Freedom of religion
The CCP’s War on Christian Faith Has Reached America
The Chinese Communist Party is persecuting Christians — in Texas. Zhang Mei spent more than three decades as a lay leader in house church networks in Henan province, China. With pressure against independent...
Op-eds
Honor Thy Father and Mother, but Obey Xi
hina’s Communist Party is playing a long game against Christianity, using the young to target the old; both separating children from faith and telling them to turn against their parents for a few dollars...
Op-eds
The Modern Axis of Christian Persecutors
In China, faith in Christ as the only way to heaven is considered “cultist” theology by the government. In Russia, Christians must seek state approval to proselytize and are often...
Op-eds
Christian Persecution in Nigeria Divides Pastors
Last October, the Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, regional chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations denomination in Nigeria’s Plateau State, stood in front of a mass grave in Rachas, Nigeria, and begged those...
Op-eds
Why Christian persecution is Trump’s new foreign policy roadmap
During his first term, President Donald Trump made fighting Christian persecution around the world a foreign policy priority. In his second term, it has become something more than that. The...
Op-eds
Religious Persecution Underpins Anti-American Regimes in Cuba and Nicaragua
The Trump administration should put pressure on Havana and Managua to bolster religious freedom.
Op-eds
Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Xi
The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible. As part of Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization of Christianity” campaign, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) plans to ensure Christianity in...
Op-eds
Christianity Is the Vanguard of Western Civilization—and America Must Protect It Abroad
On Easter Sunday, the White House issued a press release stating that under President Donald Trump’s leadership, “the U.S. is once again a beacon of religious liberty — honoring the biblical...
Op-eds
Israel revealed its true colors after ugly Palm Sunday screw-up
Holy Week in the Holy Land began with online hysteria. After Catholic Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and three prelates were wrongly denied access to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre...
Op-eds
United Nations’ Bigotry Towards Israel: UNRWA Anti-semitism Poisons Palestinian Youth
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Legislative Testimonies
How to Keep Antisemitism Away From Turtle Bay
Another antisemite has turned up in the ranks of senior UN officials — this time in the body’s human rights arm, no less. Craig Mokhiber heads the New York section of the Office of the High Commissioner...
Op-eds
How Biden, Congress can stop the UN from legitimizing antisemitism
United Nations officials urged countries in October and November to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, the global benchmark for identifying...
Policy Briefs
We Must Bring About A Free And Unified Korea
Good morning. I would like to thank all the organizers, sponsors, contributors, and participants in this great event and for the opportunity to be among such distinguished speakers and leaders. Dr. Hyun-jin...
Op-eds
Turkey the Only NATO Member Singled out in Annual Religious Freedom Report
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its 2020 Annual Report on April 28 and recommended the US government include Turkey on the State Department’s “Special...
Op-eds
Getting Human Rights Right
Mike Pompeo is trying – to the chagrin of the human rights establishment.
Op-eds
Egypt’s Religious Freedom Farce
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt presents himself as an Islamic reformer. He has...
Op-eds
CAIR Strikes Out
It’s always a happy day when would-be censors fail to silence voices they don’t agree with, and it’s particularly satisfying when the losers are a well-known crowd of politicall...
Op-eds
Will a Key Anti-Terror Tool Fall Victim to Obama’s Muslim Outreach?
On the same day Barack Hussein Obama enthralled an Egyptian audience with his airbrushed version of Islam and its historic interactions with the United States (complete with adoption of CAIR'...