The Violent Incidents Database: A Social Innovation for Religious Freedom
The Growing Sophistication of Religious Freedom Monitoring
Violent Incidents Database
Violence against Christians – A snapshot from India
As the VID raises its profile and its data gets presented in various attractive and accessible forms we hope this pathbreaking instrument will make a big difference in the world of supporting persecuted Christians.
Violent Incidents Database Report on Top Ten Non-Christian Victims (2022–2024)
Muslims in Myanmar Experience Highest Levels of Violence for their Faith in the World
Arrests, sentences and abductions
After killings, which we addressed in an earlier article, arrests, sentences, and abductions constitute three major categories of violent incidents that garner substantial coverage in the media.
Violence against non-Christians around the world (2022–2023)
October 7th as a focal point
Subnational Insights
Violations of religious freedoms, and violence aimed at religious communities and sites are usually recorded and reported by the media and various research projects as part of a larger phenomenon.
Who carries out attacks against religious communities and individuals? Insights from the VID (2022–2023)
Violations of religious freedoms, and violence aimed at religious communities and sites are usually recorded and reported by the media and various research projects as part of a larger phenomenon.
Actions against places of worship in 2022–2023 (VID)
Out of 4338 incident records (rows) in the VID in 2022–2023, 489 involved attempts to vandalize, desecrate or destroy places of worship.
Disproportionate violence against Christians in Nigeria
The International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF) is pleased to announce the publication of a new essay by Dr. Dennis Petri, International Director of the
A new tool for researching religious freedom worldwide
The IIRF presents the Violent Incidents Database in the German Bundestag