USA: Trump invites religious persecution survivors to White House

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SOT, Donald Trump, President of the United States: "We have a very important group of people standing alongside of me. I'm honoured to welcome Pastor Andrew Brunson and other survivors of religious persecution to the White House. We're grateful to be joined by Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, former governor as you know, as well as Pastor Paula White, a tremendous religious leader and a friend of the White House a friend of the presidency and a friend of the president. With us today are men and women of many different religious traditions from many different countries. But what you have in common is each of you has suffered tremendously for your faith. You've endured harassment, threats, attacks, trials, imprisonment and torture. I got to know many of you and helped you get some of you out of the difficult situation that you were in. I'm very proud of you, and the way you've reacted to a different life is a tremendous thing. Your families are very proud and our country is very proud and your countries are very proud, for those of you that aren't from the United States. Each of you has now become a witness to the importance of advancing religious liberty all around the world. It's about religious liberty."
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SOT, Donald Trump, President of the United States: "In America, we've always understood that our rights come from God, not from government. In our Bill of Rights, the first liberty is religious liberty. Each of us has the right to follow the dictates of our conscience and the demands of our religious conviction. We know that if people are not free to practice their faith then all of the freedoms are at risk and frankly freedoms don't mean very much. That's why Americans will never tire in our effort to defend and promote religious freedom. I don't think any president has taken it as seriously as me. To me it's very important, it's vital, it's really vital. And I just want to thank everybody very much for being with us today. You've been through a lot and I think I can say it for everyone here, you've been through a lot more than most people could ever endure. And I want to congratulate you because that's what you need is congratulations. It's really an honour to be with you and I will stand side by side with you forever."
SOT, Sam Brownback, US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom: "With you here today we have a Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad who was taken by ISIS and made into a, well horrible situation that she's in. But she's been an outstanding advocate. And then we have helped, this government has, in rebuilding northern Iraq, the Yazidi, and the Christian area. And of course Andrew Brunson and I both neither of us would be here if it wasn't for you. And Andrew you busted out of a Turkish prison. This gentleman was at Christchurch in the shootings of the mosque that took place. That was there and you have really people as well - Mariam Ibrahim is here was in a Sudanese jail while she was pregnant had a death penalty for her. But people advocated for around the world and she and her child are alive today. And that just a few."
SOT, Donald Trump, President of the United States: "That's good. That's great."
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US President Donald Trump met a group of survivors of religious persecution at the White House's Oval Office in Washington DC on Wednesday.
The group came from 17 countries, including Myanmar, Iran, China and Turkey.
During the meeting, Trump told the survivors "each of you has now become a witness to the importance of advancing religious liberty all around the world. It's about religious liberty."
"In America, we've always understood that our rights come from God, not from government," Trump said.
"You've been through a lot more than most people could ever endure. And I want to congratulate you because that's what you need is congratulations. It's really an honour to be with you and I will stand side by side with you forever," Trump added.