2 days ago3 minThe Pope’s Iraq visit will make headlines. Can it make life better for religious minorities?A sense of foreboding plagues efforts to return Christians and Yazidis to their homelands. When Pope Francis lands in Iraq on March 5 for...
Feb 184 minMissing Piece of the Puzzle: Preserving Religious Diversity by Protecting the PastU.N. resolution provides an opportunity to empower religious communities to protect their heritage, heal scars of war. The United Nations...
Feb 41 minUSCIRF Spotlight: Religious Freedom Priorities for the Biden AdministrationAs the Biden administration begins to formulate its broader human rights policy, USCIRF highlights several priority countries when it com...
Feb 35 minAlumni Perspectives: Knox ThamesWe interviewed Mr. Knox Thames, American University School of International Service MA '01 & AUWCL JD '01, and current Visiting Expert at...
Jan 1910 minConsequential Human Rights DiplomacyVisiting the U.S. Holocaust Museum with a Rohingya Muslim activist brings the reality of 21st century persecution into stark relief. I e...
Jan 67 minWhy the Persecution of Muslims Should Be on Biden’s AgendaThe incoming U.S. president must hold China and other countries accountable for religious persecution—and counter Beijing’s global campai...
Dec 24, 20203 minHow much longer will the Middle East celebrate Christmas?The birthplace of Christianity may soon be uninhabitable for its believers without reforms to help them survive. https://religionnews.com...
Dec 18, 20201 minIGE Webinar: Models of Christian Peacemaking at Home and Abroad I moderated a webinar for the Institute for Global Engagement featuring models of Christian peacemaking at home and abroad. The panel fea...
Dec 16, 20204 minHeroic love of neighbor demands morehttps://www.christianpost.com/voices/heroic-love-of-neighbor-demands-more.html This opinion article first appeared in Baptist News. While...
Dec 11, 20203 minLoving your global neighborThis week, the United Nations marks Human Rights Day. But it won’t be much of a celebration, as a pandemic of persecution impacts billion...
Nov 23, 20204 minHuman Rights Education as the Solution to Religious PersecutionThere is a need to harness education's power to prepare students for a multi-ethnic, multi-religious future. https://www.usip.org/publica...
Nov 22, 20201 minInterview on SiriusXM POUTS ChannelInterview on SiriusXM POUTS Channel: On the eve of Thanksgiving, this wide ranging 10-minute interview covers how U.S. defense of interna...
Nov 20, 20201 minNPR Interview - Biden Gives New Hope To Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecutionhttps://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937105545/biden-gives-new-hope-to-refugees-fleeing-religious-persecution?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_sourc...
Nov 3, 20203 minPakistani Hypocrisy on Combating Discrimination in Europehttps://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/11/03/pakistani-hypocrisy-on-combating-discrimination-in-europe/ As people are being hacked to death in F...
Oct 22, 20205 minRemarks to Institute of Gulf AffairsTeaching Tolerance and Promoting Pluralism: Challenges and Opportunities Presentation by Knox Thames October 22, 2020 https://www.youtube...
Oct 20, 202012 minReflections on Twenty Years of Religion and Diplomacy: An Interview with Knox Thameshttps://religionanddiplomacy.org.uk/2020/10/20/reflections-on-twenty-years-of-religion-and-diplomacy-an-interview-with-knox-thames/ Knox ...
Oct 16, 20204 minA Real Opportunity for Religion Law Reform in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan has a real opportunity to cement its significant gains, turn away from its authoritarian past, and reclaim its place as a Cen...
Oct 7, 20204 minCoronavirus Church Closures Are Not PersecutionRestrictions on worship are unsettling and, in some cases, illegal. But American Christians must protect the intensity and veracity of th...
Oct 5, 20204 minNEWSWEEK: Trans-Atlantic Efforts Advance Freedom of Religionhttps://www.newsweek.com/trans-atlantic-efforts-advance-freedom-religion-opinion-1535995 The United States and the United Kingdom have wo...
Sep 28, 20201 minCFR webinar: Comparing Models of Advancing Religious Freedom AbroadCouncil on Foreign Relations Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call Knox Thames, senior fellow at the Institute for Global Engagemen...
