Freedom of Religion

Articles

• USA: Lawful Discrimination: The Abuses of Religious Freedom in U.S. Healthcare
  11 May, by siawi3

  Until they personally experience being denied care or services, most Americans do not realize the vastness of these exemptions. It is critical that everyone begin to understand the true nature of religious refusals and the damage they cause.

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• Pakistan: Religious affairs ministry opposes restricting religious conversion before 18 years of age
  15 July, by siawi3

  If someone aged 14 years wished to convert to some other religion, they could “not be stopped”. A form of forced conversion is rampant in Sindh and that has to be taken care of by the state – this is procedural forced conversions, [in which] the whole system of the country, from the police, the courts, etc, are violating the laws and facilitating such conversions.”

• Pakistan: Like most other liberties, the right to religious freedom is a two-way street.
  21 July, by siawi3

  The Muslim majority of this country is extremely quick to call out foreign nations whenever they enact any laws that act to the detriment of Muslims. This is certainly an excellent moral position to take, but, without applying the same standards to non-Muslim citizens here at home, it is nothing but sheer hypocrisy.

• Nigeria: Humanist Mubarak Bala has been detained for 466 days, 18 hours, 11 minutes
  7 August, by siawi3

  Mubarak Bala is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. He has been held in detention without access to a lawyer since his arrest on 28 April 2020 in connection with a Facebook post. He is now formaly accused of blasphemy.

• USA: New anti-science lawsuits redefining religious freedom are akin to child sacrifice
  14 August, by siawi3

  Religious freedom does not include a license to harm others. But this Supreme Court, packed with zealots and ideologues, has walked away from this clear and long-standing rule. By turning its back on that constitutional principle, the court has encouraged waves of lawsuits (including the two above) that seek to place religious freedom for conservative Christians at the top of a hierarchy of rights.

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