COKE… I deem it a privilege to be a part of such an necessary symposium targeted on religious freedom, which is a superb problem for thousands and thousands of individuals world wide
JAMAICAN religious liberty advocate Nigel Coke will likely be amongst a number of keynote audio system and presenters at the thirty third Annual Worldwide Legislation and Faith Symposium scheduled for Brigham Younger College (BYU) in Provo, Utah, subsequent month.
The October 4-6 symposium is being held underneath the theme ‘Constructing an Infrastructure for Freedom of Faith and Perception’.
Coke, a former public affairs and religious liberty director of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, is the one Caribbean presenter at the symposium, which can deliver collectively greater than 200 attendees from some 50 nations throughout Europe, Asia, the Center East, Africa, the Pacific, North and South America, the USA, and the Caribbean.
Individuals embrace religious liberty specialists and leaders, students, public and authorities officers, and advocates.
Elizabeth Clark, affiliate director of the Worldwide Middle for Legislation and Faith Research at BYU, stated Coke’s expertise in religious freedom advocacy and in constructing interfaith networks influenced the invitation to take part within the symposium.
“We’d love to have you ever speak about this and what you’ve realized out of your expertise about how to promote each religious freedom via connections with others and genuine interfaith respect,” Clark advised Coke in a written message.
Coke, who has been the foremost advocate for religious liberty in Jamaica for the previous 15 years, will give a presentation on ‘Interfaith Respect for Religious Pluralism’ and sit on a panel to talk about the significance of interfaith relationships.
Over time, he has considerably superior the promotion and safety of religious freedom in Jamaica and helped foster a tradition of tolerance, understanding, and respect for religious variety.
“I deem it a privilege to be a part of such an necessary symposium targeted on religious freedom, which is a superb problem for thousands and thousands of individuals world wide,” a information launch from the Adventist church quotes Coke.
“Whereas we get pleasure from freedom of faith and worship in Jamaica, greater than 70 per cent of the world’s inhabitants is experiencing delicate to extreme religious freedom challenges, in accordance to a US Fee on Worldwide Religious Freedom 2025 report launched in March 2026. That is important, so it is extremely necessary that these discussions are held within the hope that significant adjustments might happen within the affected nations,” he added.
Coke has served on boards and committees of the Seventh-day Adventist Church associated to public affairs and religious liberty and has represented people going through religious liberty points within the office and at college. He additionally served because the liaison with different denominations, Authorities, and non-governmental organisations to make sure that legal guidelines and insurance policies respect and shield religious freedom.
He has organised seminars and workshops to educate the general public about religious liberty and the way to promote and shield it, and has advocated people’ proper to carefully object to legal guidelines or insurance policies that battle with their religious beliefs.
Moreover, he has, in partnership with worldwide organisations, superior religious freedom globally and led the institution of the Nationwide Religious Liberty Affiliation, the native department of the Worldwide Religious Liberty Affiliation, throughout the first-ever Competition of Religious Freedom held at the Nationwide Enviornment in January 2015.
He commonly seems throughout print, digital, and on-line media platforms to talk about religious liberty points, promote respect for beliefs, and tackle issues about religious freedom.
