The price of freedom denied: religious persecution and conflict in the 21st century

Religious persecution : pervasive and pernicious

Religious freedom : broken promises

Persecution : the price of freedoms denied

Case studies : Japan (high levels of religious freedoms), Brazil (freedoms with some tensions), and Nigeria (partitioned religion-state power)

A closer look : China (religion viewed as a threat), India (social monolopy), and Iran (social and political monopoly)

What about Muslim-majority countries?

Do religious freedoms really matter?

Appendix. Testing the competing arguments.