It is “high time” that the denial of freedom of religion and belief is given the same attention as climate change, says the bishop behind a major government review into persecution.
The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen, said that religious freedom was under “grave threat” around the world, but the global response had typically been “inaction”.
“How grave does this situation have to become before we act?” he said.
“It seems to me that we currently face two existential threats to human flourishing and harmonious communities: climate change and the systematic denial of FoRB. We are beginning to pay proper attention to the former. It is high time we paid proper attention to the latter.”
“We can no longer say this is a sideline issue. The time for inaction and indifference is over.” @foreignoffice @churchofengland @tariqahmadbt
https://t.co/jRIi8NxcYz— Christian Today (@ChristianToday) July 15, 2019