A Catholic priest from Belarus testified at the European Parliament
European Parliament / Belarus // On 31 May, MEPs Bert-Jan Ruissen and Michaela Sojdrova organized an event at the European Parliament about religious freedom…
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Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen
OHCHR said that on 25 May, security forces stormed a peaceful meeting of Baha’is in Sana’a. Seventeen people, including five women, were…
“Bodhichitta is the Main Cause of a Buddha”, Stressed His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama walked from the gates to his residence to the Main Tibetan Temple, to give a teaching by…
Turkey, Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers
On 24 May, over 100 members of the Ahmadi Religion – women, children and elderly people – from seven Muslim-majority countries, where…
In Moscow, a miraculous icon, which previously belonged to a Ukrainian temple, was stolen under the nose of the FSB
The icon of the Virgin Bogolyubskaya was stolen from the Church of St. John the Evangelist in the center of Moscow, just…
Teshuvah – the Way of Return
On a shallow level, ‘Teshuvah’ simply refers to someone who goes back to the Jewish faith and resumes its practice after lapsing.…
Armed Houthis attack peaceful Baha’i gathering, arresting at least 17, in fresh crackdown
NEW YORK—27 May 2023— Houthi gunmen have staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sanaa, Yemen, on 25…
HRWF calls upon the UN, EU and OSCE for Turkey to stop deportation of 103 Ahmadis
Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) calls upon the UN, the EU and the OSCE to ask Turkey to annul a deportation order…
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light opposes all forms of extremism, oppression and religious persecution
It is important to clarify that the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light is a faith community different from the better known…
Over 100 Ahmadis at Turkish-Bulgarian frontier face imprisonment, or death if deported
More than one hundred members of The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light, a persecuted religious minority, who presented themselves at the…