Religious intolerance Archives

Blasphemy isn’t just a problem in the Muslim world
- May 3, 2017
World attention is being turned to the blasphemy laws in much of the Muslim world, especially when religious minorities are prosecuted for allegedly offending Islam. Yet active blasphemy laws also exist in many Western, secular nations. According to the Pew Research Center, nearly one-fifth of European countries and a third of countries in the Americas – including Canada and several U.S. states – have laws against blasphemy.

By Steve Pinkerton
For religions, Orlando a wake-up call to ensure faith isn’t hijacked
- Jun 13, 2016
Neither Catholic nor Islamic teaching in any way justifies violence against a group of people. However, Orlando is a reminder that believers of all sorts are called to be vigilant in assuring that the edicts of our traditions are never hijacked as apologia for nefarious ends.

By Fr. Edward L. Beck
Pakistan textbooks slur Christians and other faiths, study says
- May 11, 2016
A new study by a U.S. government watchdog agency has found “deeply troubling content” in the way public school textbooks in Pakistan depict non-Islamic faiths, especially Christians and Hindus, charging that those religious minorities are styled as untrustworthy and fundamentally inferior. The report, “Teaching Intolerance in Pakistan: Religious Bias in

By Crux Staff

Suicide attacks on churches in Pakistan kill at least 15 people

Mar 16, 2015

LAHORE, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked two Christian churches during Sunday services in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in the latest attack on religious minorities in the country. The attacks occurred in quick succession outside Catholic and Protestant churches in Youhanabad, one

What the Pope could do to defend religious freedom

Nov 9, 2014

Just by reading the news, one has the impression that religious freedom is under threat today. From the carnage unleashed by the self-declared Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to church/state tensions across the West, the picture seems to grow murkier and grimmer by the day. Thankfully, we don’t have