In the aftermath of this week's terrorist tragedy, it is vital to guard against stereotyping of people based on religion or ethnicity, says John Graz, public affairs and religious liberty director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church worldwide.
As emergency and rescue teams search for survivors of today's terrorist attacks, Seventh-day Adventists in the United States and around the world are responding to the unfolding tragedy.
Employees at the Seventh-day Adventist world headquarters gathered this morning to pray for those impacted by the series of terrorist attacks that hit the United States eastern seaboard this morning, September 11.
Serbia's minister for religion has dismissed fears that a proposed religion law will discriminate against religious minorities, saying his government will do its best to provide religious freedom for all its citizens.
Churches in the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia have responded to the government's request for help in fighting the country's drug problems.
Religious intolerance and religious extremism are on the rise, according to the 2001 Religious Freedom World Report to be released later this month by the public affairs and religious liberty department of the Seventh-day Adventist world church.