scholarly journals Religious Minorities of Ukraine in Socio-Cultural and Legal Aspects

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (19) ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Mariana Tatarchuk
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Freedom Of Action

With the tendency towards the increasing globalization of the world from the 1970s-1980s to multiculturalism and pluralism in all its manifestations, it is not surprising that religious, ethnic, national, linguistic and other contradictions and conflicts arise between representatives of certain social groups Religious and national contradictions are the most characteristic and become the most acute forms of resolution in polyethnic and polyconfessional countries in the case of belonging of the majority of the population to one national, religious and other group, while the rest form a minority according to one or another criterion. Increasingly, you can hear about political, economic, and cultural pressure on representatives of different social groups that are not so-called "majority". Therefore, there is a need to protect the rights of individuals to freedom of conscience, freedom of expression in various aspects of life, including freedom of religion, freedom of action of religious communities and organizations, including religious minorities.

scholarly journals Affirmative Action for Minorities in India: Constraints and Possibilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Mohd. Sanjeer Alam
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

India is one of the most socially fragmented and unequal societies of the world. At the same time, it has the distinction of having the longest history of most elaborative affirmative action programmes for alleviating socially structured inequalities. While the affirmative action programmes have wider coverage in terms of social groups, there is continuing demand by new social groups for getting acknowledged as ‘disadvantaged’ and inclusion in the system of affirmative action. While group based ‘reservation’ as the most vital instrument of social justice has long been under fire and grappling with several challenges, the social justice regime is faced with the charge that it has largely excluded nation’s religious minorities. Of course, religion based affirmative action is faced with many constraints; nevertheless there are possibilities for it. This article discusses the constraints and possibilities of affirmative action for disadvantaged religious minorities, Muslims in particular.  

The Prohibition of Ritual Slaughtering (Kosher Shechita and Halal) and Freedom of Religion of Minorities

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Lerner ◽  
Alfredo Mordechai Rabello
Keyword(s):  
Animal Rights ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Animal Suffering ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Rights Discourse ◽  
The Right

The statutory prohibition against ritual slaughter, which does not stun the animal prior to slaughter, as required in most Western nations, poses a significant challenge for the international right to freedom of religion or belief in European nation-states. This prohibition is important not only in Europe, or because of the prohibition itself, but because it implicates the legal status of two minority religious communities in these nation-states, those of Judaism and Islam. Some animal rights advocates have objected to ritual slaughter without stunning because, in their view, it causes needless suffering by the animal, and they have been successful in getting their views enacted into law in a number of European countries. Indeed, some countries prohibit ritual slaughtering altogether, as we shall discuss below.This paper argues that the right to freedom of religion or belief requires nation-states to respect the rights of religious minorities that engage in ritual slaughter, even if they recognize the importance of avoiding unnecessary suffering of animals. Following a review of the legal status of animals in rights discourse generally, we will show why the prohibition of ritual slaughter needlessly results in discrimination against religious minorities, and why it is important that nation-states attempting to reduce animal suffering more clearly specify realistic alternatives for avoiding such suffering that are compatible with current religious mandates about animal slaughter. We will also consider whether the alternative of importing kosher orhalalmeat in place of ritual slaughtering, proposed by some nation-states as a method of alleviating the harm to religious minorities, is an effective and fair alternative.

scholarly journals Religious policy of the Soviet state through the prism of the position of religious minorities (as an example of the Russian Federation)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (19) ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Katerina Elbakyan
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Religious Policy ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
The Russian Federation

The position of religious minorities, and the religious situation as a whole, largely, if not in all, depend on the religious policy pursued by the state.Religious policy is the activity of the state, its main structures and bodies, aimed at regulating state-religious relations and ensuring the implementation of the principles of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion established by the state.

scholarly journals Freedom of religion and worship places: visualization of religious pluralism at local level

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Gorka Urrutia Asua
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
European Cities ◽  
The Public Sphere

The visualization of religious pluralism in the public sphere is a growing phenomenon in all major European cities, and one of the elements that most clearly reflects it is the proliferation of worship places for religious minorities. In many cases, these situations have been quite conflictive, generating bases that make coexistence at local level more difficult. Attitudes coming from public opinion and the speeches by public administration representatives have clashed with the demands of religious communities. These tensions describe a situation where a greater effort should be made to accommodate basic demands related to a human right such as freedom of religion. This article, based on a particular case, pretends to identify the basic fundaments that should be taken into account when the management of religious pluralism is faced at the local level.Published online: 11 December 2017

scholarly journals Freedom of religion and Protestantism: historical and contemporary context

2017 ◽  
pp. 122-127
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Babiy ◽  
Liudmyla O. Fylypovych
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
90Th Anniversary ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
The Right ◽  
Contemporary Context

The problem of freedom of religion in the year of the 90th anniversary of the Reformation is relevant. It can not but attract the attention of researchers, experts, believers - Protestants and non-Protestants. Half a millennium of Europeans, and with them a part of Americans live in a new religious and ideological reality, which is fundamentally different from the previous one, mainly one-or two-culturally, with its diversity. And here a special role belongs to Protestantism as one of the consequences of the Reformation of 1517. By studying the Protestant foundations of faith, the life of his followers, the thoughts of his ideologues, you realize that freedom of conscience, freedom of religion is not an empty sound or abstraction, but values ​​that are chosen and endured by Protestants. The right to profess his faith, to honor God in his own way paid for thousands of killed, persecuted, imprisoned, robbed, who did not renounce faith, did not renounce freedom of conscience. Until now, Protestants are the most consistent defenders of religious freedom, since they remember the price that had to be paid for their own convictions and religious confidences in most of Europe and America. Although the vast majority of Protestants have long been historical, and somewhere even dominant churches, they generally consistently continue to defend not only their rights, where they are violated, but also the rights of other religious minorities in countries of their historical origin and spread.

scholarly journals Politik Hukum Pengakuan Hak atas Administrasi Kependudukan Bagi Penganut Penghayat Kepercayaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-281
Author(s):  
Sukirno Sukirno
Keyword(s):  
Government Policies ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Search Results ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right ◽  
Laws And Regulations

Abstract This article is motivated by the existence of various laws and regulations that discredit and discriminate against believers to get their rights guaranteed by Article 29 paragraph (2) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which affirms the right to freedom of religion and belief. The problem raised is what legal politics underlie legislation that prevents trustees from obtaining the same rights as other Indonesian citizens. The search results found that the legal politics underlying the discrediting legislation and discriminating against religious believers were the legal politics of the world religions paradigm which gave the majority the religious role to intervene in government policies to marginalize religious minorities. Keywords: legal politics, belief groups. Abstrak Artikel ini dilatar belakangi adanya berbagai peraturan perundang-undangan yang mendiskreditkan dan mendiskriminasi penghayat kepercayaan untuk mendapatkan hak-haknya yang sudah dijamin oleh Pasal 29 ayat (2) UUD NRI 1945 yang menegaskan hak kebebasan beragama dan berkepercayaan. Permasalahan yang diangkat adalah politik hukum apa yang melandasi peraturan perundang-undangan yang menghalangi penghayat kepercayaan untuk memperoleh hak-hak yang sama sebagaimana warga negara Indonesia lainnya. Hasil penelusuran menemukan bahwa politik hukum yang melandasi peraturan perundang-undangan yang mendiskreditkan dan mendiskriminasi penghayat kepercayaan adalah politik hukum paradigma agama dunia yang memberikan peran agama mayoritas untuk mengintervensi kebijakan pemerintah untuk meminggirkan agama minoritas atau kepercayaan. Kata kunci: Politik Hukum, Penghayat Kepercayaan.

Charlie the Freethinker: Religion, Blasphemy, and Decent Controversy

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Benesch
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
European Tradition ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Charlie Hebdo ◽  
National Borders

This comment examines the tension between freedom of expression and freedom of religion by embedding the Charlie Hebdo cartoons in a wider, century-old European tradition of publications mocking religion, including Christianity. It describes, and draws lessons from, the 19th century blasphemy case against the British Freethinker newspaper, whose “technique of offense” was similar to that of Charlie Hebdo. Finally, the comment tackles the problem of violent response to text or images that mock religion, pointing out that malicious intermediaries often carry such messages between social groups or across national borders—greatly escalating the risk of violence.

God, the Pencil, and the Judge: Exploring the Paradoxes Regarding Protection of Freedom of Religion and Expression in France

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Rim-Sarah Alouane
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Free Expression ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Religious Minorities

The clash between religious freedom and freedom of expression has created social turbulence, political discord, and marginalisation of religious minorities, the latter of which is seen by many as having security implications. The author explores the possibility of a framework that reconciles freedom of religion and freedom of expression within a very unique French context. Recent events show that the issue continues to be unresolved; courts are frequently seized by those who argue that their beliefs were harmed and seek reparation, and proponents of free (and sometimes hostile) expression are fighting back. The author will discuss methods used by French judges to determine offense to religious sentiment—sometimes in very tricky and arbitrary ways—as broadly defined as violations of beliefs, symbols and religious rites, and will seek common ground with generally accepted norms of free expression that can exist within a framework of public order that respects all citizens.

scholarly journals Realization of other convictions by convicted minors: organizational and legal aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
A. M. Rudakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Religious Associations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
Legal Mechanism

In the article the author actualizes the problem of narrow interpretation of the realization of the freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. The Federal Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations”, Penal Code of the RF regulates the implementation of exclusively religious beliefs. Other convictions (political, philosophical, ideological) are mentioned in legal acts regulating various spheres of social relations, but without a single legal mechanism remain declarative. The author analyzes two directions of realization of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion by convicted minors: religious and non-religious and justifies the need to enshrine in the penal legislation an expanded interpretation of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion, the possibility of restricting them, providing for a system of protective norms; as well as political information and ideological education of minor convicts. As part of the study an interdisciplinary study of the conceptual apparatus and legal thesaurus of public relations on the implementation of freedom of conscience and freedom of religion by convicted minors serving a sentence of imprisonment was conducted, the essence of the legal terms used was investigated, aspects of the legislative technique, international standards for the treatment of convicts were investigated; there are formulated proposals to improve the legal and organizational framework for the implementation of freedom of conscience and religion of minor convicts.

scholarly journals The Idea of Religious Minorities and Social Cohesion in India’s Constitution: Reflections on the Indian Experience

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 910
Author(s):  
Vikas K. Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Indian Constitution ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Indian Experience ◽  
Indian Secularism ◽  
Religion And State

India has many religious groups, of which Hindus are a majority, and Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are minorities. India’s Constitution, adopted in 1950, departed from the existing norms of secularism in Europe and elsewhere, which suggested a strict separation of religion and state. Moreover, freedom of religion is a Fundamental Right guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. With its distinct model of secularism and special provisions for religious minorities, India’s social cohesion arrangement needs special attention. On one hand, the distinct understanding of secularism in the Indian context has led to the advancement of religious pluralism. At the same time, it has invited criticism for selective intervention in the affairs of religious communities from governments in power. The selective intervention has challenged the exclusivity of Indian secularism. This article evaluates the constitutional and theoretical ideas underlying provisions on religious minorities and freedom of religion enshrined in the Indian Constitution. It appraises the idea of religious minorities enshrined in the constitution through a discussion of the process that shaped the idea. The article reflects on the Indian experience of managing the rights of religious minorities and freedom of religion. By analysing a landmark judgement related to freedom of religion and the rights of religious minorities, the article evaluates whether the Indian Constitution advances a model of social cohesion by balancing freedom of religion and the rights of religious minorities or remains ineffective in achieving the same.

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