
Biblical Beliefs on Trial: Päivi Räsänen ‘Hate Speech’ Case Appealed to Supreme Court
ADF International calls case “precedent-setting for free speech”
ADF International calls case “precedent-setting for free speech”
Jalil Mashali expressed his faith publicly. As a result, he could be censored, saddled with legal costs, and even lose his taxi license.
A so-called right to die quickly morphs into a perceived duty to die.
Päivi Räsänen’s case illustrates that dangerously vague ‘hate speech’ laws will be abused by those in power.
Conspiracy theories often paint Christians as collaborators with foreign powers that are seeking to undermine Turkish identity.
Authorities have now twice settled on the conclusion that silent prayer is not a crime
“The state has taken upon itself—across all of the West—to essentially be the arbiter of what is true or not.”
Today, Christian views and Bible verses are judged in court. Tomorrow it could be any opinion that the state dislikes.
It might seem overblown to call this appeals hearing the Trial of the Century. It’s not. The ability of people in every society of the West to speak freely about what they believe is true is on trial.
Religious freedom was repeatedly violated during COVID. Yet it is essential for everyone—not only for people of faith. It enables all people to live according to their conscience, regardless of their religious convictions.