**Religious Freedom “Deteriorating” New Freedom House Survey Finds**
For Immediate Release
October 26, 2000
Washington, DC, October 26, 2000 … – A major survey of religious freedom to be released on October 26 by Freedom House finds that only 25 percent of the population surveyed lives under conditions of broad religious freedom. The report provides ranked profiles of countries representing nearly 90% of the world’s population
The survey — issued by Freedom House’s Center for Religious Freedom — concludes that 39 percent live under partly free conditions, where the ability to practice one’s faith is constrained, while the balance, 36 percent, live in conditions in which religious freedoms are fundamentally violated.
The study finds that religious freedom is deteriorating rapidly in much of the world…
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…“The survey shows the need for greater attention in U.S. foreign policy and in the international community to the issue of religious persecution,” said Nina Shea, Director of the Center for Religious Freedom. “While it does not suggest a ‘clash of civilizations,’ it reveals that religion-related conflict and repression are now a major factor in international life.”
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Satan
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[Edited by Gaudere on 11-07-2000 at 12:15 PM]