Religious Liberty - news
USCIRF: Tajikistan threatens religion
Religious expression in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan may soon become even more restricted, according to a warning from a nonpartisan federal panel that keeps tabs on the global status of faith groups. more »
By staff - Mar 25, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Issues,
2 Christians to be tried for ‘insulting Turkishness’
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Turkey’s decision to try two Christians under a revised version of a controversial law for “insulting Turkishness” has cast a cloud over the country’s record of freedom of speech and religion. more »
By Damaris Kremida - Mar 24, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty
USCIRF: Tajikistan threatens religion
WASHINGTON—Religious expression in the Central Asian country of Tajikistan may soon become even more restricted, according to a warning from a nonpartisan federal panel that keeps tabs on the global status of faith groups. more »
By staff - Mar 24, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Religious Liberty
Obama’s first judicial nominee once ruled against using Christ’s name in prayers
WASHINGTON—President Obama’s first appeals court nominee is being promoted as a moderate, but he’s been at odds with social conservatives in two prominent cases in recent years — one pertaining to abortion and another concerning a state’s legislative prayers. more »
By staff - Mar 19, 2009
Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
‘Love affair’ with freedom can become ‘a false god,’ WORLD founder tells editors
HORSESHOE BAY, Texas—Nothing catalyzes Americans to action more than the violation of personal physical freedom, WORLD magazine founder Joel Belz said during the annual Association of State Baptist Papers’ Feb. more »
By Melissa Deming - Feb 27, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
Supreme Court gives win to Ten Commandments monument supporters
WASHINGTON—In what some are calling a landmark decision that could impact religious monuments across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. more »
By Michael Foust - Feb 25, 2009
Topic: Faith, Bible, 10 Commandments, Citizenship, Religious Liberty
U.S. Supreme Court to hear war memorial cross case
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court plunged once again into the church-state legal battle Feb. 23 when it agreed to hear a case involving the constitutionality of a 75-year-old World War I memorial cross that sits in the Mojave National Preserve desert. more »
By staff - Feb 24, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Christian persecution: daily, deadly
Most editors share the same frustration: too much news and too little space. There just isn’t enough real estate in a given issue to print all the news that we want our readers to have. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Feb 22, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Persecution, Religious Liberty
Stimulus Package No Stimulant for Christian Students
The $787 billion stimulus package rushed through Congress late last week passes on a tab of nearly $10,000 to every American family in exchange for plenty of pork to fatten the national debt past $12 trillion. more »
By Doug Carlson - Feb 17, 2009 - (7)
Topic: Family, Education, Citizenship, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Stimulus retains controversial religion ban
The final version of the $787 billion economic stimulus package reported to Congress maintained a provision that critics say will discriminate against religious faith on college campuses. more »
By Tom Strode - Feb 16, 2009
Topic: Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty