Washington: Declaring that religious freedom is “under threat,” President Donald Trump has vowed to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status. “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives ofContinue Reading
NEW HAVEN, CONN.: Religious freedom continues to enjoy strong backing from most Americans, a new survey says. “Majorities of Americans – regardless of party – have embraced religious freedom and have rightly rejected the false notion that it is something negative,” Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of ColumbusContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a document justifying “triple talaq” divorce, the top decision-making body of Muslims in India today said the Supreme Court cannot interfere in religious freedom and “rewrite personal laws in the name of social reform”. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board told the court that the “validityContinue Reading
Nepal’s first religious freedom case since the country’s new constitution was implemented in 2015 is due to come to trial later this week. Facing charges will be eight Christian counsellors arrested for distributing a pamphlet about Jesus in a Christian school while helping children through the trauma of last year’sContinue Reading
Washington D.C: India is making a mistake in refusing to issue visas to a U.S. international religious freedom organization, said religious liberty advocates and experts specializing in the South Asian country. “This is a missed opportunity for India and for religious freedom. We had hoped to travel there for someContinue Reading
Washington : Citing President Barack Obama’s message on religious freedom during his trip to India last year, the US again expressed disappointment over India’s denial of visas to a bipartisan US commission. “We’re disappointed by this news,” State Department Spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Monday when asked about denial ofContinue Reading
Washington: India has denied visa to members of a US commission on religious freedom who wanted to discuss and assess “deteriorating” religious freedom conditions in the country, the head of the independent body has said. “We are deeply disappointed by the Indian government’s denial, in effect, of these visas,” RobertContinue Reading
Nepali Christians fear that proposed amendments to Nepal’s new constitution, likely to come into effect on Monday (10 August) after seven years of parliamentary discussions, could eventually render all Christian activity illegal. Attempting to convert someone to another religion is already prohibited in Nepal, but the proposed amendments would meanContinue Reading
