Religious Liberty in China: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Doug Bandow - Today China's big cities look much like urban areas anywhere in the world. There are lots of cars. What I…
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Tag: religious liberty
August 2014
RUSSIA: “We still cry when we remember the burned books” (Forum 18)
A Tatarstan court had to reject the prosecutor's suit to have a further 18 books by or about the Turkish Islamic theologian Said Nursi…
Trend-Watch: Is a second Hobby Lobby Case in the works?
Is a second Hobby Lobby case in the works? Meggan Sommerville is a sixteen-year Hobby Lobby employee in Aurora, Illinois who has been denied…
ASI 2014: Dr. Eric Walsh on Persecution and the Refiner’s Fire
On August 9, 2014, Dr. Eric Walsh presented the closing address at the Adventist Services and Industries convention at the DeVos Place Convention Center…
Rabbi David Sapperstein Nominated as State Department Religious Freedom Ambassador (ANN)
July 28, 2014 | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | ANN staff eventh-day Adventist leaders said they applauded the announcement of a nominee for…
June 2014
Opinion on the Hobby Lobby Decision: More Equal Than Others
By Jason Hines - Today the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations can refuse to…
Supreme Court Rules Closely-Held Corporations Have Religious Rights
Most business owners set up corporations as legal alter-egos to avoid being held personally responsible if their businesses get sued, but in this case,…
April 2014
Opinion: Don’t Use Religious Liberty to Discriminate
By James Coffin - In the United States, individuals and groups have a long history of discrimination against fellow humans. But over many decades,…
Hobby Lobby Case: How Will the Court Decide?
By Michael Peabody - On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores (transcript and audio). According…
January 2014
Pew Research Reports Six-Year Peak in Religious Hostilities
According to an in-depth study by the Pew Research Center, 33% of the 198 countries and territories had high religious hostilities in 2012, which…