Islam Persecution: A Tale of Two Muslim Minorities In talking in my last post about persecution, my call is to try to be nuanced. Sadly, my interlocutor supposedly read the piece and concluded: Nevertheless, we seem very shy about mentioning persecution of Christians in the world here in the West. I don't think Johno ever actually
atheism Assessing the Claim that "Christians Are the Most Persecuted Group" I was involved in an argument on Facebook concerning the news of the cathedral in the Frensch city of Nantes. This was fresh news: it was only just happening. And yet, already, the person in question wrote this comment alongside a video of the burning building: There are people who
humanism Global persecution of humanists continues to worsen, new report reveals This is from Humanists UK: A new report published today by Humanists International has revealed worsening persecution of the non-religious in many parts of the globe. The report, which takes a detailed look at eight countries, finds ‘clear and growing evidence of the targeting of humanist and atheist activists on
atheism 85 countries ‘severely discriminate’ against the non-religious, 2017 Freedom of Thought Report finds This is from Humanists UK: 85 countries around the globe ‘exhibit severe discrimination against non-religious individuals’, with several having seen humanists and atheists murdered for their beliefs over the past year. Those are the top-line findings of the 2017 Freedom of Thought Report, published today by the International Humanist and
persecution Quote of the Day: Dirk Niemand on Liberal Bullies of Christians This corker is, well, a corker. Have a go at what you think is wrong... I'm sure you've heard of the saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend? Obama and his liberal cohorts have been attacking Christianity in the schools, the work place and
BHA House of Lords discuss persecution of humanists Peers in the House of Lords have discussed the persecution of humanists around the world in a debate on freedom of religion and belief. Lord Alton’s motion had asked that the Lords take note of Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights – which stipulates that everyone has the r
China Being skeptical about Chinese 'persecution' of Christians Some of you may have heard news reports like this one from Yahoo News about a church being 'knocked down by the Communists'. This is how they report it:
persecution Rowan Williams tells 'persecuted' western Christians to grow up Good on Williams here. I have talked about this before, that persecution as defined and supposedly exemplified by the victimised modern Christian is nothing but a ridiculous concept, and an insult to people around the world who are genuinely being persecuted, including real Christians in some hardli
atheism Persecuted atheists in Bangaldesh - one interviewed You might well have heard about the plight of atheist bloggers in Bangladesh. I have signed a petition, and urge you to do so if it is still valid. Being persecuted (and yes, I mean this overused term) for nonbelief is simply outrageous in this day and age.
