Religious restrictions and hostilities around the world have risen steadily over the past few decades, reaching an all-time high in 2018 — a trend that has only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug. 2, USIP and the University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations discussed a new report, Global Trends and Challenges to Protecting and Promoting Freedom of Religion or Belief.
Jonathan Fox
Yehuda Avner Professor of Religion and Politics, Bar Ilan University
Jason Klocek
Senior Researcher, U.S. Institute of Peace; Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
Samirah Majumdar
Research Associate, Pew Research Center
Adam Nicholas Phillips
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Executive Director of the Local, Faith, and Transformative Partnerships Hub in the Bureau for Democracy, Development and Innovation at the U.S. Agency for International Development
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/protecting-and-promoting-freedom-religion-or-belief
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