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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
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Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 22-year-old Nigerian student, was raped and murdered in a church on May 30.
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A church in India attacked by Hindu extremists. Photo courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom International, an organization that provides legal resources to persecuted Christians.
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Coptic Christian at St. George's Cathedral in Cairo
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Mayor Bill de Blasio greets healthcare workers and conducts a press conference at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, April 10, 2020.
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Sri Ayati’s Legacy, by John van der Sterren, 2006.
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December 11, 2019 Nigerian refugee women at the growing Awaridi refugee settlement now home to 9,000 plus mostly northern Nigerians who fled Boko Haram violence over the past few years.
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Marc Chagall’s Self-Portrait with Easel, 1919. Jewish Museum.
Experts
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
