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April 26, 2017

Commission adds three terrorist groups to anti-religious freedom watch list

An Iraqi man inspects al-Tahira al-Kubra church near Mosul Nov. 15, 2016 after it was liberated from the Islamic State group. The Islamic State, Taliban and al-Shabaab have been added to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s list of “countries of particular concern.”

WASHINGTON – The 2017 annual report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom added three "entities" to its list of 28 "countries of particular concern," thanks to a law passed in December.

Published in International