State Responses to Minority Religions

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Contents: Foreword, Heiner Bielefeldt Preface, David M. Kirkham Part I Minority Religions and International Legal and Ethical Norms - an Overview: State reactions to minority religions: a legal overview, W. Cole Durham Jr The UN Human Rights Committee and religious minorities, Nazila Ghanea. Part II Minority Religions and Islam: 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. Part III Atlantic Models - Religious Minorities, Diversity and the 'European West': Public policies in European case law: between security, non-discrimination, and public information, Louis-Leon Christians The French system against sectarian deviations, Herve 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. Part IV Moving Eastward - Emerging Democracies and the Communist Legacy: 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. Part V Minority Religions in Non-European Democracies: Canadian and South African Models: 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 s

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