Freedom of Religion or Belief Across the Commonwealth: Hard Cases, Diverse Approaches

This paper addresses freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) issues that have been emerging in the Asian Commonwealth, including religious minorities, violent extremism, religion and development, rising secularism, and religious equality and around nondiscrimination. Pakistan and India have turned thei...

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Published in:The review of faith & international affairs
Authors: Green, M. Christian 1968- (Author) ; Toft, Monica Duffy 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
In: The review of faith & international affairs
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CG Christianity and Politics
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Southeast Asia
B nondiscrimination
B religious extremism
B Religious Minorities
B Religious Freedom
B Secularism
B South Asia
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Summary:This paper addresses freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) issues that have been emerging in the Asian Commonwealth, including religious minorities, violent extremism, religion and development, rising secularism, and religious equality and around nondiscrimination. Pakistan and India have turned their attention to addressing the situation of minorities. Other nations, Bangladesh, with concerns about rising Islamism and secularism; Sri Lanka, with its legacy of inter-ethnic conflict; and Malaysia, with multiculturalism alongside religious protections, have recently advocated tolerance, respect, unity, harmony, and peace, even as interreligious tensions appear to be rising. This paper will examine the state of FoRB in these Commonwealth nations.
ISSN:1931-7743
Contains:Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2018.1535043