Religious intolerance

Religious intolerance is either intolerance motivated by one's own religious beliefs or intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices.

Related Topics:
Intolerance - Religious

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The opposite of intolerance is tolerance.

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Religious intolerance and persecution have been common throughout history, and most faiths have been subject to it at one time or another.

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In its 2000 annual report on international religious freedom, the U.S. State Department cited China, Myanmar, Iran, Iraq and Sudan for persecuting people for their religious faith and practices. The report, which covers July 1999 through June 2000, details U.S. policy toward countries where religious freedom is violated in view of the U.S. State Department. The 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, created the State Department's Office of International Religious Freedom mandates an integrates U.S. policy on religious freedom into overall U.S. international policy.http://www.uscirf.gov/mediaroom/press/2000.html

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