Op-Eds
By Talal Eid and Don Argue
While India recently celebrated 62 years of independence as the world’s largest democracy, this month also marked the first anniversary of the anti-Christian violence in the state of Orissa.
India is home to people from a multitude of cultural and... Read More
For Your Information
August 15, 2009| by Michael Cromartie and Elizabeth H. Prodromou
The following Op-Ed appeared in the Miami Herald on August 15, 2009
Last week was important for those seeking to reform the U.S. system by which asylum seekers are detained... Read More
On Easter Sunday April 12, 2009, the Washington Post published a travel article on Kazakhstan . The US Commission on International Religious Freedom sent this letter in response
April 14, 2009
Dear Washington Post Editors –
While Kazakhstan may be "heaven... Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 12, 2008
Contact: Judith Ingram
Communications Director
202/523-3240
communications@uscirf.gov
The Saudis' dubious interfaith agenda at the UN
The country's lack of religious freedom betrays its lofty rhetoric. The real aim of its 'dialogue' is to... Read More
Say a prayer for Vietnam
Asia Times Online - July 15, 2008
By Preeta D Bansal and Richard D Land
WASHINGTON - Days after taking up the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in a long-sought affirmation of its international standing, the government of... Read More
6/20/07: Washington Times -- Eye on Pakistan
Eye on Pakistan
Washington Times, June 21, 2007
By Felice D. Gaer and Michael Cromartie
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met this week in Washington with Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri, underlining U.S. support for the Pakistani government. Ironically, while the... Read More
U.S. Must Revive Focus on Sudan If Peace Is To Be Salvaged
Las Cruces Sun-News, April 20, 2007
By Bishop Ricardo Ramirez and Michael Cromartie
Two years ago, the United States helped broker a peace agreement in Sudan that ended two decades of North-South civil war with solemn promises... Read More
Protecting Iraq's religious minorities
The Washington Times, December 22, 2006
By Felice D. Gaer and Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Since 2003, more than 1.5 million Iraqis have fled their country, and a similar number are displaced within Iraq - a massive flight of more than one in... Read More
By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput and Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou
At the U.N. General Assembly last week, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf called for a strategy of "enlightened moderation" to combat terrorism, to end conflicts affecting Islamic states, and to "bridge ...... Read More
Questions for Khatami
Will His 'Dialogue' on Faith Mention Iran's Intolerance?
The Washington Post, September 7, 2006
By Felice D. Gaer and Nina Shea
There is a troubling irony in inviting former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami to speak today at the National... Read More