RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, 20003 United States

Mission Statement

Working to advance religious freedom for everyone, everywhere.

About This Cause

The Religious Freedom Institute (RFI) is committed to achieving broad acceptance of religious liberty as a fundamental human right, the cornerstone of a successful society, and a source of national and international security. Organizationally, we advance our mission through three regional action teams (in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and North America) and two functional action teams (in International Religious Freedom Policy and Islam). Each of the action teams work toward making religious freedom a priority for governments, civil society, religious communities, businesses, and the general public within their spheres of influence. We advance compelling arguments for religious freedom, drawing on empirical and theoretical research, to convince stakeholders that religious freedom can help them achieve their own goals—political, economic, strategic, and religious. OUR VISION RFI envisions a world that respects religion as an individual and social good, and that protects religious freedom as a fundamental human right, as well as an indispensable driver of democracy, social stability, civil liberty, economic prosperity, equality of women, and the defeat of violent extremism. Religious freedom encompasses the rights of individuals and communities to practice their beliefs in private and to exercise their religious convictions in public, including in civil society, economic enterprise, politics, and law. OUR UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Religious freedom is important for everyone, everywhere. Why? Because religion is important for everyone, everywhere. Human beings are innately religious. Our nature impels us to seek answers to profound questions about ultimate things. If we are not free to pursue those answers, and to live according to the truths we discover, we cannot live a fully human life.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC
316 Pennsylvania Ave, Se, Suite 501
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia 20003
United States
Phone 2028387734
Twitter @RFInstitute
Unique Identifier 810983298