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According to the State Department's annual International Religious Freedom Report, religiously motivated persecution （迫害）continues to be perpetrated by governments and by violent extremist groups, such as Boko Haram and ISIL, also known as Da'esh, around the world.

The 2015 report, released last week, highlights in particular the worrisome prevalence of blasphemy （亵渎神明）and apostasy （背教）laws, which fully one quarter of the world's countries have on the books. Governments used these laws to “tighten their regulatory grip on religious groups, particularly on minority religious groups and religions which are viewed as not traditional to that specific country.”

In his introduction to the report, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein noted that:

“The existence of these laws has been used by governments in too many cases to intimidate, repress religious minorities, and governments have too often failed to take appropriate steps to prevent societal violence sparked by accusations of blasphemy and apostasy.”