Since the US presidential election that shook up the nation with Donald Trump’s sweeping victory across all demographics and races, experts have addressed a range of issues that influenced the election results, including immigration, inflation, foreign policy, misinformation, and cultural issues.
We would urge the USCIRF to desist from such agenda-driven efforts. The USCIRF would also be well advised to utilise its time more productively on addressing human rights issues in the United States," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
The US watchdog also mentioned Canadian allegations of India's role in the extra-judicial killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
While communal clashes are not new and have occurred at regular intervals, their synchronization across the country is worrisome.
Mandated by the US Congress, the report documenting major instances of violation of religious freedom across the world was released by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department.
The strong objection came after the USCIRF annual report includes particular criticism of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Trump will host and provide keynote remarks at the Global Call to protect religious freedom event on September 23 at the United Nations Headquarters, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said.
A state can be held to be secular if it honours all religious faiths equally.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed a recent annual report by the US government on the lack of religious freedom in the…
