1.0Beliefnet Newshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/newsmconsolihttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/author/mconsoliNEWS FEATURE: Panel Faults Obama for Lagging on Religious Freedomrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="19hvsvDXVO"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/04/news-feature-panel-faults-obam">NEWS FEATURE: Panel Faults Obama for Lagging on Religious Freedom</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/news/2010/04/news-feature-panel-faults-obam/embed#?secret=19hvsvDXVO" width="600" height="338" title="“NEWS FEATURE: Panel Faults Obama for Lagging on Religious Freedom” — Beliefnet News" data-secret="19hvsvDXVO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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WASHINGTON (RNS) The U.S. government is not doing enough to protect religious freedoms abroad, the independent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said Thursday (April 29) in its annual report to Congress and the White House. “The problems are above and beyond what we saw last year, and the administration must do more,” said Leonard…