By Christopher Vondracek | The Washington Times Two congressman — a Maryland Democrat and the Republican Chair of the Freedom Caucus — have introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning “blasphemy” laws, a move cheered by religious ... Full Article

By the Catholic Herald In the decade from 2007 to 2017, religious freedom declined around the world. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Pew Research Center published last week. Pew found that 52 governments were imposing ... Full Article

By Jax Jacobsen | Religion News Service PARIS (RNS) — Anti-Semitic acts in France increased by 74 percent last year, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced last month, calling the spread of anti-Semitism a “poison” that ... Full Article

By Almudena Calatrava | Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An attack that badly injured Argentina’s chief rabbi has alarmed authorities both in the South American nation and in Israel, who raised concerns on Tuesday that it ... Full Article

By Jon Henley | The Guardian Antisemitism is rising sharply across Europe, experts have said, as France reported a 74% increase in the number of offences against Jews last year and Germany said the number of violent antisemitic attacks had ... Full Article

By Yonat Shimron | Religion News Service (RNS) — More than two years into his administration, President Trump is set to name a Los Angeles prosecutor as his anti-Semitism envoy, a post many Jewish leaders and interfaith activists have ... Full Article

By Catholic News Agency Jews and Muslims in Belgium could face difficulty finding food prepared according to their religious rules, as new animal slaughter regulations banning kosher or halal slaughter began to take effect on January 1. Joos ... Full Article

By Courtney Grogan | Catholic News Agency Islamabad, Pakistan – While the world awaits the fate of Asia Bibi, who remains in hiding in Pakistan following the acquittal of her death sentence for blasphemy, religious freedom advocates are ... Full Article

By World Watch Monitor A wealth of research shows that a society’s level of religious freedom is linked to its levels of critical social indicators, such as prosperity, stability and peace, the chairman of the US Commission on International ... Full Article

By Christian Today The United Nations is failing to protect religious freedom and guard against the rise in anti-conversion laws, a damning report launched next week claims. Several Indian states, Nepal, Myanmar and Bhutan have all passed laws ... Full Article

By Christian Today While many countries are increasingly denying religious freedoms, especially bad acts of religious persecution are more likely to draw global protest 20 years after the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, a US federal ... Full Article

By Tom Heneghan | Religion News Service (RNS) — Germany is rethinking its approach to combating anti-Semitism after a protest against President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital turned the anti-Jewish prejudices of some ... Full Article

By Stoyan Zaimov | Christian Post A major report on religious persecution worldwide has exposed the hostilities that Christians and other religious minorities suffer, revealing that as much as 80 percent of the world’s population lives ... Full Article

By Victoria Arnold | Forum 18 A court in Leningrad Region has outlawed the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New World Bible as “extremist”. The court imposed the ban despite the Extremism Law’s prohibition on such bans in ... Full Article

By Samuel Smith | The Christian Post An interfaith gathering of religious leaders will sign a historic declaration for human rights and religious freedom authored by the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at a signing ceremony in Los ... Full Article

By Al-Monitor A top UAE official on Wednesday accused Qatari broadcast giant Al-Jazeera of anti-Semitism, discrimination and inciting religious hate, in a rebuttal to UN accusations of attacking freedom of expression. The United Nations has ... Full Article

By Marton Dunai | Reuters Hungarian Jews said on Thursday Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s billboard campaign against migration and foreign influence, using the image of U.S. financier George Soros, was a proxy for anti-Semitism. They urged ... Full Article

My Mark Woods | Christian Today British parliamentarian Baroness Berridge has urged the importance of freedom of religion as part of building peace and social cohesion. Writing on the Politics Home website to mark Commonwealth Day, Berridge, who ... Full Article

By Rodney Muhumuza | AP MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Seth Yonadav swaggered along a dirt path in rural Uganda, pointing toward the new synagogue where young men wearing yarmulkes lingered. Up on a hill the synagogue stood like a crown jewel, ... Full Article

By Postmedia Network | Toronto Sun Call it the French Rejection. More than 5,000 French Jews pulled up stakes and moved to Israel in the past year following a spike in anti-Semitism and terrorism fears, according to a new report. The 2015 Paris ... Full Article