Category - freedom of religion

Laws against blasphemy are an offence

Press Office — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:12:33 +0100

Commenting on the passing into Irish law of an offence of "blasphemous libel", Simon Barrow, co-director of the religion, society and politics thinktank Ekklesia, said:

Outrage as Ireland makes blasphemous libel a crime

staff writers — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:07:16 +0100

Irish President Mary McAleese has signed into law the Defamation Act, which includes clauses that create the offence of "blasphemous libel". Civil rights campaigners are dismayed.

Chinese government permits religious literature in the Olympic village

staff writers — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:15:14 +0100

The Chinese government has given permission for special distribution of booklets of the Gospels, copies of the New Testament and full Bibles during the Olympic Games, but other concerns about freedom of speech and expression remain.

Children should not be made to worship

Press Office — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:42:19 +0100

The Christian think-tank Ekklesia has concurred with the findings of a new report from Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights which says that any child of ‘sufficient maturity, intelligen

Legal repression of Protestants and Muslims continues in Uzbekistan

Felix Corley Forum 18 News Service — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:23:15 +0100

In a new crackdown on Protestant churches across Uzbekistan, Sharofat Allamova was given a suspended prison sentence of six months in the central city of Bukhara [Bukhoro] in late August.

Christianity can work with secular culture

Press Office — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:53:18 +0000

Theo Hobson argues for a faith that welcomes freedom from religion