State responses to minority religions / edited by David Kirkham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirkham, David M.

Series:

Ashgate Inform series on minority religions and spiritual movements

Ashgate inform series on minority religions and spiritual movements

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and state.

Physical Description:

xxii, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington : Ashgate, [2013]

Contents:

State reactions to minority religions : a legal overview / W. Cole Durham, Jr

The UN Human Rights Committee and religious minorities / Nazila Ghanea

Religious minorities and conversion as national security threats in Turkey and Iran / Ziya Meral

Springtime for freedom of religion or belief : will newly democratic Arab states guarantee international human rights norms or perpetuate their violation? / Robert C. Blitt

Indonesia : between religious harmony and religious freedom / Renata Arianingtyas

A legal analysis of Ahmadi persecution in Pakistan / Asma T. Uddin

Public policies in European case law : between security, non-discrimination, and public information / Louis-Léon Christians

The French system against sectarian deviations / Hervé Machi

The French 'war on cults' revisited : three remarks on an on-going controversy / Etienne Ollion

Switzerland and religious minorities : legal, political and educational responses / Brigitte Knobel

Recognition, registration, and autonomy of religious groups : European approaches and their human rights implications / Jeroen Temperman

The state, new religious movements, and legislation on religion : a case study of three Baltic states / Ringo Ringvee

With fear and favour : minority religions and the post-Soviet Russian state / Marat Shterin

China's responses to minority religions / Ping Xiong

Expanding the scope of regulation : some reflections on religious minorities in Canada / Lori G. Beaman

The constitutional protection of religious practices in Canada / Richard Moon

Religious minorities' right to self-determination / Johan D. van der Vyver.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472416469

1472416465

9781409465799

1409465799

OCLC:

854956873