America is one of, if not the, most religiously diverse country in
the world. Wide varieties of religious traditions can be found in
any large American city as well as in smaller towns that host a
college or university. There is a single small section of
Washington, D.C. that boasts a Cambodian Buddhist temple, a Muslim
Community Center, a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a Gujarati Hindu
temple, a Jain temple, and many Roman Catholic and Protestant
churches. Even in cities like Minneapolis where 34% of the people
are Lutheran, there exists a thriving East Asian population of
80,000 people that has established Islamic Centers, Baha’i
communities, and Hindu and Jain temples.
The citizens of the United States take religious freedom very
seriously. Americans also take the religious freedom of other people
very seriously. As visitors to the United States, the right of
international students to practice their home religions cannot be
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