Religious-Freedom Advocates at IRF Summit Outline Hopes for Trump’s Term

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Religious-Freedom Advocates at IRF Summit Outline Hopes for Trump’s Term
Panelists at the International Religious Freedom Summit discuss religious freedom hopes for President Donald Trump’s second term on Feb. 4, 2025. From left to right: Moderator Brett Scharffs, director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University. Panelists: David Beasley, former executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme (2017-2023); Annie Boyajian, co-president of Freedom House; Scott Flipse, director of policy and media relations for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

Several hundred people from dozens of countries who represent many religions are attending the International Religious Freedom to discuss ways in which faith leaders, lawmakers and others can end religious persecution.