Its stubborn defence of religious freedom is a headache for China's rulers.

The defence of religious freedom, as we understand it in the European Union, merits our agreement.

The international community, starting with Europe, should speak with a strong and clear voice for the defence of religious freedom," he said in a sermon.

At that period it was a rallying point for the defence of religious freedom and for Irish sovereignty.

The two things are not mutually exclusive, but complementary: positive contacts with China, but clear defence of religious freedom and human rights.

The Republicans’ defence of religious freedom appeals not just to traditional Democrats but also the largely Catholic Hispanics.

In the early seventeenth century, Baptists like John Smyth and Thomas Helwys published tracts in defence of religious freedom.

Seeking to quash the rebellion, the government sought capture of the leaders of the Popular Union and the National League for the Defence of Religious Freedom.

Certain regions of the diocese were, during the Revolution, the scene of the War of La Vendée, waged in defence of religious freedom and to restore royalty.

I wish particularly to emphasise issues surrounding the defence of religious freedom, for which Mr van den Bos has provided a sound basis in this document and which I myself have been able to be involved in further strengthening.

Furthermore, I hope that the Union will play an ever-more effective role in the search for peace, in conflict resolution, in the strengthening of democracy, in the defence of religious freedom and in the fight against terrorism, drug trafficking, organised crime and people trafficking.

Therefore, and given the increase in anti-Christian violence worldwide, I would argue that the Council, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy should take rapid, robust and energetic action to guarantee the defence of religious freedom in the world.

"I promise you, we're not going to back up in our defense of religious freedom," he said.

This is an important victory in the ongoing defense of religious freedom."

Only Christian democratic parties have opposed the bill, not on animal rights grounds, but in defense of religious freedom.

The pope also spoke out in defense of religious freedom, which he said includes the right to choose one's faith.

Historians believe the Remonstrance to be the first recorded defense of religious freedom in the new world.

Local historians today see the document as the first organized defense of religious freedom in the New World.

The defense of religious freedom, especially in places where Christians are in the firing line, has become its premier social and political concern.

The institute describes itself as a "legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties."

He paused, and from the entire Chinese-Portuguese-Hawaiian contingent of the house went up a great, throbbing cry in defense of religious freedom.

Enter the ADF, a conservative group that says it champions "the legal defense of religious freedom, the sanctity of life, marriage and the family."

Sikhism also has a strong warrior tradition which arose in defense of religious freedom and human rights from a tyrannical Moghul occupation of India.

Today, some Muslim authors only recognize wars with the aim of territorial defense as well as the defense of religious freedom as legitimate.

The association for the defense of religious freedom and conscience, CICNS, criticized the talk show for its lack of alternative viewpoints.

In the early seventeenth century, Baptists like John Smyth and Thomas Helwys published tracts in defense of religious freedom.

Liberty Legal Institute, Free Market Foundation's legal division, is a legal organization committed to the defense of religious freedoms and First Amendment rights.

All of which makes one wonder exactly how genuine the current outrage is—or whether it is part and parcel of a political campaign against Obama rather than a defense of religious freedom.

On September 16, the commission organized the 5th Annual Walk for the Defense of Religious Freedom held in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Liberty hired the Rutherford Institute, an advocacy group that specializes in the defense of religious freedom, and threatened to sue under the provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The area was home to Elias Hicks, a Quaker leader and a critic of slavery, and to the authors of the Flushing Remonstrance, a 1657 defense of religious freedom.

Having personally lived through persecution for his religious beliefs, Kulakov was a constant voice in defense of religious freedom and actively participated in the international conferences on the protection of religious freedom.

The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs reinforced U.S. defense of religious freedom with the President of Azerbaijan in January 2002.

In Switzerland, media widely gave negative reports about the community and contributed to raise mistrust towards new religious movements, but French association for the defense of religious freedom CICNS criticized this point of view.

However, in 1926 upon learning of the murder of four members of the Catholic Association of Mexican Youth he joined the National League for the Defense of Religious Freedom, supporting the coming rebellion.

In 1920, he joined the League for the Defense of Religious Freedom, which opposed the governments of Obregón (1920-1924) and Plutarco Elías Calles and reportedly was also involved in the Cristero movement.

"He was put in handcuffs and hauled down to the mall’s security station and later booked at the local jail," said Snatchko’s attorney Matthew McReynolds of the Pacific Justice Institute, a legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom.

Much has changed for the better on this matter in recent years, but we need to be permanently engaged in the defence of religious liberty around the world, because no one will do this for us.

Walsingham advocated direct intervention in the Netherlands in support of the Protestant revolt against Spain, on the grounds that although wars of conquest were unjust, wars in defence of religious liberty and freedom were not.

What began as a strong Republican defense of religious liberties turned into an epic battle for women's rights.

Defense of religious liberty and freedom of speech.

National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty in Mexico - 1924.

Heading into this election season, the U.S. Catholic bishops are making defense of religious liberty their signature issue.

A similar view was expressed by the Rutherford Institute, which calls itself an international, nonprofit civil liberties organization that specializes in the defense of religious liberty.

Kurtz also stated that the "defense of religious liberty is as precious to the humanist as are the rights of the believers".

The right-wing Action Française gave the FNC much support in its defense of religious liberty.

Soon they would be joined by Enrique Gorostieta, a retired general hired by the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty.

While once primarily concerned with the defense of religious liberties, the organization later expanded its mission to encompass other constitutional issues such as search and seizure, free speech, and zero tolerance policy.

The Order has adopted resolutions advocating a Culture of Life, defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, in defense of religious liberty, and promoting faithful citizenship.

Garza Capistrán ordered to mobilize its more than 100 local organizations to form committees for the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty, LNDLR.

Before the closure of the churches in 1926, there was a meeting of the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty which discussed the possibility of armed rebellion to overthrow the government.

Robinson, the best orator in Washington (a tradition maintained by his Arkansas successors until Senator Dale Bumpers's retirement in January), roared him into silence with a ringing defense of religious liberty and tolerance.

In 1927 the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty chose him to lead the Cristeros, an army of Catholic rebels fighting against the government forces of president Plutarco Elías Calles.

In 1926, shortly before the closing of the churches, he was denounced as a conspirator against the government because of his connections with the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty, which was preparing an armed uprising.

The bishops formed an ad hoc committee on religious freedom that issued a proclamation on April 12, 2012, setting out their themes for two weeks of events and services in defense of religious liberty which they said was "under attack, both at home and abroad."

It recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated courage in the defense of religious liberty and is named for Canterbury Cathedral, where Thomas Becket was martyred by the knights of King Henry II for his own defense of religious freedom.

Archbishop Dolan replied in a letter to the leaders of Catholic Democrats, "One of the reasons defense of religious liberty is such a high priority is because this is necessary to protect our efforts in the promotion of charity, justice, peace, service, and advocacy."

The damaged statue seen in one of the photos depicts Manuel Morales, who was the 28-year-old president of Mexico's National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty when he was executed in 1926 for refusing to recognize laws he considered anti-religion.

A coalition of urban groups were brought together under the umbrella of the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty, created in 1925, in the early part of Calles's presidential term, but prior to the 1926 promulgation of the Calles Law that same year.

In the 90-minute debate Tuesday, at George Mason University's Arlington County campus, Jackson mounted a full-throated defense of religious liberty and free speech, answering a question from moderator Peggy Fox about his statement Sunday in a church sermon that non-Christians "are engaged in some sort of false religion."

Madison was only 37 years old at the time but he had already composed a brilliant defense of religious liberty, played a pivotal role at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and made an indispensable contribution to a series of essays ("The Federalist") that serve as foundational documents on the United States' constitutional democracy.