RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Germany Isolated Itself From the Democratic Consensus on Religious Freedom

For nearly three decades, Germany claimed democratic authority for a campaign of surveillance, blacklisting and discrimination against Scientologists.

After 30 Years of Failure, Germany’s OPC Still Refuses to Admit Scientologists Were Never the Threat It Claimed

Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution has now ended nearly thirty years of nationwide Scientology surveillance without establishing the extremist threat it repeatedly used to justify the campaign.

Ninth Circuit Ruling Reinforces Religious Organizations’ Right to Faith-Based Hiring

Washington State Representative Chris Corry calls it “a clear, common-sense defense of religious freedom grounded in the Constitution.”

Supreme Court to Decide If State Prisoners Can Sue Over Religious Freedom Abuses

“If Damon had been held in a federal prison, he would have been able to sue the officer for damages.”

STAND Denounces Michigan Church Shooting as an Act of Religious Violence, Affirms Solidarity with Latter-day Saints

“Our hearts go out to Latter-day Saints everywhere—we stand with you. Every individual deserves the right to practice their religion in safety, in freedom and in peace.”

Muslim Inmates Allege Religious Discrimination in Oregon Prison System

“This case is about equal access to and accommodations for religious practice.”

“Textbook Discrimination”: Supreme Court Rebukes State, Grants Tax Exemption to Catholic Charities

“It is fundamental to our constitutional order that the government maintain ‘neutrality between religion and religion.’”

Majority Say Religion Helps Society, According to New Pew Survey

The survey results add to the mountain of evidence that religion is the beating heart of a people and, as such, must be protected.

USCIRF Welcomes New Commissioner Meir Soloveichik

Religious freedom “is the philosophical linchpin of what lies at the heart of American ideals.”

Sam Brownback Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom

Sam Brownback was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom by Vice President Mike Pence on February 1, filling an important position that has been vacant since Rabbi David Saperstein left the office in January 2017.

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