chinese Communist Party has made efforts to exercise control of the churches in China, replacing Christian images with pictures of President Xi Jinping. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom released a report on the matter, saying the Chinese government has “implemented the coercive ‘sinicisation of […]

Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest

Originally published in The Roys Report On a recent Sunday morning, a dozen people congregated in a home in the Nyabisindu neighborhood of Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali to ponder their next steps after the government shuttered numerous churches for noncompliance with health and safety regulations. “We are appalled by […]

Australian government under fire over religious protections climbdown

Originally published in Christian Today Australia’s Labor government has come under fire from both sides of the ideological divide after comments earlier this month that indicated it was abandoning its controversial proposal for a Religious Discrimination Act. While addressing a press conference in Western Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was […]

Fulani slaughter 50 Christians in Benue state, Nigeria

At least 50 Christians were murdered in Nigeria’s Benue state last week during an attack on their villages by Fulani jihadist herdsmen and a criminal gang, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. On Thursday August 8, Fulani terrorists and affiliated bandits raided the predominantly Christian village of Ayati village in Ukum […]

UK Church leaders urge Keir Starmer not to criminalise ‘normal Christian teaching’ in conversion therapy ban

Originally published in Premier Christian News A group of church leaders have said that the Prime Minister’s proposed conversion therapy laws could threaten to criminalise some Christian practices. In a letter representing more than 1 300 churches, the group warned that Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for a “full trans-inclusive ban” on conversion […]

Religious communities under attack in devastating Sudan civil way, says US relgious freedom body

Originally published in Worthy News The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) warned last week that the year-long war between the Islamic Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival, the Islamic Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, has reached devastating levels and is severely impacting religious communities including […]