Christians

Christians ( (listen)) are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words Christ and Christian derive from the Koine Greek title Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ).While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance.The term "Christian" used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a …

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MRG: Minority Rights Group International · 26 April 2024 English

The smallest minority group primarily on discrimination in the context of state- is non-Muslims, who make up almost 0.4 percent of minority relations, as this remains a major obstacle to …

Orthodox Christians, Greek Orthodox nationalism is invoked as the country’s supposed savior. Christians (Rums)


Amnesty International · 23 April 2024 English

This is Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights in Iran during 2023/24, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of Amnesty International’s annual 2023/24 …

minorities Religious minorities, including Baha’is, Christians, Gonabadi Dervishes, Jews, Sunni Muslims and


Amnesty International · 23 April 2024 Chinese

This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed …

派(Hazara Shia's)、錫克教 (Sikhs)、印度教(Hindus)、基督教(Christians)、阿赫瑪迪亞(Ahmadiyya)和伊斯 瑪儀派(Ismailis)等宗教少數族群在塔利


Cato Institute · 21 April 2024 English

Richard Dawkins, probably the world's most prominent atheist, stirred up social media recently by signaling a change in his typically hostile stance against all religion. In a March 31 interview …

too small for many believers—including genuine Christians, some of whom dismissed Dawkinsʼ mere “cultural” (It may not be even permanent, as there are Christians today—such as the Catholic integralists—who seriously


ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English

Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …

its purview must be expanded to include Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims. << 106 >> A People’s Agenda religious minorities T in India, including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and others, is needed to safeguard


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 21 April 2024 English

However, given that the second attack at the church took place only two days after the first and similarly involved the same low-tech tactic, i.e., stabbings with a knife, it …

escalated communal tensions between Assyrian Christians and Muslims in the neighbourhood. A crowd that reignited tensions between Assyrian Muslims and Christians in the neighbourhood. Mosques in Sydney also


Amnesty International · 17 April 2024 English

The autonomous authorities of north-east Syria – with the support of the US government and other members of the coalition to defeat the Islamic State (IS) armed group – are …

communities in northern Iraq, including Assyrian Christians, Turkmen Shi’a, Shabak Shi’a, Yezidis, Kakai


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 17 April 2024 English

From 19 April to 1 June 2024, 968 million Indian voters are eligible to elect the members of the Lok Sabha (lower house). Voting is to take more than six …

Parliamentary Research Service 6 of almost 80 %, while Christians make up 2.3 %), which, along with other marginalised are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians, but not Muslims; as such, it has been considered


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 17 April 2024 English

Singapore’s Protection of Minorities: Religious Freedom and State Management By Paul Hedges SYNOPSIS At a time of heightened Islamophobia and antisemitism in many parts of the world resulting from the …

support it; a test not attributed to Buddhists, Christians, or Hindus, for instance, when people commit


Roosevelt Institute · 16 April 2024 English

Focusing on corporate and public power, labor and wages, and the economics of race and gender inequality, the Roosevelt Institute unifies experts, invests in young leaders, and advances progressive policies …

moms, anti-lockdown libertarians and evangelical Christians.” Indeed, research shows how three wellness/New


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