Religious News From Around the Web, Jan 6th 2020

Nine Years for Pastor, Armed Church Security? Interfaith Award, Truth or Guns? Sikhs Help in Fires, Evangelicals Polled, Falun Gong “Cult” Chinese Sentence Christian

Faith Groups Urge Pompeo to Abolish the Commission on Unalienable Rights

Faith Groups Urge Pompeo to Abolish the Commission on Unalienable Rights

Human Rights First coalition Members of faith-based groups, the Senate, and other human rights groups sent a strong message urging Secretary of State Mike

Mike Pompeo Demands China Close Internment Camps

Mike Pompeo Demands China Close Internment Camps

China asks Pompeo not to interfere in its internal matters. Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State, tamped down on U.S. demand to

Pompeo Briefing on World Religious Freedom Given Exclusively to ‘Faith-Based Media'

Pompeo Delivers International Religious Freedom Briefing Exclusively to ‘Faith-Based Media’

One member of "regular media" was invited then disinvited. On March 18, the U.S. State Department announced a conference call to the media with

Trump Bars Woman who left U.S. to join ISIS from Returning

Woman Who Left U.S. to Join ISIS Cannot Come Back to the Country

Washington claims Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. citizen. President Donald Trump announced via social media on February 20 that the Government of the

Pence Says Iran is Intent on ‘Another Holocaust’ and Demands EU Back Out of Nuclear Deal

Pence Says Iran is Intent on ‘Another Holocaust’ and Demands EU Back Out of Nuclear Deal

EU trade strategy with Iran is an effort to end the U.S. sanctions against “Iran’s murderous revolutionary regime” United States Vice President Mike Pence

Pastor Andrew Brunson's Fate will be decided by Turkish Court

Pastor Andrew Brunson’s Fate Will Be Decided by Turkish Court

The Turkish lira has suffered due to US retaliatory action. President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, during his visit to New York to attend the

Pence's Ministerial on Religious Freedom Wraps Up

Pence’s Ministerial on Religious Freedom Wraps Up

At one point VP Pence warned Turkey against the further detention of Pastor Brunson. The last day of the three day long Ministerial for

Brownback Opens Religious Freedom Conference, Says Religious Freedom is a Right Given by God

Brownback Opens Religious Freedom Conference, Says Religious Freedom is a Right Given by God

A total of 350 people from 80 countries participated Sam Brownback, the Ambassador-at-Large of the United States for International Religious Freedom inaugurated a government

Annual Report on Religious Freedom Released

Annual Report on Religious Freedom Released

U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is included in the persecuted countries list. Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom informed reporters on May