Yesterday was the
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, as created by a United Nations Resolution (
full text) adopted earlier this year. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement (
full text), saying in part:
Commemorating victims of violence based on religion or belief is critical, but that’s only the beginning of the world’s work to achieve justice for the survivors of past tragedies, like the genocide of Yazidis, Christians and Shi’a Muslims in Iraq by ISIS...