Posted on 10/27/2014 6:37:50 PM PDT by lbryce
Promoting religious freedom abroad is vital for U.S. national security interests in preventing the rise of threats such as ISIS, said the chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on Monday.
Many of our most dire national security threats are founded and have their origins in countries, in regions, societies, that fail to provide this most fundamental human protection, Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett told CNA on Oct. 27, International Religious Freedom Day.
The day marked the 16th anniversary of the passage of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. The commission, created by the act, is an independent, bi-partisan advisory group that monitors religious freedom around the world and makes policy recommendations to the President, Secretary of State and Congress.
With a world in flames, it is imperative now more than ever for the U.S. to encourage and nudge and push allies and adversaries alike to promote religious freedom, Dr. Swett emphasized.
If you take a look at where our greatest national security threats derive from, nine times out of ten youll also find a place that does a terrible job protecting religious freedom for its citizens, she argued.
All we have to do is look around the Middle East with whats going on with ISIS to recognize that when society fails to secure this fundamental human right of freedom of conscience and belief for all their citizens, it can give rise to extremism, which can breed violence and terror of the sort that were seeing in too many regions of the world.
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You don't say.
To prevent threats like ISIS religious freedom is the key.
With a world in flames, it is imperative now more than ever for the U.S. to encourage and nudge and push allies and adversaries alike to promote religious freedom, Dr. Swett emphasized.
Particularly profound and never really expressed so cogently is Dr Swett's most revealing comment.
Many of our most dire national security threats are founded and have their origins in countries, in regions, societies, that fail to provide this most fundamental human protection,".
Wow. No kidding. I hadn't really thought of that.
You mean, if we can get ISIS, other fundamentalist, non-tolerant, take-no-prisoner, brutal, savage 7th Century mentality religious group to be more tolerant, respect each other's religious preferences, not behead, kill, impale, fry, bake, rape, we wouldn't be having the problems we've been having with such groups as ISIS. Brilliant stuff.
Does the president know about this?
Want to encourage religious freedom around the world?
Destroy Islam.
The “fundamental” error here is assuming that the ‘religion of piss’ is indeed a religion. It is a political philosophy cloaked in some moon god meets Satan claptrap.
.... In a true state of "Religious Freedom" .... how do you handle the folks who believe that dieing in the act of killing the infidel is the highest form of worship? Wouldn't that fall under the category of "Freedom of Religion?".
Want religious freedom? Tactical nukes.
Freedom to stone women, burn churches, and cut off heads?
Exterminate Them
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