Australia s Baha i community pleads for help as arbitrary arrests and home raids escalate in Iran
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After fleeing Iran as a teenager, Nima Moradi, far left, is raising his own children in Australia.
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Nima Moradi says he is lucky and thankful to be raising his two children in Australia.
Growing up in Iran as a child of the Baha i faith, Mr Moradi was often beaten at school.
He was one of five Baha i children who would cower each morning as they were lined up for assemblies at his school in the Islamic Republic.
US commission on religious freedom backs enactment of Tibet Policy, Support Act ANI | Updated: Dec 31, 2020 01:06 IST
The USCIRF said in a statement that this law establishes an official US policy affirming the right of the Tibetan Buddhist community in selecting and venerating their own religious leaders, including the Dalai Lama. The law imposes sanctions on Chinese officials who interfere in the selection of a successor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In addition, it requires the Secretary of State to seek to establish a consulate in Lhasa, the statement said. I commend President Trump for signing this important bill into law. It enacts a much-needed upgrade to existing U.S. policy on Tibet and sends a strong message to the Chinese Communist Party that it must respect the religious freedom of the Tibetan people, particularly the right of the Tibetan Buddhist community in the selection of a successor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama without
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Soad Thabet, a Coptic Christian woman who faces persecution in Egypt | Al Ahram
An Egyptian court acquitted three men who led a Muslim mob to strip, beat, spit on and humiliate a Christian grandmother whose son was falsely accused of having a romantic relationship with a Muslim woman.
Soad Thabet had to leave her village in Minya governorate in 2016 after the mob attack, during which homes of local Coptic Christians were also burned down.
“They haven’t been able to return to their village. It would be nice if they could consider going back, but at this point it’s not even an option. I have no idea where they’ll go,” Coptic Solidarity Director of Development and Advocacy Lindsay Griffin told The Christian Post of Thabet’s family. “When there’s collective punishment, typically people who are forced to leave their villages have to relocate. Some even try to leave the country eventually. They’re elderly, so they probably won’t want to leave.”
Anti-conversion laws in India: How states deal with religious conversion
Anti-conversion laws in India: How states deal with religious conversion
There is no central anti-conversion law. The states that have enacted anti-conversion laws make religious conversion by force or allurement a punishable offence. Here is an account of how states deal with religious conversion in India
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UPDATED: December 23, 2020 17:29 IST
Religious conversion by force or allurement is a punishable offence in states that have enacted anti-conversion laws. (Picture for representation)
With the recent controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government’s anti-conversion ordinance, India Today takes a look at the existing laws regarding forced conversions in India.