religious minorities - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:06:53 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg religious minorities - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Religious minorities in Bangladesh under fire after fall of secular regime https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/08/15/religious-minorities-in-bangladesh-under-fire-after-fall-of-secular-regime/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 05:55:42 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=174563 After the secularist prime minister of Bangladesh fled the country, non-Muslims claim they have suffered attacks in the Islamic-majority country. Around 90 percent of the South Asian nation is Muslim, with 7.95 percent being Hindu, 0.6 percent Buddhist, and just 0.3 percent being Christian - just about 500,000 people in a nation of 170 million. Read more

Religious minorities in Bangladesh under fire after fall of secular regime... Read more]]> After the secularist prime minister of Bangladesh fled the country, non-Muslims claim they have suffered attacks in the Islamic-majority country.

Around 90 percent of the South Asian nation is Muslim, with 7.95 percent being Hindu, 0.6 percent Buddhist, and just 0.3 percent being Christian - just about 500,000 people in a nation of 170 million.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled the country on Monday, headed the Awami League, a secular party most non-Muslims support.

The protests against the Haina government began in early July with demands from university students to abolish quotas in civil service jobs. Still, they grew larger into a broader anti-government movement.

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Religious minorities in Bangladesh under fire after fall of secular regime]]> 174563 Religious minorities face growing digital persecution https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/07/11/religious-minorities-face-growing-digital-persecution/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:53:42 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=149045 A report from the charity Open Doors has warned that religious minorities face an "Orwellian existence" under growing digital persecution. It says that surveillance technology and states' monitoring of social media has been combined with censorship and disinformation on digital platforms to target religious minorities. Open Doors, which campaigns for persecuted Christians worldwide, published the Read more

Religious minorities face growing digital persecution... Read more]]> A report from the charity Open Doors has warned that religious minorities face an "Orwellian existence" under growing digital persecution.

It says that surveillance technology and states' monitoring of social media has been combined with censorship and disinformation on digital platforms to target religious minorities.

Open Doors, which campaigns for persecuted Christians worldwide, published the report in partnership with the universities of Birmingham and Roehampton. Its release coincided with the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, which meets in London today and tomorrow.

"We watch on as mobs and terror groups around the world are making use of digital platforms to tighten their grip over religious minorities," said Dr David Landrum, director of advocacy and media for Open Doors UK.

"Most shocking of all, governments are turning a blind eye to this, or even actively encouraging the violent, oppressive behaviour." Continue reading

Religious minorities face growing digital persecution]]> 149045 Clergy call for rethink of ban on Christian polygamists https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/11/09/clergy-call-for-rethink-of-ban-on-christian-polygamists/ Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:30:48 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=36339 Several Protestant clergy and Catholic priests in Pakistan have called on their churches to consider relaxing attitudes towards Christian polygamists, or risk a drop in Church membership. Their concerns follow the strong impact of Islamic society on religious minority families. Continue reading

Clergy call for rethink of ban on Christian polygamists... Read more]]> Several Protestant clergy and Catholic priests in Pakistan have called on their churches to consider relaxing attitudes towards Christian polygamists, or risk a drop in Church membership. Their concerns follow the strong impact of Islamic society on religious minority families.

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