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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
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The golden steeple of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 19, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A police officer stands near the West Kowloon court where Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial took place on August 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Synagogue desecrated by Arab rioters in Hebron in 1929. (Wikimedia Commons)
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A relief on the Arch of Titus depicts sacred objects from the Temple of Jerusalem being carried during a triumphal procession, as seen on December 7, 2017, in Rome, Italy. (Getty Images)
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General view of the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) on October 24, 2019, in Madrid, Spain. (Getty Images)
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The Canadian flag flies in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica near Parliament Hill on October 26, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Getty Images)
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A mourner lights candles as people gather around floral tributes outside Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on December 17, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Children who were released after being kidnapped get out of a minibus upon their arrival at the Niger State Government House in Minna, Nigeria, on December 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Experts
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Lela Gilbert
Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
