Monday, October 29, 2007

International Religious Freedom News: Jehovah's Witnesses Banned in Tajikistan


The Becket Fund:

  1. Sweden's Education Ministry Re-writes Rules for Religious Schools (Oct. 15)
  2. Iranian Students Sentenced for Publication of "Un-Islamic Images" (Oct. 17)
  3. Jehovah's Witnesses Banned in Tajikistan (Oct. 18)
  4. Pakistan: Students at Catholic-Run School Forced to Veil (Oct. 23)
  5. Pakistan: Dargai Students Told to Wear Burqa or Risk Death (Oct. 23)
  6. Uzbekistan Continues to Censor Religious Literature (Oct. 24)

Feature: How religious freedom is "shrinking" in India, from Ecumenical News International

Update: Agence France-Presse reports that the upper Shari'a court of Tudun Wada, Nigeria, has lifted the ban on Shehu Sani's play, Phantom Crescent, after ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction. Sani's play was banned from being performed or distributed following a complaint lodged by the Concerned Shari'a Forum of Zaria, Nigeria.

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