Invisible Religious Spaces – Interreligious and Transregional Perspectives Call for papers for an open panel at the European Academy of Religion conference in Rome (30 June to 3 July 2026).

#CfP 📢 “Invisible Religious Spaces. Interreligious and Transregional Perspectives,” European Academy of Religion Conference
📆30 June-3 July 2026 | 🌍Rome
⏰13 March 2026
🔗 www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

#ReligiousMinorities #Interreligious #MediterraneanHistory #SacredSpace #ReligiousHistory

Essay: What comes next for Iranian religious minorities? - Sight Magazine KNOX THAMES says the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei creates uncertainty for all Iranians, but especially for non-Muslim minorities...

Essay: What comes next for Iranian religious minorities? @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Iranwar #Iran #religiousminorities #ChristiansinIran #AssyrianChurchoftheEast #ChaldeanCatholics #Iranianevangelicals #Jews #Zoroastrians #SabeanMandaeans #Yarsanis #Baháí

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Pakistan: Blasphemy business thrives amid fabricated evidence, digitally doctored videos and false witnesses - Yes Punjab News Report flags rise in digital blasphemy cases in Pakistan, citing fabricated evidence and growing ‘blasphemy business’ networks.

Pakistan: Blasphemy business thrives amid fabricated evidence, digitally doctored videos and false witnesses yespunjab.com?p=221383

#Pakistan #BlasphemyLaws #HumanRights #DigitalCrime #LahoreHighCourt #Section295C #ReligiousMinorities #CyberCrime #TLP #Justice #SouthAsia #BreakingNews

#21MartyrsOfLibya #CopticChurch #Egypt #Geopolitics #HumanRights #ISIS #LibyaMartyrs #Martyrdom #Maspero #MiddleEastChristians #MirayPhilips #Persecution #PoliticalIslam #Politicization #PublicOrthodoxy #RefugeeRights #ReligiousMinorities #Sisi #Sociology #Trump #UniversityOfToronto #WarOnTerror

Pakistan: People accused of blasphemy, charged for capital offences over unverified digital content - Yes Punjab News Rising digital blasphemy cases in Pakistan target minorities, exposing exploitation, online extortion, and weak investigative safeguards.

Pakistan: People accused of blasphemy, charged for capital offences over unverified digital content yespunjab.com?p=211249

#Pakistan #BlasphemyLaws #DigitalCrime #HumanRights #ReligiousMinorities #FIA #OnlineHarassment #Section295C #ShaguftaKiran #DigitalExtortion

Americans United CEO Rachel Laser appointed to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - Americans United Americans United President and CEO Rachel Laser was appointed by Sen. Chuck Schumer to serve on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Americans United CEO Rachel Laser appointed to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - #AmericansUnited #RachelLaser #ReligiousFreedom #ReligiousMinorities #atheism #ChurchStateSeparation #USCIRF #FreedomFromReligion...
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Americans United CEO Rachel Laser appointed to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - Americans United Americans United President and CEO Rachel Laser was appointed by Sen. Chuck Schumer to serve on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Americans United CEO Rachel Laser appointed to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - www.au.org/the-latest/p... #AmericansUnited #RachelLaser #ReligiousFreedom #ReligiousMinorities #atheism #ChurchStateSeparation #USCIRF #FreedomFromReligion #ReligiousDiscrimination #AU

🇹🇷 Türkiye Platform Protests Alevi Massacres in Syria

#Syria 🇹🇷#Türkiye #İzmir 🔖 #humanrights #syriaconflict #religiousminorities #DemocraticAleviAssociations #Hay'atTahriralSham

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Removing “minorities” from official language is only a start—real change needs equality, curriculum reform, and acceptance of diverse identities.
By Zeeba T Hashmi

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/20-Nov-2025/...

#religiousminorities #Pakistan #nonMuslim #religious #Equality #Education #NACTA

From ‘Non-Muslims’ To Equal Citizens Of Pakistan: Reclaiming Identity Beyond Religious Labels A resolution in the Sindh Assembly calls for the word ‘minorities’ to be removed to foster greater inclusivity among citizens

Pakistan’s minorities face identity erasure, structural discrimination, and divisive curricula that undermine equality and true citizenship.
By Zeeba T Hashmi

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#religiousminorities #Pakistan #nonMuslim #religious #Equality #Education #NACTA

Essay: Iran’s new security law expands the authorities' power to target Baha'is - Sight Magazine KRISTINA ARRIAGA says vague legal prescriptions against dissent in Iran can be turned against religious minorities deemed enemies.

Essay: Iran’s new security law expands the authorities’ power to target Baha’is. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Iran #Bahai #religiousfreedom #religiouspersecution #religiousminorities

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A Temple's Tale: Partition, Legal Battles And Lingering Fear Conversation moves from the festival of diyari to the violence of December 1995, revealing a community living with trauma

Conversation moves from the festival of diyari to the violence of December 1995, revealing a community living with trauma.
By Zaffar Junejo

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Nov-2025/...

#RamaPirMandir #Hyderabad #Sindh #temples #Pakistan #Hindu #heritage #religiousminorities #Sindhiculture

Girls from minority community abducted, forcibly married and converted to Islam in Pakistan: Report - Yes Punjab News Report reveals 2,000 minor girls from Pakistan’s religious minorities abducted, forcibly married, and converted annually amid rising human rights abuses.

Girls from minority community abducted, forcibly married and converted to Islam in Pakistan: Report yespunjab.com?p=151860

#Pakistan #ReligiousMinorities #ForcedConversion #ChildMarriage #HumanRights #VOPM #UNOHCHR #HinduRights #ChristianRights #ApostasyLaws #GenderBasedViolence #MinorityRights

Religious Minorities In Pakistan: A Betrayal Of Jinnah’s Vision Religious minorities in Pakistan face violence, forced conversions, and legal discrimination, betraying Jinnah’s vision of equality and freedom of faith

Pakistan’s religious minorities endure violence and discrimination, challenging the inclusive vision promised by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1947.
By Naeem Sahoutara

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/12-Aug-2025/...

#ReligiousMinorities #religious #minoritiesday #Pakistan #blasphemylaw #Sindh #Ahmadiyya

The Exclusion of Ahmadis from Pakistani Muslimness: Iqbal, Maududi, and the Zia Regime <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d3588062e96">A genealogy of anti-Ahmadi narratives in Pakistan can be traced from the Zia regime (1977–88), through ...

🆕📑 'The Exclusion of Ahmadis from Pakistani Muslimness: Iqbal, Maududi, and the Zia Regime' - an article in @reorient.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen:

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🖇️ @pluto-journals.bsky.social #CriticalMuslimStudies #Ahmadiyya #ReligiousMinorities #PakistanHistory

#2024Election #AmericanPolitics #Assyrians #Chaldeans #ChristianVote #Coptic #Diaspora #ElectionAnalysis #FaithAndPolitics #ImmigrantCommunities #Jan6 #LebaneseMaronites #MiddleEast #MiddleEasternChristians #MuslimBan #PoliticalEngagement #ProgressiveCopts #PublicOrthodoxy #ReligiousMinorities

Deadly Clashes Erupt in Syria Between Druze and Pro-Government Forces, Nearly 100 Killed | AI News Brew <p>BEIRUT - A surge of violence has erupted in Syria, with four days of clashes between pro-government gunmen and members of the Druze minority sect leaving nearly 100 people dead [1][2][3]. The confr...

Deadly Clashes Erupt in Syria Between Druze and Pro-Government Forces, Nearly 100 Killed
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#SyriaClashes #DruzeConflict #MiddleEastTensions #PostAssadEra #SectarianViolence #SyrianPolitics #RegionalSecurity #ReligiousMinorities #CivilUnrest #MiddleEastDiplomacy

Essay: Turkey's President arrested his top opponent. Here's why it matters to the beleaguered free world. - Sight Magazine KATHERINE KELAIDIS says Erdogan's arrest of the Istanbul mayor is aimed at quelling an increasingly vocal political opposition.

Essay: Turkey’s President arrested his top opponent. Here’s why it matters to the beleaguered free world. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Turkey #EkremImamoglu #Turkeyprotests #RecepTayyipErdogan #religiousminorities

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Essay: Trump isn’t defending religious communities - he’s waging war on them - Sight Magazine Rev PAUL BRANDEIS RAUSHENBUSH says the Trump administration is already the most harmful to religious freedom in modern American history...

Essay: Trump isn’t defending religious communities – he’s waging war on them. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #religiousfreedom #DonaldTrump #InterfaithAlliance #religiousminorities #ElonMusk #JDVance #CatholicChurch

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#BigTruth: As 🇺🇸 goes down the shithole & more & more #peopleofcolor, #LGBTQ+ people, #women, and #religiousminorities are #traumatized & die, this is NOT failure from #TrumpMusk 's / #MuskTrump 's 👹 #Nazi perspective.

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Bangladesh minority rights group accuses interim government of failing to protect minorities - Sight Magazine Bangladesh’s largest minority rights group accused the country’s interim government of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities.

Bangladesh minority rights group accuses interim government of failing to protect minorities @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Bangladesh #minorityrights #religiousminorities #BangladeshHinduBuddhistChristianUnityCouncil #MuhammadYunus

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Alexander Dvorkin. A Single Anticult Network - EXPOSING ANTI-CULT TERRORISM Alexander Dvorkin - continuation of the study of anti-cult terrorist activities of the main sectologist of Russia. Analytics.

Alexander Dvorkin is a key figure in the modern anticult movement and one of the most influential ideologues of suppressing #religiousminorities and dissenters. Without exaggeration, Dvorkin’s actions can be described as #anticult terrorism
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The delayed justice system in Pakistan perpetuates violence against minorities, as seen in cases like Nazir Masih's murder and Jaranwala. Urgent reforms are needed to break this cycle of systemic injustice.
By Anee Muskan
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thefridaytimes.com/20-Jan-2025/...

#Violence #ReligiousMinorities

Justice Delayed, Injustice Perpetuated: The Unending Cycle Of Violence Against Minorities In Pakistan The delayed justice system in Pakistan perpetuates violence against minorities, as seen in cases like Nazir Masih's murder and Jaranwala. Urgent reforms are

The delayed justice system in Pakistan perpetuates violence against minorities, as seen in cases like Nazir Masih's murder and Jaranwala. Urgent reforms are needed to break this cycle of systemic injustice.
By Anee Muskan

#Violence #ReligiousMinorities
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