{"id":8090,"date":"2026-02-05T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/factsheet-on-protecting-houses-of-worship-and-holy-sites\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:48:03","slug":"factsheet-on-protecting-houses-of-worship-and-holy-sites","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/factsheet-on-protecting-houses-of-worship-and-holy-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Factsheet on Protecting Houses of Worship and Holy Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"block-layout-region\">\n<div id=\"block-herointernalpageblock\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-hero-internal-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero_wrapper custom-hero  internal-hero-js-adjust\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 3%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), url(\" themes custom uscirf2020 assets images defaulthero.png\"); background-position-x: center; background-position-y: center\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h1 class=\"internal-hero-title\">Factsheet on Protecting Houses of Worship and Holy Sites <\/h1>\n<p><span><span>Places of worship and other religious sites should be sanctuaries where worshippers feel safe to practice their faith. Tragically, as the 2019 incidents in New Zealand and Sri Lanka attest, attacks on places of worship are occurring with greater frequency around the globe. Alongside these horrific attacks, places of worship are often harmed more subtly through the misuse of registration procedures to prevent their construction or renovation, or the malicious surveillance of holy sites to intimidate worshippers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-breadcrumb hidden\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"insertNavHere\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"container\">\n              <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-uscirf2020-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"basic-page\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-unique-9774\" style=\"\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-animation-delay=\"0.3\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"single-container row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"full-content\">\n<p><span><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2019%20Protecting%20Places%20of%20Worship%20and%20Holy%20Sites%20Factsheet.pdf\">Click here to view the Factsheet on\u00a0Protecting Houses of Worship and Holy Sites.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-taxonomytermview\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-taxonomy-term-view\">\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/resources\/factsheet-protecting-houses-worship-and-holy-sites?rand=6542\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Factsheet on Protecting Houses of Worship and Holy Sites Places of worship and other religious sites should be sanctuaries where worshippers feel safe to practice their faith. Tragically, as the 2019 incidents in New Zealand and Sri Lanka attest, attacks on places of worship are occurring with greater frequency around the globe. 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