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Right to freedom of religion or belief in muslim majority countries

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Current developments in constitutional drafting are spurring renewed analysis of the existing constitutional landscape in the majority of Muslim countries. New constitutions are being drafted in Egypt, Somalia, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia, and Turkey, among others. Although the drafting and approval processes will no doubt be markedly different in each of these countries, international legal norms are clear about religious freedom standards. In each country, questions will be raised, as they have been in the past, about the relationship between international legal/human rights norms and existing pol

Title Right to freedom of religion or belief in muslim majority countries : a comparative analysis / Patrick N. Walsh, editor.
Publisher New York : Nova Publishers
Creation Date 2013
Notes Includes index.
English
Content ""RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF IN MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS""
""RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF IN MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS""
""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""
""CONTENTS""
""PREFACE""
""Chapter 1: THE RELIGION-STATE RELATIONSHIP AND THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF: A COMPARATIVE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF MAJORITY MUSLIM COUNTRIES AND OTHER OIC MEMBERS""
""INTRODUCTION""
""I. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND THE STATE""
""II. GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF""""III. RELATED RIGHTS: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ASSOCIATION, AND ASSEMBLY""
""IV. EQUALITY AND PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION""
""V. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: SUPREMACY, REMEDIES FOR RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND REVISIONS""
""VI. REFERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS""
""Chapter 2: REMARKS BY USCIRF CHAIR KATRINA LANTOS SWETT AT CONFERENCE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, VIOLENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM, AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES""
""THREE KINDS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS""
""RELIGIOUS FREEDOM VS. VIOLENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM""""THE ARAB SPRING AND THE FUTURE""
""HOPES FOR THE FUTURE""
""INDEX""
Series Human Rights: Background and Issues
Extent 1 online resource (243 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2013
National Library system number 997010700713405171
MARC RECORDS

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