For better or worse, we live in a profoundly connected world. If there was any doubt about this, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided new evidence that what happens in one place can have dramatic effects in another. This global health crisis has prompted a massive response of governments and civil society around the world as they seek to slow and eventually stop the spread of this destructive virus, while in many cases creating crises of another sort.
There is another movement underway to slow and ultimately stop the spread of a different kind of destructive virus: that of religious persecution and repression.
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