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Supporting religious freedom and pluralism is a foreign policy priority

by Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, opinion contributor - 10/27/26 11:30 AM ET

by Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, opinion contributor - 10/27/26 11:30 AM ET

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice Harmeet Dhillon, left, shakes hands with His Grace The Rt. Rev. Irinej Dobrijevic, the Bishop of Eastern America for the Serbian Orthodox Church following a high-level meeting with religious leaders representing multiple faith traditions at the U.S. Department of Justice, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Washington.(Kevin Wolf/AP Content Services for The Appeal of Conscience Foundation)

Each year on Oct. 27, the U.S. marks International Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the 1998 law that made defending conscience abroad a standing aim of American foreign policy.…