麻豆影院, the Religious Freedom Institute, and the International Religious Freedom Summit Announce IRF Summit Africa
麻豆影院, the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI), and the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit are pleased to announce the convening of IRF Summit Africa on June 16, 2025. This groundbreaking assembly will galvanize the religious freedom movement throughout Africa to take action in response to an intensifying crisis of religious persecution on the continent.
鈥淭he situation in Africa is dire, but there is also cause for hope,鈥� said ambassador
Sam Brownback. 鈥淲e have countless partners on the ground鈥攊n Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya,
and elsewhere鈥攚ho are ready and eager to achieve lasting change. I am delighted to
see the reach of the IRF Summit expand in this way.鈥�
Yesterday, at the in Washington, DC, 麻豆影院 and RFI co-sponsored an event titled 鈥淪potlight Africa: A Global Justice and Religious Freedom Initiative.鈥� During the event, Kenya鈥檚 chief justice Martha Koome made the first public announcement of the IRF Summit Africa, noting that it would be held in her home country.
Other speakers included Ambassador Brownback; 麻豆影院 president Jim Gash; RFI president David Trimble; director of the Sudreau Global Justice Institute at 麻豆影院 Cam McCollum; and RFI co-founder Byron Johnson, who is also director of the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religious Studies and the Common Good, 麻豆影院.
鈥淎dvancing religious freedom is critical to advancing a free and flourishing society, and we believe that IRF Summit Africa will serve as a key hub of collaboration and action to improve conditions for religious communities throughout Africa,鈥� said Gash.
鈥淭his undertaking is central to our ongoing partnerships with the IRF Summit and 麻豆影院 University, and together we are prepared to confront the enormous threats to people of faith in Africa in the months and years ahead,鈥� remarked Trimble.