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Religious Persecution
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results23 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 13 Sources Library Connexions LibraryAhwazi Exiles Hold Four Massive Freedom Rallies in London, The Hague, Canberra, And Berlin Hamid, Rahim Article 2017 Demonstrators hold flags of the region of Al-Ahwaz as they take part in a rally in support of the Ahwazi people in Iran, in Berlin, Germany, 21 April 2017. Dozens of demonstrators took part in the mar... Bangladesh and the shrinking space for free thinkers: 'Don't call me Muslim, I am an atheist' Taslima, Nasreen Article 2015 Writer Taslima Nasreen fled Bangladesh in 1994 when extremists threatened to kill her for criticizing Islam, and has been living in exile since. Her country has, in recent times, seen many intellectua... Buddhist Pogropms and Religious Conflicts Malik, Kenan Article 2013 Most observers would, rightly, reject the idea that there is something inherent in Buddhism that has led to the violence. Rather, most would recognize that the anti-Muslim violence in both Myanmar and... Connexions Library: Race, Racism, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism Focus  Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on race, racism, ethnicity, multiculturalism, identity. Connexions Library: Religion Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on religion. The Deadly Costs of Muslim Sectarianism: Sunni v. Shia Cockburn, Patrick Article 2011 A war of extraordinary brutality is being waged across the Muslim world which is largely ignored by the media. It is a war in which victims are assassinated or massacred with no chance to defend thems... From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy Malik, Kenan Book 2009 Tells the story both of the Rushdie affair and of its transformative impact on cultural and political landscape of the West. The book explores the issues that the Rushide affair raised. in particular ... Infidel Hirsi Ali, Ayaan Book 2007 Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali woman who escaped a forced marriage and moved to the Netherlands, where she became a spokeswoman for Muslim women's rights. She tells the story of how her experiences led h... Know-Nothings of 2010: The New War of the Christian Crusaders Rosen, David Article 2010 Over the last four centuries, Quakers, Mormons, Catholics, Jews and many others have been targets of religious persecution, often the victims of imprisonments, hangings, lynchings and other acts of vi... A Marxist History of the World part 31: Crusade and Jihad Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 The Crusades lasted 200 years and represented the most extreme expression of the futile violence inherent in western feudalism - a murderous attack on the Middle East by western feudal thugs under the... A Marxist History of the World part 37: The Counter-Reformation Faulkner, Neil Article 2011 Neil Faulkner looks at how the Reformation was followed by a counter-revolutionary response which involved a dogmatic reassertion of Catholic orthodoxy: the Counter-Reformation. On Buddhist Fundamentalism: Hollywood, Please Take Note Ali, Tariq Article 2013 Four years after the brutal assault on the Tamil population and the killing of between 8—10,000 Tamils by the Sri Lankan army, there is trouble again. The saffron-robed fanatics, led by the BBS — Bodu... The Price of Torching Mosques: Burning Rage Cook, Jonathan Article 2011 By reminding Palestinians on either side of the Green Line of their common fate, Israel may yet unleash a force too powerful to control. The price tag – this time demanded by Palestinians – will be hi... Revered Rabbi Preaches Slaughter Of Gentile Babies Cook, Jonathan Article 2010 Rabbis who are among the leading idelogues of the growing fascist movement in Israel say that violence against non-Jews, including the killing of babies, is justied by religious law. According to Rabb... The Road to Civil War: Against The Current vol. 113 Avnery, Uri Article 2004 Everybody in Israel is talking about the Next War. The most popular TV channel is running a whole series about it. The St. Petersburg Declaration Article 2007 We are secular Muslims, and secular persons of Muslim societies. We are believers, doubters, and unbelievers, brought together by a great struggle, not between the West and Islam, but between the free... The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain Preston, Paul Book 2012 Paul Preston charts how and why Franco and his supporters set out to eliminate all ‘those who do not think as we do’ – some 200,000 men, women and children across Spain. Strip-Searching Children: Humiliation and Child Abuse at Israeli Checkpoints Weir, Alison Article 2007 Israeli officials have been regularly strip-searching children for decades. Terror in a Christmas Tree : Israel Tries to Ban Non-Jewish Celebrations Cook, Jonathan Article 2012 Who would imagine that Israeli Jews could be so intimidated by the innocuous Christmas tree? Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesWomen Living Under Muslim Law WLUML is an international solidarity network that provides information and support for those women whose lives have been shaped by the customs and/or laws of Islam. It extends to more 70 countries and... Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime Dem Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime geh”ren Menschen an, die entweder den muslimischen Glauben aufgegeben haben oder die niemals Muslime waren, wenngleich sie aufgrund ihrer Herkunft aus einem sog. "muslimi... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryAnti-Christian violence in India Wikipedia articles Anti-Christian violence in India refers to religiously motivated violence against Christians in India, usually perpetrated by Hindu nationalists. The acts of violence include arson of churches, re-con... Atheist blogger hacked to death with machetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh 2015 Machete-wielding assailants hacked to death a blogger in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, in the latest of a series of attacks on writers who support freethinking values in the Muslim-majority nation... Devsirme Wikipedia article Devsirme (literally collecting in Turkish) was chiefly the practice by which the Ottoman Empire took sons from their Balkan Christian every year. They were then converted to Islam with the primary obj... Exhuming history: censored Jewish text brought to light by Library and Archives Canada Abma, Sandra 2016 Words that were once lost to history have been brought into the light by book conservationists at Library and Archives Canada. The 16th-century collection of sermons were by a rabbi and philosopher wh... Human Rights Council resolution on blasphemy Sources News Release 2010 Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned by a resolution condemning #defamation of religions# which the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted on 25 March. IFJ Backs Indian Calls for "Peace and Tolerance" in Media Reports of Religious Dispute Sources News Release 2010 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called for journalists to play their part in keeping the peace in India where there are fears of community violence in a long-running religious ... Making blasphemy an offence takes Europe back several centuries Sources News Release 2010 Reporters Without Borders condemns #with the utmost firmness# a new defamation law in Ireland that establishes blasphemy as an offence punishable by a fine of up to 25,000 euros. The law took effect o... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 15, 2016 Lurching to War Diemer, Ulli (ed.) 2016 The risk of nuclear war is as great now as it was at the height of the Cold War. From the time the Warsaw Pact dissolved itself and the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States has single-mindedly pu... Religious persecution Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations. The tendency of societies or groups within socie... St. Bartholomew's Day massacre Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia A wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots (French Calvinist Protestants). Syrian Minority Fear the End of Fighting More Than War Itself Persecution of the Christians Cockburn, Patrick 2012 If the opposition National Coalition, recognised by 130 countries as the legitimate government of Syria, does ultimately take power then its most effective fighting force will be Jadhat al-Nusra, with... 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance Sources News Release 2009 23 IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial and religious intolerance. A year after Charlie, RSF warns against "religious correctness" Sources News Release 2016 On the eve of the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy in Paris and amid controversy about the satirical weekly's latest cover, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) cautions against the insidious... |
