As religious freedom summit ends, US State Department announces new alliance, sanctions
Washington, DCRNS Trump administration officials announced a new alliance with US partners focused on religious freedom and new sanctions against foreign military officials supporting countries the US considers to be instigators of religious persecution. The developments on Thursday were among the highlights of the last day of the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. […]
Religious freedom summit opens with stories of religious violence and resilience
Washington, DCRNS The rabbi of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, site of an October mass shooting, tries to avoid using the word “hate” and wishes others would do the same. A Muslim man who lost his wife in the March attack on his New Zealand mosque urges love for every human being. A Christian woman […]
US religious freedom ambassador wants “like-mindeds” at religious freedom summit; violators need not RSVP
Washingtonm, DCRNS China, Iran and other countries that the US considers the most egregious religious liberty violators aren’t invited to the State Department’s second summit on religious freedom this week, said Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback. Instead, the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom will focus on countries that have at least begun to […]
US VP Mike Pence threatens Turkey over detained US pastor at religious freedom summit
RNS Vice President Mike Pence used a State Department summit of foreign ministers and religious leaders to call on Turkey to release US pastor Andrew Brunson and threatened the country with sanctions if it did not. “If Turkey does not take immediate action to free this innocent man of faith and send him home to […]