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\nHow do countries challenge religious freedom? What abuses constitute that challenge?<\/p>\n

Nicholas Kristof argues that some of the worst abuses occur in conservative Muslim countries.<\/p>\n

Kristof, a New York Times columnist, tackled the issue of religious freedom in a recent column<\/a>. He was reluctant to do so because the most egregious challenges seemed to come from conservative Muslim countries, like Sudan where a Christian woman was sentenced to be hanged, or Malaysia which restricts the use of the word \u201cAllah\u201d to Muslims, or Iraq where Christians have to pay a tax or, says Krsitof, face crucifixion.<\/p>\n

Highlighting these challenges concerned him because he thought it might inflame \u201cIslam-haters in America and the West\u201d and give them an opportunity \u201cto denounce Islam as a malignant religion of violence.\u201d\u00a0 And he thought that liberals might not say anything\u00a0 \u201cfor fear of feeding bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kristof notes that these decisions challenge a Muslim history based on tolerance from the time of Muhammad through the golden age of Islam.<\/p>\n

Other countries challenge religious freedom too. China, for example, restricts the growth of Christian churches and persecute Tibetan Buddhists. In Myanmar, conservative Buddhists persecute, terrorize, and kill Muslims who cross the border into their country.<\/p>\n

Students might research \u00a0all these abuses in small \u00a0groups and produce a poster or presentation about each abuse.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"