Dallas Baptist University’s Institute for Global Engagement will host a significant conference titled “Praying for All the Persecuted” on October 24 and 25, 2024. The event aims to mobilize the church to pray for and advocate on behalf of those persecuted for their faith worldwide. The conference is hosted by Knox Thames, an international human […]
Tag: Religious Freedom
Excerpt| Book Excerpts, International Relations and Foreign Policy, Political Science and Theory, Religion and Theology Today, a scourge of religious persecution is impacting every faith community around the globe. In Ending Persecution: Charting the Path to Global Religious Freedom, author H. Knox Thames takes readers to some of the world’s most repressive countries in the Middle East and Asia, exposing […]
Writing for ReligionUnplugged, RFI Senior Fellow Paul Marshall reviewed an important new book by Knox Thames on ways to fight religious persecution based on Thames’ vast experience as a U.S. government official promoting international religious freedom. Marshall writes: Most people working in recent decades in America’s growing movement for international religious freedom are little-known except by […]
Washington, DC [US], October 9: The United States Department of State has acknowledged the recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) concerning India. The State Department’s spokesperson, Matthew Miller, emphasized that USCIRF is an independent commission, separate from the State Department, which provides policy recommendations to the Executive Branch and […]