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3 January 2012

Georgia: Return of the Meskhetian Turks

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Eastern & Central Europe

Over 100,000 Muslims were deported from the Meskheti region of Georgia by Joseph Stalin in 1944. Now, more than 60 years later, some are slowly starting to return as part of the country's obligations to the Council of Europe.

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28 December 2011

Bethlehem: Armenian and Greek Clergy Clash at Christmas

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe

Armenian and Greek priests have once again clashed, but this time at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, much to the astonishment and amusement of social media users worldwide.

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12 December 2011

Russia: Holy Relic Visits Nation Emerging From State-Sponsored Atheism

Written by Donna Welles · Eastern & Central Europe

People from across Russia traveled great distances and endured hardships in order to view the Virgin Mary's belt - a relic believed to promote fertility. In the decades since the fall of the USSR, religion has been reinventing itself in Russia.

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Poland: Netizens Debate Proposal to Re-Introduce Death Penalty

Written by Anna Gotowska · Eastern & Central Europe

The leader of Poland's largest opposition party has announced his support for re-introduction of the death penalty for "the gravest crimes." Although this announcement may be treated as a way to win over some voters, a huge debate on the subject has started nevertheless. Anna Gotowska reports.

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11 December 2011

Egypt: A Baha’i Blogger's Take on the Elections

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

The Baha’is of Egypt number perhaps only 2,000 people, but over the years the community has faced discrimination and sometimes hostility. Global Voices Online has spoken to Baha’i blogger Wael about the current situation of the Baha’is in Egypt and the changes that the elections might bring.

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6 December 2011

Egypt/Libya: Questions on Minorities Freedom After the Revolution

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Various recent attacks on freedom of religion in Egypt and Libya, countries which ousted their dictators this year, have raised questions among netizens. Tarek Amr reports.

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Updates about Religion

17 January 2012

Pakistan

Sana Saleem reports that on last Saturday evening a group of men attacked a church in Manghopir because children were singing carols which allegedly disrupted their prayers.

• Rezwan

16 January 2012

Lebanon

“And when I made up my mind and ran to my mom screaming ”baddi it7ajab” [I want to wear the veil] she looked at me and said if you wear it now will you ever take it off ? I paused and asked her ”Are you ever going to take it off mama?” she said no, well I will never take it off either I said. And that is how I wore my veil,” says Esraa in her blog 7ijabi [my veil] which she started to raise awareness about the discrimination that she, as a veiled woman, faces.

• Moussa Bashir

15 January 2012

Iran

Mohammad Sadegh Honarvar Shojayi, a blogger and cleric started his hunger strike on Monday. He was arrested by the Prosecutor General on charges of conducting an interview with the reformist Kalameh website.

• Fred Petrossian

13 January 2012

Pakistan

The life and times of two Indians in Pakistan describes an incident where a Pakistani pilot delivered a khutba (mini sermon) for 10 minutes on a regular flight.

• Rezwan

12 January 2012

Haiti

Today is the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. Regional bloggers post remembrances, here, here and here.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

11 January 2012

Brazil

Blogger Conceição Oliveira regrets [pt] the change in the Rouanet Law made by President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, which “recognizes the gospel music and its related events as cultural manifestations”. Religious performances thus gain access to a certain percentage of the investment off the Income Taxes. For Oliveira in Brazil “industries on Christ proliferate”.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

Bahamas

A local newspaper carries a story of a pastor warning of “the gay threat from the US and Canada”, prompting Rick Lowe at Weblog Bahamas to ask: “Can't we understand that if consenting adults are homosexual what business is it of yours, mine or the good pastor?”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

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