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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic Mughal-era mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya. Monday’s consecration of the temple, dedicated to Lord Ram, embodies the triumph of Modi’s muscular Hindu nationalist politics and marks an unofficial start to his re-election campaign in general elections

US official warns Taiwanese they may face similar fate as Uyghurs in China — Radio Free Asia

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen addresses the opening of the 2022 Regional Religious Freedom Forum in Taipei, Taiwan, Aug. 20, 2022. Credit: Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)/video screenshot

The head of a U.S. agency that monitors religious freedom around the world warned Tuesday that Taiwanese may face a similar fate to the persecuted Uyghurs in western China’s Xinjiang region if Beijing invades the democratic island nation. “The communist authorities have made it clear that Taiwan must understand what’s happening to the Uyghur people,”

In Lebanon, ‘Soldiers of God’ threaten the LGBT community and condemn civil marriage

In Lebanon, 'Soldiers of God' threaten the LGBT community and condemn civil marriage

At the end of June, a widely circulated video showed a floral display, installed for Pride Month in Beirut, being vandalised. The video was shot by the perpetrators themselves, a group who call themselves the “Soldiers of God”. This group says they are fighting against civil marriage and the “abuses” committed by the LGBT community in Lebanon. On June

Synagogue sues Florida over abortion limits, a possible template for future challenges

Synagogue sues Florida over abortion limits, a possible template for future challenges

A lawsuit brought by a Florida synagogue claims reducing access to abortion is not compatible with Jewish law, making it a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religious expression. In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, does the lawsuit offer a template for other legal challenges?  A lawsuit filed on June 10

Xinjiang officials said to pay Uyghurs to perform dance at Kashgar mosque — Radio Free Asia

Uyghur musicians play their instruments atop the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, northwestern China's Xinjiang region, while other Uyghurs dance in the square below, May 3, 2022. Credit: China News Service video screenshot

Authorities in Kashgar allegedly paid Muslim Uyghur men to dance outside the most famous mosque in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region to celebrate the end of Ramadan, a performance that was filmed and released by state media ahead of an anticipated visit by the United Nations human rights chief later this month. Kashgar locals told RFA

Monasteries, churches are not spared from Myanmar’s conflict — Radio Free Asia

Dawuku Catholic Church in Loikaw township, eastern Myanmar's Kayah state, seen in January 2022, was damaged by artillery fire from a military junta aircraft. Credit: Citizen journalist

Nearly 100 religious buildings have been destroyed in two regions and two states in Myanmar more than a year after the military seized control from the elected government and plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos and violence, according to data compiled by RFA. The 97 religious buildings that have been demolished since the Feb.

Chinese officials restrict the number of Uyghurs who can observe Ramadan — Radio Free Asia

Tursunjan Mamat sets down a copy of the Quran during a government organized visit for foreign journalists to his home in Aksu prefecture, northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 20, 2021. Credit: Associated Press

” Ramadan procedures are being taken,” stated a village cop in Kashgars Tokkuzak (Toukezhake) municipality. Celebrations religious policy. The party never stated to eliminate faith, however to Sinicize it.” ” This system is developed to avoid religious beliefs to have unfavorable results on childrens minds,” he stated. A cadre from the village is registering individuals

China warns Tibetan monks ahead of March anniversaries — Radio Free Asia

China warns Tibetan monks ahead of March anniversaries — Radio Free Asia

A leading Chinese official in Tibet checked out abbeys in and near the Tibetan capital Lhasa this week to caution monks against behavior thought about disloyal to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, state media sources said. Wang Junzheng, celebration secretary in the Tibet Autonomous Region, went on Thursday to the Ramoche temple in Lhasa and

Chinese surveillance unit operating inside Tibetan Buddhist monastery — Radio Free Asia

Chinese surveillance unit operating inside Tibetan Buddhist monastery — Radio Free Asia

A Chinese police surveillance unit is running, apparently for the very first time, inside a Buddhist monastery as part of a restored crackdown on Tibetan Buddhist spiritual organizations, a Tibetan with knowledge of the situation said. Officers were installed this year at the Palyul Thartang Gonchen Monastery in Qinghai provinces Golog (in Chinese, Guoluo) Tibetan

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