When the Pilgrims arrived in America, it was the Wampanoag who greeted them peacefully so the newcomers could escape religious persecution. Now the tribe is having to fight for their own religious freedoms.

A Hungarian Bishop, Zoltán Meszlényi, has been recognised as a martyr for his faith by the Catholic Church. Meszlényi is the first of the Hungarian victims of the Stalin-era anti-church persecution to be beatified.

Roman Catholic leaders in the U.K. have warned that a proposed E.U. Directive could become an ”instrument of oppression.” The Bishops warned of danger to religious freedom in Europe, should the directive be passed.

Jihad Watch reported on the death of Aziz Rozko Hanna that occurred on Sunday, July 12. An Iraqi Christian, and Department of Financial Control in Kirkuk, Hanna was shot while driving with his daughter. Is this a pattern or isolated incident?

Regular readers of this column know that, at times, we look at the ways Muslim countries, those nations where Islam is the national religion and the foundation for their laws, are not like us (if you’ll excuse the grammar).

Bat Yeor, an author writing about the relationships of Jews and Christians and Islam's jihad and sharia law, writes that the all-powerful Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is behind the public, ongoing demonisation of Dutch MP Geert Wilders.

A review of the book "Stealth Jihad" by Robert Spencer of JihadWatch.org "How Radical Islam is Subverting America Without Guns or Bombs"

A couple of Australian bloggers with a penchant for persecution have hit the wall. The Hack and Caz, who were best known for their attacks on people who disagreed with them. The result of their nasty blog war has been a bit of conspicuous discretion.

Yet another leader of a 'prophetic' quasi-Judaic / Christian sect (cult) faces criminal charges stemming from the treatment of women and children in his care—Yisrayl Hawkins, of the 'House of Yahweh' defends himself on Nancy Grace (CNN Headline News).

Mehdi Kazemi is a gay Iranian teen and he believes he will face persecution if he is made to return to Iran and now the Netherlands has rejected an asylum plea by Mehdi Kazemi.

The neon light in the corridors is the only bright thing about the gloomy building that symbolizes like nothing else the history of political persecution in the former East Germany.

About 8,000 Hmong refugees living in Thailand are to be repatriated within 12 months to Laos, the two countries announced Thursday, despite warnings from human rights groups that the refugees faced persecution back home.

If you want to see a cheerful website, Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) isn’t it. This is a press freedom group, which campaigns against persecution of journalists doing their jobs. They have quite a lot to campaign about.

that happened in madrid few days ago

A young lesbian who fled Uganda after her Muslim father threatened to kill her is being deported back home tonight, despite facing persecution and a jail sentence of up to seven years because of her sexuality.