Religious Freedom Day on the Hill

SCHEDULE INCLUDES:

9:00 am

House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO)
INTRODUCTION by Ambassador John Hanford

9:30 am: PANEL I : RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES

Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Becket Fund (Anthony Picarello, Esq.), the Orthodox Union (Nathan Diament, Esq.), & the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (Greg Lukianoff)

10:30am: PANEL II

Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) & Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO)

PART I : EMERGING ISSUES – ANTI-CONVERSION & BLASPHEMY LAWS

Religious Freedom Coalition (William Murray), Center for Religious Freedom (Paul Marshall), Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (Dr. Walid Phares)

PART II : Encouraging Pluralistic Change From Within Muslim Countries Christian Solidarity International (Rev. Keith Roderick), Psychologist Dr.Wafa Sultan, Eli El-Khoury (Member of the Cedar Revolution) & LibForAll Foundation (Ravi Krishnamurthy)

11:30am: PANEL III : A LOOK AROUND THE WORLD

Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (Nina Shea), Country Overviews of North Korea, Iran, Russia, China, India, Egypt, & Saudi Arabia

12:30pm: VIEW FROM THE UNITED NATIONS

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton

CLOSING REMARKS – Senator Rick Santorum

Please join us for this memorable day on Capitol Hill as we continue to promote religious freedom throughout the world.  Religious Freedom Day is supported by a broad spectrum of NGOs, all of whom share this nation's commitment to the freedom of religion.  It is the hope of this program that it will bring greater attention to specific occurrences of persecution and oppression that many face both domestically and internationally.