Religious freedom is under threat in one of every five nations around the globe, in part because of an increase in “aggressive ultranationalism”, a Catholic NGO said in a report Thursday. Aid to the Church in Need found incidents of religious persecution in 21 countries in the two years to June 2018, including Niger, Myanmar, India and China. It was the 14th edition of the aid group’s report covering all religions in 196 countries, carried out every two years with the assistance of independent journalists. “We’ve observed a trivialization of attacks on religious freedom,” said Marc Fromager, head of the NGO’s French chapter, at a press conference in Paris. CCRELATED STORIES:Citing religious freedom, Trump backing off Obama-era rulesReligious freedom bill riles gay rights supportersRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 23, 2018 06:00 UTC