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Article: Religious freedom an overlooked topic. (Convention Panels).
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- The Masthead
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
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Issues involving religious freedom will be the "toughest issues facing the majority of nations" outside of the United States during the 21st century, and for that reason the subject is a "ripe product for editorial writers," according to two expert panelists.
Mark O'Keefe, of the Newhouse News Service, described a rare five-month assignment he received in 1998 from his former employer, The Oregonian. With virtual carte blanche authorization from his bosses, he traveled to five diverse nations to document and put into context "the complicated issue of persecution of Christians around the globe." From China and Burma, through Pakistan, Egypt and Sudan, O'Keefe ...