Religious intolerance is on the rise in the United States and other Western nations, the Family Research Council said Thursday.
The evangelical Christian group’s Center for Religious Liberty released a report titled “Free to Believe? The Intensifying Intolerance Toward Christians in the West.”
After surveying conditions in 34 Western countries, the report detailed 99 incidents in 14 nations. The group cited “alarming displays of secular intolerance” toward religion.
FRC said it used open-source documents, reports and media coverage from 34 nations to compile data from January 2020 through June.
The bulk of the incidents cited in the report centered on pandemic-related shutdowns and restrictions.