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Read news and insight from STAND guest contributors—partners in our work to fight antireligious hate, promote religious literacy and inclusion, and champion freedom and equal rights for all.

Overlooked—International Religious Freedom Issues That Should Worry Us All

Often these situations are set off to the side while what are characterized as more pressing concerns are addressed.

Connecticut’s First Sikh City Councilman Shares Perspective on His Historic Win

I know how minority groups can be attacked if they don’t have a voice, so I have always wanted to be a voice for underrepresented communities. This platform will help me be that voice.

Why You Should Unlearn Hate and Make All People Your Friend

As we work our way through interfaith gatherings we focus on similarities, knowing that others will be hollering the differences from the rooftops.

Why the United States Is Concerned About Religious Freedom in Nigeria

The penalties carried out for what have been deemed offenses can vary from extended prison sentences, public lashings and amputations to more severe punishments such as stoning or death by hanging.

The Origins of Our First Amendment—the Province of Religion Versus the State

As difficult as some of these cases may be, courts have usually sided with the church and with the Lockean ideas. The church, not the state, distinguishes between human actions based on their religious motivation or lack thereof.

Religious Freedom Day 2021: A Time to Look Back in Order to Move Forward

This Religious Freedom Day, more than any other since it was instituted over a quarter century ago, is an occasion to rededicate ourselves to its most fundamental tenets of liberty and equal dignity for all.

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