LONG BEACH - A group of religious activists carrying signs condemning Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths stirred a controversy and drew a crowd of students for several hours at Cal State Long Beach on Monday afternoon. Students protested and engaged the group of Christian demonstrators, two of whom held up large signs warning of God's "anger" and "judgment" for groups like gays and lesbians, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, "unsubmissive wives," adulterers and "people that talk to their pets more than God.
LONG BEACH - A group of religious activists carrying signs condemning Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths stirred a controversy and drew a crowd of students for several hours at Cal State Long Beach on Monday afternoon. Students protested and engaged the group of Christian demonstrators, two of whom held up large signs warning of God's "anger" and "judgment" for groups like gays and lesbians, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, "unsubmissive wives," adulterers and "people that talk to their pets more than God.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 20,000 Japanese citizens are expected to rally on December 3 to "Protect Japanese Human rights and Religious Freedom." Beginning at 11 a.m. in Tokyo's Hibiya Park, more than 3,000 demonstrators will commence the protest that will see similar gatherings scheduled in all 47 prefectures throughout the country. After rallying, the Tokyo protestors will conduct a formal demonstration in Hibiya's Large Music Hall at noon. The protests will seek to draw attention to the ongoing human rights violations of Unification Church members who have been confined by "faith-breakers" in an attempt to force them leave the religion. Experts confirm that the government and police have done little to stop the practice - a violation of both Japanese ...
JERUSALEM - About 3,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated Saturday outside an Intel plant in Jerusalem to protest its operating on the Jewish Sabbath, which they view as a desecration of the sanctity of the holy city. Police, who had been expecting the demonstrations, hid inside the chip-making plant earlier and rushed out at the surprised protesters when they arrived, said Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby.
Two Tibetan monks immolated themselves in western China on Sept. 26 to protest religious repression, a shocking reminder that attempting to smother the flame of religious freedom only make it burn brighter. Nevertheless, while religious adherents forfeit their lives overseas, Congress is close to snuffing out the organization dedicated to preserving the very same religious impulse that ignited the founding of this nation. That would be a mistake. The pair of 18-year-old monks from Kirti monastery in western Sichuan province were reported to exclaim, "Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama; we need religious freedom immediately" as they set themselves alight. They would have no way of knowing that at the same time in Washington, the demise of the U.S. Commission on International Religious...
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --This Tuesday, August 10th, thousands of Religious Jews will gather outside the offices of RFR Realty to express outrage at the company's refusal to stop destroying ancient Jewish graves in historical Jaffa, Israel. RFR Realty is building a luxury hotel on the grounds of an ancient graveyard. Proposals have been suggested that would allow the construction to continue while preserve the ancient burial grounds. Although the Israeli partner in the construction is open to methods of preserving the graves, RFR has refused to consider any of the proposals and refuses to meet with organizations involved in preserving ancient burial grounds, sparking outrage and condemnation from Jews worldwide.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One hundred twenty women clergy of the American Clergy Leadership Conference joined human rights activists from the Women's Federation for World Peace and victims of Japanese religious abductions in front of Independence Hall on Friday, Oct. 29. Stoked by recent evidence of continued inaction by Japanese police to stop forced de-conversions of minority religious believers, these leaders held a press briefing to proclaim their discontent with the Japanese government. The Rev. Tanya Edwards, co-coordinator of Women in Ministry of Philadelphia; the Rev. Fannie Smith, former associate and coordinator with Operation PUSH and Women's Federation; Minister Reiko Jenkins, coordinator of ACLC Women in Ministry; and the Rev. Carol Keainaiana of...
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