Tuesday, 01 February 2011 14:44
Turkey: Education should facilitate freedom of religion or belief
Many in Turkey see an urgent need to reform primary and secondary school education to facilitate freedom of religion or belief. This is because aspects of the school system play a role in fuelling a type…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:30
Rome: Pope urges governments to protect Christians
Pope Benedict XVI appealed to governments on Monday to protect Christians against violence and discrimination. He also called on Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying they were a pretext for ‘acts of injustice and violence’…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:30
Rome: Pope urges governments to protect Christians
Pope Benedict XVI appealed to governments on Monday to protect Christians against violence and discrimination. He also called on Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying they were a pretext for ‘acts of injustice and violence’…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:28
Denmark: Summit on Iraq sectarian violence opens
Some of Iraq's top religious leaders gathered in Copenhagen on Wednesday for a three-day closed-door meeting to try to end the recent violence against the country's Christian community. The emergency summit at a heavily guarded Copenhagen…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:28
Denmark: Summit on Iraq sectarian violence opens
Some of Iraq's top religious leaders gathered in Copenhagen on Wednesday for a three-day closed-door meeting to try to end the recent violence against the country's Christian community. The emergency summit at a heavily guarded Copenhagen…
Monday, 17 January 2011 21:11
Europe: Coptic churches report attack threats
Coptic Church leaders across Europe have revealed they have been the target of threats in the wake of the New Year's Day bomb attack in Egypt. (See World article) A priest in Paris has made a…