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1 day ago · Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or a group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or their lack thereof. The tendency of societies or groups within societies to alienate or repress different subcultures is a recurrent theme in human history.
5 days ago · In a country with a state religion, freedom of religion is generally considered to mean that the government permits religious practices of other communities besides the state religion, and does not persecute believers in other faiths or those who have no faith; in other countries, freedom of religion includes the right to refuse to support, by ...
3 days ago · This report, also known as the International Religious Freedom Report, describes the status of religious freedom, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies promoting religious freedom in nearly every country and territory throughout the world.
2 days ago · Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England 1558-1689. London, Longman, 2000, ISBN: 582304644X; 224pp. Two anti-Trinitarians shared the distinction in 1612 of being the last persons to be burned for heresy in England. The execution of Oliver Plunkett in 1681 was the last martyrdom of a Catholic on English soil.
5 days ago · Article. 17/12/2023. Catholicism and martyrdom in Japan: Church marks 400 years since Edo massacre. Oura Church in Nagasaki, Japan. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock. By Jonah McKeown. CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). Catholics in Japan have endured centuries of persecution.
3 days ago · The accession of James II in 1685 led to a relaxation of the severity of religious persecution and in 1686 Turton became the settled minister of a Presbyterian congregation which had, by October 1687, arranged to buy a piece of land in Phillip Street for the erection of a meeting-house later known as the Old Meeting.
