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Thursday, May 19, 2016

House Passes Upgraded International Religious Freedom Law

(CNSNews.com) – The House of Representatives unanimously passed the Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Act Monday afternoon, which upgrades the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 giving the administration and the State Department new resources to help combat the worldwide escalation in persecution of religious minorities.

The bill’s author Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) said upon the bill’s passage that “the world is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of international religious freedom, a crisis that continues to create millions of victims.”

The legislation would amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA) to “locate the Office on International Religious Freedom in the Office of the Secretary of State” and include “mandatory training on religious freedom for all Foreign Service officers.”

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bout time religion won a small battle,but the anti religion attacks will not stop!we need to be strong the rainbow warriors are a cancer. They will continue to attack but from a different angle.

Anonymous said...

What a counterproductive waste of time and taxpayer money.

Completely not needed, and will be taken advantage of by Islamic ingrates to force the chancre of Islam on the public.