Religious Freedom And Discrimination

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistan's minister for minority affairs in a show of support for religious freedom as tensions mount in the country, he said Friday.Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who has faced a wave of threats, said he ...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Saturday that a deadly church attack in Alexandria on New Year's Eve targetted the whole country and not just its Coptic Christians.The bombing outside the church that killed 21 people emerging from mass was ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on Monday for Pakistan to repeal its anti-blasphemy law, days after a senior Pakistani politician who opposed the legislation was assassinated by his own bodyguard.The pope said the law served as a pretext for violence ...

Pope condemns intolerance toward Christians in New Year's appeal to world leadersPope Benedict XVI has condemned religious intolerance, especially against Christians, and pressed world leaders to do their parts to promote peace.Benedict urged Christians in his homily Saturday during New Year's Mass ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Far-right political parties in Europe are stepping up their anti-Muslim rhetoric and forging ties across borders, even going so far as to visit Israel to hail the Jewish state as a bulwark against militant Islam.National Front leader Marine Le ...

Religion News in BriefA judge sentenced a church financier to 54 years in prison Tuesday for pocketing millions of dollars that investors believed would be used to build churches.Special Judge Dena Martin ordered former pastor Vaughn Reeves to serve consecutive six-year terms ...

Even Germany joins in as Europe's cultural clash with radical Islam goes mainstreamThe 200 robed and bearded men gathered at dusk on the market square, rolled out their prayer rugs and intoned Allah's praises as dismayed townspeople looked on.It was Ramadan, the ...

Iran on Friday denied violating religious minorities' rights as charged in an annual report by the US government, whom it accused of being the "biggest violator" of Muslim rights, state media reported.In a statement carried by state news agency IRNA, Iranian foreign ...

US takes aim at bans on religious defamation, says moves restrict freedom of speechSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that Islamic nations and others are restricting free speech by attempting to ban statements defaming religion. She declared the Obama administration's ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans debating Muslim integration to stand up more for Christian values, saying Monday the country suffered not from "too much Islam" but "too little Christianity."Addressing her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, she said she took ...

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Topic: Religious Freedom And Discrimination

Clinton meets Pakistan minorities minister

Egypt says church attack targetted national unity

Pope calls on Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law

Pope denounces abuses against Christians

Europe far right courts Israel in anti-Islam drive

Religion News in Brief

Germany's angst about Islamists goes mainstream

Iran denies US charge of violating religious rights

Clinton: US opposes religious defamation bans

Merkel urges Germans: stand up for Christian values

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