For hundreds of millions around the world, the right to freedom of thought and belief (FoRB), including the right to leave a religion or to hold no religious belief at all, remains under serious threat.
This study confirms again why FoRB must always include the rights of the non-religious!
This study confirms again why FoRB must always include the rights of the non-religious!
Freedom to leave or change religion under growing threat, Pew data shows
A new global study by Pew Research Center has documented a sharp rise in the number of countries where violence or the threat of violence is being used to enforce religious norms. Humanists UK says th...
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July 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
For hundreds of millions around the world, the right to freedom of thought and belief (FoRB), including the right to leave a religion or to hold no religious belief at all, remains under serious threat.
This study confirms again why FoRB must always include the rights of the non-religious!
This study confirms again why FoRB must always include the rights of the non-religious!
There has been a sharp rise in reported harassment against Christians in Israel. Yisca Harani said more than 88 incidents have already been documented this year, including 63 in the second quarter alone, putting 2026 on pace to exceed last year’s total of 181 cases.
Christian harassment cases rise in Israel as advocates urge victims to report incidents
JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- There has been a sharp rise in reported harassment against Christians in Israel, according to new data presented June 4 by the Religious Freedom Data Center. Founder Yisca Hara...
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June 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
There has been a sharp rise in reported harassment against Christians in Israel. Yisca Harani said more than 88 incidents have already been documented this year, including 63 in the second quarter alone, putting 2026 on pace to exceed last year’s total of 181 cases.
#OccupiedJerusalem, 4 July 2026
A report by #israel's Religious Freedom Data Center documented 83 attacks on Christians across 76 incidents between April and June, with most occurring in the occupied Jerusalem.
#NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael
#TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA
A report by #israel's Religious Freedom Data Center documented 83 attacks on Christians across 76 incidents between April and June, with most occurring in the occupied Jerusalem.
#NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael
#TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA
July 5, 2026 at 2:56 AM
#OccupiedJerusalem, 4 July 2026
A report by #israel's Religious Freedom Data Center documented 83 attacks on Christians across 76 incidents between April and June, with most occurring in the occupied Jerusalem.
#NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael
#TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA
A report by #israel's Religious Freedom Data Center documented 83 attacks on Christians across 76 incidents between April and June, with most occurring in the occupied Jerusalem.
#NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael
#TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA
Secondo quanto riportato da Haaretz, la hotline del Religious Freedom Data Center ha registrato 72 aggressioni, atti di vandalismo e episodi di sputi contro i cristiani da luglio, 68 dei quali a Gerusalemme, la maggior parte nella Città Vecchia e nei dintorni. ⬇️
September 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Secondo quanto riportato da Haaretz, la hotline del Religious Freedom Data Center ha registrato 72 aggressioni, atti di vandalismo e episodi di sputi contro i cristiani da luglio, 68 dei quali a Gerusalemme, la maggior parte nella Città Vecchia e nei dintorni. ⬇️
The Religious Freedom Data Center, an Israeli-run organisation that documents such incidents in Jerusalem, recorded a 65% rise in cases of harassment, many of them involving spitting on Christians.
The fierce religious nationalism that the Israeli government has cultivated in recent years has largely been directed at Palestinian Muslims but there has been a rising tide of anti-Christian incidents.
Since then, bands of hilltop youth have raided the town four times, setting fire to cars, slashing tires and smashing windows. In the West Bank, the Christian population has shrunk from 5% of the total population in 1967 to roughly 1% today, about 45,000 people.
April 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The Religious Freedom Data Center, an Israeli-run organisation that documents such incidents in Jerusalem, recorded a 65% rise in cases of harassment, many of them involving spitting on Christians.
Alam 24: The Religious Freedom Data Center - 88 attacks and harassment targeting Christians and their holy sites in Jerusalem and the occupied territories since the beginning of this year. #Palestine
June 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Alam 24: The Religious Freedom Data Center - 88 attacks and harassment targeting Christians and their holy sites in Jerusalem and the occupied territories since the beginning of this year. #Palestine
Based on the data from Religious Freedom Data Center, founded by Israeli activist and interfaith scholar Yisca Harani,
the Armenians was the most persecuted Christian group in Jerusalem.
the Armenians was the most persecuted Christian group in Jerusalem.
May 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Based on the data from Religious Freedom Data Center, founded by Israeli activist and interfaith scholar Yisca Harani,
the Armenians was the most persecuted Christian group in Jerusalem.
the Armenians was the most persecuted Christian group in Jerusalem.
🧵Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC) documented 83 Israeli attacks on Christians between April and June across the occupied territories, with most attacks occurring in occupied Jerusalem.
According to the report, many of the attacks took place in the Old City and included harassment
According to the report, many of the attacks took place in the Old City and included harassment
July 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
🧵Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC) documented 83 Israeli attacks on Christians between April and June across the occupied territories, with most attacks occurring in occupied Jerusalem.
According to the report, many of the attacks took place in the Old City and included harassment
According to the report, many of the attacks took place in the Old City and included harassment
How does nonreligious identity shape political engagement and views on religious liberty? Using survey data, @zedlitz.bsky.social explores how identity formation among atheists, agnostics, and “nones” influences attitudes on religious freedom policies. #MPSA2026 #ISRNextGeneration
April 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
How does nonreligious identity shape political engagement and views on religious liberty? Using survey data, @zedlitz.bsky.social explores how identity formation among atheists, agnostics, and “nones” influences attitudes on religious freedom policies. #MPSA2026 #ISRNextGeneration
Selon le #Religious-Freedom-Data-Center (RFDC), au moins 201 incidents de violence contre les chrétiens ont été enregistrés entre janvier 2024 et septembre 2025.
September 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Selon le #Religious-Freedom-Data-Center (RFDC), au moins 201 incidents de violence contre les chrétiens ont été enregistrés entre janvier 2024 et septembre 2025.
On Palm Sunday, Israeli volunteers escort Christian processions to report racist incidents https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-palm-sunday-israeli-volunteers-escort-christian-processions-to-report-racist-incidents/
On Palm Sunday, Israeli volunteers escort Christian processions to report racist incidents
Volunteers from the Religious Freedom Data Center accompany Armenian, Latin, clerics to and from Church of Holy Sepulchre during their annual holy week ritual
www.timesofisrael.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
On Palm Sunday, Israeli volunteers escort Christian processions to report racist incidents https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-palm-sunday-israeli-volunteers-escort-christian-processions-to-report-racist-incidents/
The Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC), an Israeli-run organisation that documents such incidents in Jerusalem, recorded a 65% rise in cases of harassment, many of them involving spitting on Christians.
The fierce religious nationalism that the Israeli government has cultivated in recent years has largely been directed at Palestinian Muslims but there has been a rising tide of anti-Christian incidents.
In the West Bank, the Christian population has shrunk from 5% of the total population in 1967 to roughly 1% today, about 45,000 people.
May 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC), an Israeli-run organisation that documents such incidents in Jerusalem, recorded a 65% rise in cases of harassment, many of them involving spitting on Christians.
der Altstadt Jerusalems ereignet.
Auch die israelische Religionswissenschaftlerin Yisca Harani sammelt auf der Website Religious Freedom Data Center Meldungen über religiös begründete Übergriffe auf Christen, über körperliche Angriffe, Spuckattacken, Beleidigungen und Vandalismus.
Auch die israelische Religionswissenschaftlerin Yisca Harani sammelt auf der Website Religious Freedom Data Center Meldungen über religiös begründete Übergriffe auf Christen, über körperliche Angriffe, Spuckattacken, Beleidigungen und Vandalismus.
July 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
der Altstadt Jerusalems ereignet.
Auch die israelische Religionswissenschaftlerin Yisca Harani sammelt auf der Website Religious Freedom Data Center Meldungen über religiös begründete Übergriffe auf Christen, über körperliche Angriffe, Spuckattacken, Beleidigungen und Vandalismus.
Auch die israelische Religionswissenschaftlerin Yisca Harani sammelt auf der Website Religious Freedom Data Center Meldungen über religiös begründete Übergriffe auf Christen, über körperliche Angriffe, Spuckattacken, Beleidigungen und Vandalismus.
6+1 Questions About “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through Quantification in International Religious Freedom Advocacy”
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? Miray Philips. 2025. “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through…
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? Miray Philips. 2025. “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through…
6+1 Questions About “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through Quantification in International Religious Freedom Advocacy”
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? Miray Philips. 2025. “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through Quantification in International Religious Freedom Advocacy.” Sociology of Religion. 2. What’s the argument? In Washington, DC, International Religious Freedom advocates mostly rely on data by the Pew Research Center on religious restrictions and Open Doors on Christian persecution.
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6+1 Questions About “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through Quantification in International Religious Freedom Advocacy”
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? Miray Philips. 2025. “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through…
What is the name of the journal article (or book) and what are its coordinates? Miray Philips. 2025. “The Social Construction of Christian Persecution through…
Letter in @abqjournal.bsky.social from Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo commends New Mexico for updating state bonding rules, which are now among the nation’s strongest: #ProtectNM #OilandGas #Accountability
Readers sound off on mosque, drugs, oil wells and AI
From religious freedom to data center water use, New Mexicans share strong opinions on the issues shaping our state.
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July 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Letter in @abqjournal.bsky.social from Rio Arriba County Commissioner Alex Naranjo commends New Mexico for updating state bonding rules, which are now among the nation’s strongest: #ProtectNM #OilandGas #Accountability
SPEAKING of israel & armenians:
"We identify a connection between the national mood, the prevailing tensions, and the government's backing, which together foster a sense of superiority among some Jews — a factor contributing to the rise in attacks against non-Jews in the city's streets."
"We identify a connection between the national mood, the prevailing tensions, and the government's backing, which together foster a sense of superiority among some Jews — a factor contributing to the rise in attacks against non-Jews in the city's streets."
Religious Freedom Data Center
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July 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
SPEAKING of israel & armenians:
"We identify a connection between the national mood, the prevailing tensions, and the government's backing, which together foster a sense of superiority among some Jews — a factor contributing to the rise in attacks against non-Jews in the city's streets."
"We identify a connection between the national mood, the prevailing tensions, and the government's backing, which together foster a sense of superiority among some Jews — a factor contributing to the rise in attacks against non-Jews in the city's streets."
"Yisca Harani, who founded the organization Religious Freedom Data Center to track harassment of Christians...tracked a near-tripling of incidents in Jerusalem from four years ago to the last three months recorded — about one a day now — virtually all by Jewish religious nationalists."
Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care
A Jerusalem court has acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun, citing an insanity defense, but orders psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years.
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August 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"Yisca Harani, who founded the organization Religious Freedom Data Center to track harassment of Christians...tracked a near-tripling of incidents in Jerusalem from four years ago to the last three months recorded — about one a day now — virtually all by Jewish religious nationalists."
Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center recorded 83 acts of harassment against Christians between April and June, nearly double the previous quarter, with spitting accounting for 56% of them.
Underneath the diplomacy sits a pattern of street-level violence that Christians in the Holy Land have documented for years.
Israeli police barred Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday this year, and the Vatican protested to Ambassador Yaron Sideman — the same envoy who had told Crux eleven days earlier that the Iran war was “the most just war conceivable.”
July 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center recorded 83 acts of harassment against Christians between April and June, nearly double the previous quarter, with spitting accounting for 56% of them.
""The latest report by Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC) recorded 83 acts of harassment against Christians between April and June 2026, across 76 separate incidents.""
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260710-dea...
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‘Death to Christians’: Report documents rising anti-Christian attacks by Israelis in occupied Jerusalem
Christian clergy, nuns, pilgrims and holy sites are facing an increasingly hostile environment in Jerusalem, with a new report documenting a pattern of attacks that includes spitting, physical assa…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
July 20, 2026 at 4:57 AM
""The latest report by Israel’s Religious Freedom Data Center (RFDC) recorded 83 acts of harassment against Christians between April and June 2026, across 76 separate incidents.""
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260710-dea...
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Freedom to leave or change religion under growing threat, Pew data shows
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Freedom to leave or change religion under growing threat, Pew data shows
A new global study by Pew Research Center has documented a sharp rise in the number of countries where violence or the threat of violence is being used to enforce religious norms. Humanists UK says th...
humanists.uk
July 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Freedom to leave or change religion under growing threat, Pew data shows
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