A newly released volume, Religious Freedom and Populism: The Appropriation of a Human Right and How to Counter It, tackles the growing global threat of populism to human rights, particularly the right to freedom of religion or belief. The book’s contributors analyze how populist movements, especially those from the far-right, appropriate and distort this fundamental […]
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Miles Windsor, from the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI), has been appointed as Strategic Advisor to Ambassador Robert Řehák in the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Windsor will serve part-time, providing strategic guidance to Řehák, who holds the position of Ambassador for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB), Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, and Interfaith […]
by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – Churches and Christian aid groups in the US are continuing the hard work of helping communities recover from the massive destruction wreaked by Hurricane Helene as it tore through south-eastern states two weeks ago, CBN News reports. The small North Carolina town of Swannanoa was one […]
Panaji, Goa – Tensions in Goa have reached a boiling point following controversial remarks made by Subhash Velingkar, a former leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), about the Catholic missionary St. Francis Xavier. Christian communities across the state have vehemently condemned Velingkar’s comments and are demanding his immediate arrest. Protests erupted on Sunday, with […]