Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Do ISIS’s atrocities against Christians, Yazidis and Shias really amount to genocide?
By Brian Pellot — August 6, 2015
Religious freedom advocates are calling for President Obama and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to label ISIS’s actions against religious and ethnic minorities “genocide.” Does the label fit? 13 experts weigh in.
Is promoting global religious freedom naive or necessary?
By Brian Pellot — March 24, 2014
Highlights from the latest Westminster Faith Debate on global religious trends. Are government attempts to promote religious freedom "inherently flawed?"
Christian persecution? * Bible balloons * The other Moonies: Religious Freedom Recap: Nov. 11-18
By Brian Pellot — November 18, 2013
Debate flares over how people define martyred and persecuted Christians. An American church drops Bibles over North Korea. And a drunken Wisconsin woman drops trou in the name of religious freedom. God bless America.
Religious freedom: Universal right or political pawn?
By Brian Pellot — October 10, 2013
"Religious freedom" is an easy rallying call for western democracies. Most Americans hear the term and think, "fine by me." Not Northwestern University’s Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. In this Q&A, she argues that America’s religious freedom outreach efforts may do more harm than good.
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