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A report from the U.S. State Department has highlighted the of religious intolerance worldwide. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave reporters a of the "International Religious Freedom" report. He said: "[It] shines light on the people face as they seek nothing more than religious freedom and the right to as they wish." Kerry said a particularly worrying was the increased discrimination Jews and Muslims around the world. The report highlighted a rise in anti-Islamic in Europe and Asia, and an increase in anti-Semitism in other parts of the world. Kerry warned that: "When countries or attack religious freedom, they threaten their country's own ."

The report opened with a from President Barack Obama, who said religious freedom was, "an part of human , and without it our world cannot know peace". The report outlined how nations were religious freedom. It said: "Numerous governments imposed…undue and inappropriate on religious groups and abused their members, in some cases as part of government law and practice." The report also warned that denying of worship increased the danger of political and societal instability. It said such a policy: "Undercuts society’s ability to and combat the biased and warped interpretations of religion that extremists propagate."

 


 
 

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