From ANN, May 5, 2016: The state of religious freedom worldwide has deteriorated over the past 12 months, according to a report released May 1 by an independent United States advisory body. The 270-page report compiled by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) documents continuing abuses in 33 countries and regions, […]
From ANN, April 28, 2016: The steady rise in rates of religious persecution around the world in recent years has led Seventh-day Adventists to search for new, more effective ways to advocate for religious freedom. Studies, such as one conducted last year by the Pew Research Center, suggest that some 5.1 billion men, women […]
From ANN, February 19, 2016: It’s not religion itself, but a corrupted understanding of religion that fuels violent extremism, said Dr. Ganoune Diop, director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) for the Seventh-day Adventist world denomination, during a United Nations symposium earlier this month. The event, held Feb. 1 at the United Nations […]
From ANN, February 9, 2016: Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, prayed at the construction site of a new church building in Iraq as he made a weekend visit aimed at encouraging Adventist believers living 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Islamic State-occupied territory. Wilson, accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and a […]
From ANN, February 2, 2016: Human rights and religious freedom were the focus of a meeting last week between Ganoune Diop, the Seventh-day Adventist world denomination’s religious liberty leader, and Eruviel Ávila Villegas, governor of Mexico’s most populous state. The two, along with representatives of the Adventist denomination in central Mexico, met on January […]
From ANN, December 3, 2015: Romanian politicians and thought leaders, along with academics and religious liberty advocates from around the world, gathered recently in central Bucharest for a major conference focused on law, ethics and religious liberty. The third International Religious Liberty Conference was held November 19 in Romania’s renowned Palace of the Parliament, […]