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US Report: Saudi Arabia Has Zero Religious Freedom

(Nov. 17) -- Saudi Arabia has no religious freedom in theory or practice, according to a report released today by the U.S. State Department. The report also slammed other countries, including Iran and China, for their lack of tolerance of diverse faiths. "The public practice of non-Muslim religions is prohibited" and...

Opinion: At the UN, Obama Should Speak Out for Religious Freedom

(Sept. 22) -- President Barack Obama will be delivering an address on Thursday to the U.N. General Assembly and, as in previous years, it is almost certain that he will have to share the podium with a rogue's gallery of the world's most oppressive human rights and religious freedom abusers. President Obama has the...

Pastor Who Threatened to Burn Quran Now Threatening to Move Church

(Sept. 17) -- The radical Christian pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks says he plans to move his church. Terry Jones, the 58-year-old leader of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., says his small congregation may move to the Tampa area by the...

Terry Jones Cancels Quran Burning Cancellation: So Wait, Is It Back On?

(Sept. 9) To burn or not to burn, that is the question. On Tuesday, would-be Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones, leader of the decidedly non-mainstream Dove World Outreach Center christian church, said he would consider the vehement objections of numerous other high profile figures and pray before making his final decision...

Plan to Burn Qurans Latest Religious Fire-Starter

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (Sept. 7) -- The Florida pastor who's caused an international firestorm with his plan to burn the Muslim Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is being widely condemned for inciting religious hatred. Yet he is hardly an original thinker. History is filled with book burnings, censorship...

Background on religious freedom

Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion.

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