Pyongyang Times- The world should be vigilant about the US harping on ‘religious freedom’

Recently, the US State Department released what is called the “2021 International Religious Freedom Report” reflecting the religious situation in over 190 countries.

USA, Credit- Nelson Ndongala

It repeated its old bad habit of groundlessly finding fault with the countries that are not to its likings such as the DPRK, China and Russia.

The US is the very country where hate crimes born out of confrontation and mistrust between religions and sects do not cease and ethnic minorities and the religious people of specific races fall victim to them.

The crime caused by religious strife takes 2nd place in the hate crimes in the US. This fact alone clearly shows how hypocritical the American-style “religious freedom” is.

The US often talks about “religious freedom”. But the world knows well about how open it has excluded and suppressed the heretics.

In January 2017, the US stopped issuing visas for the people from 7 Middle East countries including Syria, Iran and Iraq and put a ban on entry into its territory by the Syrian refugees under the pretext of “counter-terrorism” and ensuring its security. In the meantime, it has tightened its control and pressure on Muslims in the US.

The former state secretary Pompeo said that “all the Islamists in America are spies”. This lays bare to what extent the discriminatory view of the American political circles on Muslims has reached.

It does not stand to reason that such a country like the US is saying this or that about the religious situation of other countries behind the signboard of “religious freedom.”

The US harping on “religious freedom” is an expression of its ulterior motive to find an excuse to disintegrate sovereign states from within and overthrow their systems by aggravating religious strife and conflict.

All the countries in the world should remain vigilant about the deceptive and reactionary nature of American-style “religious freedom.”

Source: KCNA