“Time To Abolish Blasphemy Laws, Uphold Freedom of Expression” says Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State David Saperstein. In a blog post on the US Department of State’s official page, Saperstein writes: “It is shocking to note that almost half of the world’s countries have laws and policies that criminalize…
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an advisory council to Congress and the US President, has added Central African Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Vietnam to its list of countries where religious freedom is of particular concern. The Commissions new Annual Report says that “religious freedom abroad has been under serious and sustained assault” during the past year, and…
David Saperstein, formerly director of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, has been appointed US ambassador-at-large for religious freedom. Saperstein is the fourth person to hold the post. He has previously been a member of President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith- Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, and…
SOURCE: Online Athens: American Muslims often get the kind of treatment once reserved for blacks and Jews, dehumanized groups that also were the victims of racial and ethnic prejudice and violence, according to University of Georgia religion professor Alan Godlas. But what many of us Americans think about Muslims stems from misinformation, from outright lies…
