USCIRF Spotlight Podcast

Welcome to a new weekly podcast series called “USCIRF Spotlight” hosted by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent federal advisory body.

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Bahrain Takes Steps to Improve Religious Freedom

Posted June 4, 202100:20:16

For the first time in years, Bahrain was not included in the list of countries that USCIRF recommends for the State Department’s Special Watch...

Enforcing Blasphemy Laws Have Dire Consequences

Posted May 27, 202100:19:49

 

Blasphemy laws criminalize expression that insults or offends religious doctrines. Such laws are often used to restrict freedom of religion...

50 Years and Counting: The Continued Closure of Halki Seminary in Turkey

Posted May 20, 202100:19:03

 

It’s been 50 years since the Turkish government closed the Greek Orthodox Theological School of Halki, also known as the Halki Seminary....

Violent Insurgents in the Sahel Region of Africa

Posted May 14, 202100:15:13

 

The central Sahel region of West Africa is currently home to an extremely complex and fluid landscape of Islamist insurgent actors that stem...

Religious Restrictions in Iran

Posted May 6, 202100:17:44

Since 1979 Iran’s government has shown a consistent disregard for the rights of religious minority communities who  run afoul of the government’s...