On August 5, 2012, Wade M. Page, an apparent white supremacist, opened fire on the members of the Sikh community in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, during their Sunday service. Page killed six innocent people and wounded three before the police shot him dead.
Religious Freedom USA is deeply shocked, saddened, [...]
Recently I met a police officer during my Houston Police Academy cultural awareness training who proposed that the negative publicity about Islam has died down in the last few years. This week I learned that, to the contrary, Islamophobia is not only alive and well, but even promoted by certain branches of the U.S. [...]
Religious Freedom USA co-Founder, Josh Stanton suggests that America should have a month honoring religious freedom on Interfaith Voices radio.
To listen to the interview click here: Jewish_American_Heritage_Month_A_Mixed_Blessing
by Peter Dziedzic
In early February, a story emerged out of Stone Park, Illinois, that a new strip club is being built next to a convent of Roman Catholic nuns. The strip club – to be named “Get It” and to offer forms of adult entertainment – is still [...]
Religious Freedom USA’s Co-Director Frank Fredericks represented RFUSA at a press conference of religious leaders speaking out against the NYPD’s practice of surveillance on Muslims. Frank shared the following:
I am not eager to shame the NYPD. In fact, it pains me greatly to do so. When we at Religious Freedom USA came together to [...]
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