On a Visit to the U.S., a Nigerian Witch-Hunter Explains Herself (New York Times)
EXCERPT: May 21, 2010 – HOUSTON (NYT) – At home in Nigeria, the Pentecostal preacher Helen Ukpabio draws thousands to her revival meetings. Last…
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Observations of Liberty in China (WWUB)
By Martin Surridge – The mass of strangers and suitcases pressed against me so tightly that I did not have to worry about the…
Conference Held to Relaunch Protection of Work-Free Sunday at European Level (ARLP)
A conference whose aim was to relaunch the protection of a work-free Sunday debate at European level (see www.comece.org) was held on Wednesday the…
Gendercide: China’s shameful massacre of unborn girls means there will soon be 30m more men than women (Daily Mail)
EXCERPT: By the year 2020, there will be 30 million more men than women of marriageable age in this giant empire, so large and…
French PM advised against total Islamic veil ban
EXCERPT from BBC News (link below): France’s top administrative body has advised the government that any total ban on face-covering Islamic veils could be…
RLTV Podcast: Martin Surridge on Swiss Minarets and the French Burqa Ban
Martin Surridge, the new associate editor of ReligiousLiberty.TV and Michael Peabody discuss recent developments in Europe.
Religious Tension Leads to Clashes in Jerusalem (From Al Jazeera English)
Conference to Relaunch ‘Sunday Protection’ at European Level to be Held (COMECE)
At RLTV we have been watching developments of this issue for over a year. A coalition of churches and labor unions is again working…
Tension over Religious Sites Leaves Dozens Hurt in Jerusalem Clashes
EXCERPT from BBC News (link below): Palestinians and Israeli police have clashed near the Jerusalem compound housing the al-Aqsa mosque, leaving dozens of people…
The Winter Olympics and Inequality in Global Athletics
In high school, the only sports I played to any significant extent were soccer and basketball. A lot of my friends went snowboarding or…