#IRFministerial

He spent 3 years and 3 months in a prison in Pakistan, at age 81, tried and convicted as a “terrorist” because he was an Ahmadi Muslim who sold books—but today, Abdul Shukoor stands as a guest of the U.S. Government, a model of courage, resilience & steadfastness. #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/OtAo51fFKF

.@Hedayah_CVE Chairman @Dralnoaimi, Executive Director Maqsoud Kruse, and the UAE delegation met with @ADL Task Force on Religious Minorities to discuss interfaith efforts to protect vulnerable populations. #YearOfTolerance #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/uPfaS6ciBZ

Honored to attend #IRFministerial at the State Department. Privileged to address the Forum regards #Ethiopia’s/ our Prime Minister’s commitment to religious freedom & inter/intra-faith harmony. Thanks #US Secretary Pompeo for invite & commitment to global #religiousfreedom.pic.twitter.com/L1utnXK5If

Grateful to the religious, governmental, and civil society leaders who have made advancing #religiousfreedom a priority at today’s #IRFministerial. Religious freedom is an unalienable right, not an option. Every person around the world should be free to believe as they see fit. pic.twitter.com/WtRnNvJjzL

HE Shaykh Abdullah @Bin_Bayyah is leading the UAE's delegation to the @StateDept Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, where leaders from around the world are discussing the importance of inclusion and freedom of worship. #YearOfTolerance #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/ynbYd6e21J

US-#Kazakhstan relations continue to grow w/the new govt of Pres @TokayevKZ. Glad to meet w/@KazakhEmbassy Amb Kazykhanov & @MFA_KZ DPM Ashikbayev in town for the #IRFMinisterial to discuss our enhanced strategic partnership and our working group on religious freedom. AGW pic.twitter.com/i3IZ2j6bWV

Thank you, @VP Pence for joining for me the second annual #IRFMinisterial. America’s commitment to religious freedom will never waver. Proud of the hard work @IRF_Ambassador Brownback and team are doing to ensure the right to worship for every person around the world.pic.twitter.com/CL5KAFTx4r

Today, @SecPompeo delivered remarks at the Second Ministerial to Advance #ReligiousFreedom. #IRFministerial pic.twitter.com/rwh7yKrbJT

Great speech delivered today by @SecPompeo at the #IRFministerial we all are making history today by standing together to promote the human values that we share together especially the one related to religious freedom pic.twitter.com/Cvce9oPlyA

A pleasure to meet with Archbishop Paul Gallagher. The U.S. & Holy See cooperate on a number of issues, including inter-religious understanding. Proud to reaffirm our shared commitment to religious freedom on the heels of this week’s #IRFMinisterial. pic.twitter.com/Sq3y9LHhPT

.@TECRO_USA Rep. Kao & Ambassador-at-Large Pusin Tali joined @VP, @SecPompeo & @IRF_Ambassador at the #IRFMinisterial. #Taiwan is a beacon of #ReligiousFreedom! Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism & folk beliefs are all part of its religious landscape. https://bit.ly/30F8wZ1 pic.twitter.com/08aMevb0a3

.@StateDeptSpox Morgan Ortagus comments on the status of religious freedom in #Iran. #IRFministerial pic.twitter.com/wX2XE4PIor

“Blessed are the prisoners who never tire of supplication, for they shall one day be freed.”—Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. 84-year-old Abdul Shukoor, an Ahmadi Muslim prisoner of conscience, visits @WhiteHouse. #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/ggDrc2cG7F

A true privilege to stand alongside Lord @tariqahmadbt, Congresswoman @RepSpeier, Commissioners @JohnnieM and Tenzen Dorjee, Mahershala Ali, and religious persecution survivors Abdul Shukoor and @JewherIlham at the Ahmadiyya @MuslimCaucus & @TLHumanRights event. #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/kgaoMijeKB

Abdul Shakoor, an Ahmadi Muslim from Pakistan, at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington as part of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/aS0YiC3c0z

Mike Pompeo: The #UAE is a Great Example in Promoting Religious Tolerance in Education @SecPompeo @UAEEmbassyUS @StateDept #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/eA8ysEceTo

"80 percent of the world's population live in a religiously restrictive place. It is past time to bring down these religious restrictions" - @IRF_Ambassador Sam Brownback delivers remarks at the Ministerial To Advance #ReligiousFreedom. #IRFMinisterial pic.twitter.com/LcGVxRDKES

.@SecPompeo at the #IRFministerial: #Religiousfreedom is embedded deeply in the American character. But it isn’t exclusively an American idea. The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms religious freedom or belief as a universal right.pic.twitter.com/TpVyvyzHLf

.@SecPompeo at the #IRFministerial: Today we are turning our convictions into action. And there’s not a moment to lose. A shocking 83 percent of the world’s population live in nations where #religiousfreedom is either threatened or denied entirely.pic.twitter.com/yn3WXrtFZa

"Religion is based on the foundation of humanity" @tariqahmadbt speaking @MuslimCaucus event on Capitol Hill #IRFministerial pic.twitter.com/Z8NqFYOQqP