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Religious Freedom

ERLC: Top issues for Christians to watch in 2024

January 8, 2024

As we enter 2024, the complex political landscape in the United States, marked by division and a struggling Congress, presents unique challenges and opportunities for Christian engagement in public policy.

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Latest list of countries severely violating religious freedom raises concerns

January 5, 2024

“There is no justification as to why the State Department did not designate Nigeria or India as a Country of Particular Concern, despite its own reporting and statements.” —U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

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USCIRF report: Religious freedom in Iran ‘sharply’ deteriorating

September 13, 2023

Religious freedom and human rights conditions in Iran — which already were bleak — have “sharply deteriorated,” the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom reported in an update released Sept. 11.

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Afghan women suffering brunt of religious freedom restrictions, report says

September 6, 2023

Religious freedom in Afghanistan has deteriorated since the Taliban seized control two years ago, and Afghan women have suffered most, a report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom stated.

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Overview: Rights of religious expression for public school students

August 13, 2023

A survey by Pew Research taken in 2019 found the vast majority of Christian teenagers (86%) attend public schools. Even among evangelicals, the Christian group with the

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European nations and ‘unduly restrictive policies’ against religious minorities

August 2, 2023

Blasphemy laws, along with restrictions on religious clothing and broadly worded legislation criminalizing hate speech, are among the practices of some European Union member states

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Forgotten freedoms: 10 things to remember on Independence Day

July 4, 2023

On July 4, we celebrate Independence Day. We’ll have picnics, family gatherings and fireworks. I fear, though, we Christians will miss a number of additional

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GA church won’t face fines for evangelistic outreach

June 6, 2023

A local official has backed off threats to fine Flat Creek Baptist Church, Fayetteville, Georgia, for hosting an evangelistic outreach that he claimed violated zoning

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Americans’ view of prayer in sports

October 24, 2022

Most Americans don’t mind prayer at football games, maybe because they don’t think it’ll make much of a difference over who wins. More than half

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Supreme Court, football and a coach’s right to pray

July 1, 2022

On June 27 the Supreme Court sided with a Washington state high school football coach who left his job after school officials demanded he stop

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