The global push for freedom of religion or belief has gained visibility since the publication of a landmark 2019 review ...

When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations last week about religious persecution, he posed that freedom of religion is not a partisan talking point; it is a universal human right. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Holy Bibles and hymnals rest in the back of a church pew as sunlight filters through stained glass windows. Photo: Aaron Burden / ...

Religious leaders, professors, scholars and peers meet for the Religious Freedom Annual Review. The meeting was held on June 17, 2025. (Jayden Barney) The Religious Freedom Annual Review was held at ...

The Christian Institute, which is supporting the pastor, accused the police and Public Prosecution Service of "overstepping ...

"I have never in my career ever seen legislation pinpointed to kill a lawsuit like that," said House Minority Leader Vincent ...

Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a ...

One of the original seven principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association, formed in 1985, is “a free and responsible search for truth and meaning.” Diversity is another of our values. The ...

When President Obama signed a newly strengthened international religious freedom act, the intention was to protect religious believers around the world. But the act, signed December 16, is being ...

The proposed court system risks undermining the principle that every citizen has the right to choose their religion without ...

You are standing in front of a door with no lock, no guard, and no chain. You desperately want to leave, and yet every cell in your body screams that walking out will bring catastrophe. This is the ...

(The Center Square) – Support for religious freedom grew five points from 2020 to 2025, reaching an all-time cumulative high of 71 points, according to Becket’s seventh annual Religious Freedom Index.