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>Protecting Religious Freedom
>Without Limiting Free Speech

>For Immediate Release: January 14, 2010

Contact: Manmohan Singh, Secretary General, World Sikh Council ? Americ a
Region, [mailto:contact@worldsikhcouncil.org] contact@worldsikhcouncil.or g,
Phone: 972-985-9591 (USA)

[http://www.america.gov/religious_freedom.html]

To commemorate Religious Freedom Day on January 16, 2010, the U.S.
Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs has
published an article by World Sikh Council ? America Region?s
Chairperson of Interfaith Committee Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia titled
[http://www.america.gov/st/democracyhr-english/2010/January/2010010712281 6maduobbA0.7642328.html?CP.rss=true]
Uncomfortable Free Speech Part of Religious Freedom.  The full published
article can be accessed at [http://www.america.gov/religious_freedom.html ]
America.gov.

The article was written at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State
in response to the framing question ?Is it possible to protect religiou s
freedom without limiting free speech?? It has been translated into
several languages for international exposure.
Other experts sharing their perspectives on this theme include Suzanne
Nossel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Tad Stahnke, Director of Policy and Programs at Hum an
Rights First, Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director of Muslim Public
Affairs Council, and Maha Elgenaidi, Executive Director and President of
Islamic Networks Group.
Each year, the President of the U.S. declares January 16 to be
[http://www.religiousfreedomday.com/] Religious Freedom Day, and calls up on
Americans to "observe this day through appropriate events and activities  in
homes, schools, and places of worship." The day is the anniversary of the
passage, in 1786, of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom.
This message was sent by: World Sikh Council - America Region, POB 3635,  Columbus, OH 43210

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