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Religious Freedom in Peril
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/opinion/nicholas-kristof-religious-freedom-in-peril.htmlJULY 9, 2014
Nicholas Kristof
Meriam Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but who was raised by her Christian mother, received a death sentence in Sudan after she married a fellow Christian, Daniel Wani. Her sentence was eventually overturned and she is now trying to leave the country. Credit Gabriel Wani
A Sudanese court in May sentences a Christian woman married to an American to be hanged, after first being lashed 100 times, after she refuses to renounce her Christian faith.
Muslim extremists in Iraq demand that Christians pay a tax or face crucifixion, according to the Iraqi government.
In Malaysia, courts ban some non-Muslims from using the word “Allah.”
In country after country, Islamic fundamentalists are measuring their own religious devotion by the degree to which they suppress or assault those they see as heretics, creating a human rights catastrophe as people are punished or murdered for their religious beliefs.
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