This op-ed argues India's Freedom of Religion acts (anti-conversion laws) are unconstitutional tools that target minorities, ...

Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced on Friday that the state will soon implement the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 1978, which has remained dormant for decades. The ...

More than 160 violent attacks against Christians were reported in India this past year as laws passed by the country’s reigning Hindu nationalist government added to the threat to religious freedom in ...

India’s famed Emperor Ashoka was an ancient convert from Hinduism to Buddhism. He demonstrated that a person is NOT forced by others to convert from one religion to another. Today, “religious ...

It is one of the cornerstones of Indian democracy, granting every citizen the right to express opinions freely. However, this ...

An Indian court on Thursday denied bail to a Muslim comedian accused of insulting Hinduism, in a case that has raised concern over freedom of expression in the country.

On July 28, 2025, the Trump administration issued a memorandum to all heads and acting heads of federal government departments and agencies entitled “Protection Religious Expression in the Federal ...

The Supreme Court of India is raising questions over the anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh state, sayings India is a ...

Religious freedom is not only a fundamental and essential human right, "it is also a pathway to truth and deeper communion with God and neighbor," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of ...

The removal of dozens of tweets seen to be critical of the Indian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic is putting people's health at risk and quashing dissent, lawmakers and human rights ...

Re: “Religious freedom must be maintained during protests” (April 9, Editorials): I was gobsmacked to learn that a thoughtful and balanced state Senate bill designed to allow folks to protest — but ...