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Policemen stand next to their cars in front of an apartment building in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Sweden, on January 30, 2025, following the shooting of Koran burner Salwan Momika. Momika, who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported on January 30, 2025, with police confirming a man died in a shooting the day before. A Stockholm court was due to rule on January 30, 2025 whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Kor

Policemen stand next to their cars in front of an apartment building in Södertälje, Sweden, on January 30, 2025, following the shooting of Koran burner Salwan Momika. (JONAS EKSTROMER/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Quran Burning and Hate Crimes: Will Sweden Stumble into Anti-Blasphemy Laws?

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Feb 19, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

This aerial view shows the Greek Catholic Cathedral of St George, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on December 3, 2024. On November 27, the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) alliance led a major offensive snatching Syria's second city Aleppo and dozens of towns and villages from government control, after years of regime gains in successive Russian-backed military campaigns. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

The Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. George, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, on December 3, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Speaking for Freedom

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Feb 13, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Afghan women and children stand outside a primary healthcare center in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on February 2, 2025. (Mohammad Faisal Naweed/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Trump Can Repair US Betrayal of Afghanistan

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 31, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

A police officer gestures in front of a propaganda billboard urging "the maintenance of rule of law in Xinjiang" in both Chinese and Uyghur languages in China's northwestern Xinjiang region on July 19, 2023. (Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Prioritizing Human Rights in United States Policy toward China: A Guide for the Trump Administration

Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow

Anouk Wear

Policy Advisor, Hong Kong Watch

Sophie Richardson

Co–Executive Director, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD)

Olivia Enos, Anouk Wear & Sophie Richardson

Jan 28, 2025

Reports

Long Read

French Resistance fighters sabotaging a railway in Saône-et-Loire in September 1944. (Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Podcast

I Am André: German Jew, French Resistance Fighter, British Spy

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Jan 24, 2025

Podcast

People attend the first Sunday mass in Aleppo, Syria, since the rebel forces deposed the Assad regime on December 15, 2024. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)

Commentary

What Does the Future Hold for Christians in Syria?

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Dec 19, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Syria’s Christian Community Questions Its Future

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Dec 15, 2024

In the Media

A crucifix is pictured outside the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Aleppo, Syria, on December 12, 2024. (Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Syria’s Ancient Christian Community Faces an Imminent, Existential Threat

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Dec 13, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

This photo taken on January 15, 2024, shows a Chinese flag fluttering on a Christian church in Pingtan, China. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

The Long War: China’s 70-Year Campaign Against Christianity

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Dec 10, 2024

Podcast

Pedestrians pass by a poster depicting French teacher Samuel Paty in Paris on November 3, 2020. (Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Samuel Paty’s Beheading: The Limits of Speech and Religion

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Dec 4, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

St. Ignatius Cathedral on March 19, 2023, in Shanghai. (Zhe Ji via Getty Images)

Chinese Catholics hold candles during an Easter mass at a church in Beijing on March 30, 2024. (Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Persecution of the Catholic Church in China

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Dec 2, 2024

Podcast

Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar pose for picture on September 5, 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Oscar Siagian via Getty Images)

Podcast

Free Speech vs Religion, the Ethics of Chatbots, and Interfaith Environmentalism

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Nov 6, 2024

Podcast

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