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New Directions in Islamic Thought and Practice

Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief

Missionary Activities and Human Rights

Teaching for Tolerance and Freedom of Religion or Belief

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Indonesia Project

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Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief: a Deskbook

Edited by Tore Lindholm, W. Cole Durham jr. and Bahia G. Thazib-Lie

CONTENTS
(click for a summary of the chapter)

PART 1: ORIGINS AND GROUNDS OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
CHAPTER 1 Malcolm Evans, Historical Analysis of Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Technique for Resolving Religious Conflict
CHAPTER 2 Tore Lindholm, Philosophical and Religious Justifications of Freedom of Religion or Belief

PART 2: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF: INTERNATIONAL NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 3 Natan Lerner, Defining the Nature and Minimum Standards of Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 4 Johan van der Vyver, The Relationship of Freedom of Religion or Belief Norms to Other Human Rights
CHAPTER 5 David Llewellyn and H. Victor Condé, Freedom of Religion or Belief Under International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law
CHAPTER 6 Manfred Nowak and Tanja Vospernik, Permissible Restrictions on Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 7 Theo van Boven, The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 8 Martin Scheinin, The Human Rights Committee and Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 9 Doudou Diene, UNESCO’s Facilitation of Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 10 Javier Martínez-Torrón and Rafael Navarro-Valls, The Protection of Religious Freedom in the System of the Council of Europe
CHAPTER 11 Urban Gibson and Karen Lord, Advancements in Standard Setting: Religious Liberty and OSCE commitments
CHAPTER 12 Janne Haaland Matlary, Implementing Freedom of Religion or Belief: Lessons from the Norwegian Chairmanship of the OSCE

PART 3: FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF AND THE STATE
CHAPTER 13 José de Sousa e Brito, Conscientious Objection
CHAPTER 14 Roland Minerath, The Right to Autonomy in Internal Religious Affairs
CHAPTER 15 W. Cole Durham, Jr., Laws and Regulations on the Creation and Registration of Religious Associations as These Affect Freedom of Communities of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 16 Lee Boothby and Jorgen Warnke, Freedom of Religion inLegitimately Restricted Settings (Prisons, Hospitals, Military)
CHAPTER 17 Roman Podoprigora, Freedom of Religion or Belief and Discretionary State Approval of Religious Activity
CHAPTER 18 Jean Bauberot, The Laicist Approaches to the Place of Religion in Public Life

PART 4: WOMEN, PARENTS, AND CHILDREN
CHAPTER 19 Bahia G. Tahzib-Lie, Dissenting Women, Religion or Belief, and the State
CHAPTER 20 Özlem Denli Harvey, Between Laicist State Ideology and Modern Public Religion: The Head Cover Controversy in Contemporary Turkey
CHAPTER 21 Juliet Sheen, Burdens on the Right of Women to Assert Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 22 Ursula King, Hinduism and Women: Uses and Abuses of Religious Freedom
CHAPTER 23 Kari E. BØrresen, Religion Confronting Women’s Human Rights: The Case of Roman Catholicism
CHAPTER 24 Geraldine Van Bueren, Parents, Children, State Parens Patriae Interests and Freedom of Religion or Belief

PART 5: TENSIONS, CONFLICTS, AND TRANSITIONS
CHAPTER 25 Eileen Barker, Why the Cults: New Religious Movements and Freedom of Religion or Belief
CHAPTER 26 Willy Fautré, Alain Garay, and Yves Nidegger, The Sect Issue in the European Francophone Sphere
CHAPTER 27 Tad Stahnke, The Right to Engage in Religious Persuasion
CHAPTER 28 Makau wa Mutua, Proselytism and Cultural Integrity
CHAPTER 29 Nazila Ghanea-Hercock, Apostasy vs. Freedom to Change Religion or Belief

PART 6: CONTEXTS FOR FACILITATING FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
CHAPTER 30 Archbishop Anastasios, Developing Shared Values and Common Citizenship in a Secular and Pluralist Society: How Religious Communities can Contribute
CHAPTER 31 Babu Gogineni and Lars Gule, Humanism and Freedom from Religion
CHAPTER 32 T. Jeremy Gunn, Freedom of Religion or Belief and Foreign Policy
CHAPTER 33 Rüdiger Noll, Contemporary Significance of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Conflict Avoidance and Resolution
CHAPTER 34 Leonard Swidler, Freedom of Religion and Dialouge
CHAPTER 35 Inge Eidsvåg, Tore Lindholm, and Barbro Sveen, The Emergence of Interfaith Dialogue in Norway
CHAPTER 36 Ingvill Thorson Plesner, Case Study: Promoting Tolerance Through Religious Education
CHAPTER 37 Yolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, Promoting Tolerance Through Religious Education
CHAPTER 38 Elizabeth A. Clark, Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief through NGOs

CONCLUSION The Editors, with Michael Roan

EPILOGUE Gunnar Stålsett (On behalf of the organizing committee of the Oslo Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief)

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Tore Lindholm
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