report
Chinese dissident-evangelist accused of sexual misconduct
By Timothy C. Morgan — July 12, 2016
(RNS) Yuan is recognized as one of the leading preachers and theologians for the global Chinese Christian community, which has at least 70 million Christians and more overseas.
Report: Islamic State lost quarter of its Iraq, Syria territory in 18 months
By RNS staff — July 10, 2016
BEIRUT (Reuters) The territory controlled by ISIS shrank from 35,000 square miles in January 2015, six months after it declared a caliphate in Syria and Iraq, to 26,370 square miles, the research firm said.
What naming ISIS’ actions ‘genocide’ would mean to Christians (COMMENTARY)
By Jennifer A. Marshall — March 16, 2016
(RNS) To not say the truth would give Islamic militants a green light, says one Iraqi priest.
Anti-Semitism on campus linked to anti-Israel activity
By Lauren Markoe — March 15, 2016
(RNS) Where there is BDS, there is anti-Semitism, a report finds. But critics say it is an attempt to tar critics of Israel.
British Muslims tell of growing hostility in new report
By Trevor Grundy — November 18, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The report cites rampant job discrimination and says that more than half of Britain’s Muslims have witnessed Islamophobic attacks between 2010 and 2014.
State Department religious freedom report focuses on terror groups
By Lauren Markoe — October 14, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Nonstate actors, said Secretary of State John Kerry, are "the principal persecutors and preventers of religious tolerance and practice."
Bishops’ debate over gays: Lost in translation?
By Josephine McKenna — October 16, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The change in the English version was not made in the Italian original, where the term “accogliere,” which means “to welcome,” was kept.
REPORT: Internet hate speech can lead to acts of violence
By Omar Sacirbey — May 6, 2014
(RNS) The Muslim Advocates report contains examples of hate speech and how it can lead to violence, as well as how victims of online hate speech can report it and counter it.
Bats in the belfry a serious matter for the Church of England
By Trevor Grundy — March 13, 2014
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Bats are making life unbearable for congregations by defecating on church worshippers from roofs as well as bell towers, according to a report to the Church Buildings Council of the Church of England.
Muslims name 37 groups that fuel Islamophobia
By Katherine Burgess — September 19, 2013
(RNS) The report, which found that incidents of hatred against Muslims had decreased slightly, lists 37 individuals and institutions that “were at the center of promoting Islamophobia in America” during 2011-2012.
Page 2 of 2
