介绍： “Violent attacks on houses of worship are increasingly occurring globally, turning sacred and peaceful spaces into unimaginable sites of bloodshed,” said Tony Perkins, Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, known as USCIRF, at a recent hearing the Commission held in Washin...

介绍： “Violent attacks on houses of worship are increasingly occurring globally, turning sacred and peaceful spaces into unimaginable sites of bloodshed,” said Tony Perkins, Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, known as USCIRF, at a recent hearing the Commission held in Washington.
Mr. Perkins pointed to the recent massacres directed at worshipers of multiple faiths in Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Germany, as well as others in Egypt, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
He noted that cemeteries, monasteries, and community centers sacred to religious communities and their activities have also been targeted:
“Gravestones of Jewish people have been defaced with swastikas; Buddhist educational centers have been bulldozed; crosses have been torched. No faith is immune.”

USCIRF Vice Chair Gayle Manchin also warned of more covert and insidious tactics aimed at religious groups, including maliciously surveilling holy sites; stalling official registrations; and illegally seizing places of worship:
“For example, in May this year, Iranian intelligence agents changed the locks to a one hundred year-old Assyrian Presbyterian church in Tabriz, Iran and removed the cross from the building.

“对礼拜场所的暴力袭击在全球范围内越来越多地发生，把神圣而和平的场所变成了无法想象的流血场所，”美国国际宗教自由委员会主席托尼·帕金斯最近在华盛顿举行的一次听证会上说。
帕金斯提到了最近发生在斯里兰卡、新西兰、德国以及埃及、巴基斯坦、印度、印度尼西亚、伊拉克、阿富汗和尼日利亚的针对多种宗教信徒的屠杀。
他指出，对宗教团体及其活动神圣的墓地、修道院和社区中心也成为攻击目标:
“犹太人的墓碑上被涂上了纳粹的标志；佛教教育中心被推平；十字架被烧毁了。没有宗教幸免于难。”
美国国际宗教自由委员会副主席盖尔·曼钦还警告说，针对宗教团体的更隐蔽和阴险的策略，包括恶意监视圣地；拖延官方注册；非法占据礼拜场所:
“例如，今年5月，伊朗情报人员把锁换成了伊朗大不里士一座有百年历史的亚述长老会教堂，并把十字架从教堂中移走。