Religious Intolerance is on the rise. Debating religious freedom often means debating «West» versus «Islam». This book challenges crucial stereotypes around this issue. It explores the scope of the right to freedom of religion in the International Treaties and Declarations and investigates why this...

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Main Author:	El-Gallal, Hana Sadik (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bern Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2014
Series:	Welten des Islams/Worlds of Islam/Mondes de l'Islam v.4
Subjects:	Freedom of religion (International law) Intellectual freedom Religious minorities > Legal status, laws, etc Religiöse Minderheit Religionsfreiheit Islamische Staaten Westliche Welt
Summary:	Religious Intolerance is on the rise. Debating religious freedom often means debating «West» versus «Islam». This book challenges crucial stereotypes around this issue. It explores the scope of the right to freedom of religion in the International Treaties and Declarations and investigates why this right creates misunderstandings and misconceptions that often lead to intolerance and discrimination in countries of various political, social, and cultural backgrounds. Islam and the West attempts to find reasons for the rise of religious intolerance. The author looks at the limitation of the religious symbols law in France and the anti-terrorism measures in the USA; she discusses also Religious minorities and Apostasy in Saudia Arabia and Egypt. Furthermore, she calls for extending the scope, asking questions such as: How do societies deal with different religions and beliefs? How could and do they find ways of reconciling their conflicting demands while protecting human worth? How can universal values be found and established?
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Physical Description:	1 online resource (344 pages)
ISBN:	9783035106855 9783034305785