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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom
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Hagia Sophia
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Many days after the decision of Hagia Sophia to be opened for worship, the citizens who come to have souvenir photos are seen in Istanbul, Turkey on July 14, 2020.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech following a cabinet meeting, in Ankara, on June 9, 2020.
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The Hagia Sophia, which was rebuilt for the final time in AD 537 during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Until 1453, it served as the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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A Greek Orthodox church in Hama, Syria
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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
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
