The challenge of religious discrimination at the dawn of the new millennium / edited by Nazila Ghanea.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghanea-Hercock, Nazila, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious tolerance.

Discrimination--Religious aspects.

Discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 269 p. 17 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2004.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The themes and issues explored in this book - religion, human rights, politics and society could not be more relevant to the post 11 September 2001 world. They lie at the heart of global political debate today. The collection explores these issues after the passing of just over two decades from the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination based on Religion or Belief. That declaration set out minimum international standards for the elimination of such discrimination. Sadly the challenge of intolerance on the basis of religion or belief continues to plague us, and tackling it seems to have become increasingly entrenched. This collection draws from diplomatic, activist and theological quarters and benefits from the analysis of scholars of law, history, religious studies and sociology.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement

Introduction

Chapter 1 The 1981 UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief: Some Observations

Chapter 2 The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

Chapter 3 The Dimensions and Dynamics of Religious Discrimination: Findings and Analysis from the UK

Chapter 4 A Human Rights Framework for Defining and Understanding Intra-Religious Persecution in Muslim Countries

Chapter 5 Faith in Human Rights, Human Rights in Faith

Chapter 6 Believing in Communities, European Style

Chapter 7 Religious Discrimination in Britain: New Opportunities and Fresh Challenges within Employment

Chapter 8 Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion or Belief in the Context of Recent Social and Political Changes in the Netherlands

Chapter 9 Fidei Difensor Revisited: Church and State in a Religiously Plural Society

Chapter 10 The Place of Muslims in British Secular Multiculturalism

Appendix UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789401759687

9401759685

OCLC:

1066189593