State responses to minority religions

This book explores state responses to minority religions in four parts. The first chapter provides a legal and normative overview of the variety of responses available to states. Part II looks at Islamic majority countries, and part III focuses on Western Europe, paying particular attention to the rise in the twentieth century of the 'sect' and exploration of the European Court of Human Rights. Part IV shifts to the east, specifically analysing Russia and the Baltics. The book concludes with a look at state responses from non-European democracies, including different perspectives on the Canadi

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I: MINORITY RELIGIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AND ETHICAL NORMS - AN OVERVIEW -- 1 State Reactions to Minority Religions: A Legal Overview -- 2 The UN Human Rights Committee and Religious Minorities -- PART II: MINORITY RELIGIONS AND ISLAM -- 3 Religious Minorities and Conversion as National Security Threats in Turkey and Iran -- 4 Springtime for Freedom of Religion or Belief: Will Newly Democratic Arab States Guarantee International Human Rights Norms or Perpetuate Their Violation? -- 5 Indonesia: Between Religious Harmony and Religious Freedom -- 6 A Legal Analysis of Ahmadi Persecution in Pakistan -- PART III: ATLANTIC MODELS - RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, DIVERSITY AND THE 'EUROPEAN WEST' -- 7 Public Policies in European Case Law: Between Security, Non-discrimination, and Public Information -- 8 The French System against Sectarian Deviations -- 9 The French 'War on Cults' Revisited: Three Remarks on an On-going Controversy -- 10 Switzerland and Religious Minorities: Legal, Political and Educational Responses -- PART IV: MOVING EASTWARD - EMERGING DEMOCRACIES AND THE COMMUNIST LEGACY -- 11 Recognition, Registration, and Autonomy of Religious Groups: European Approaches and their Human Rights Implications -- 12 The State, New Religious Movements, and Legislation on Religion: A Case Study of Three Baltic States -- 13 With Fear and Favour: Minority Religions and the Post-Soviet Russian State -- 14 China's Responses to Minority Religions -- PART V: MINORITY RELIGIONS IN NON-EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES: CANADIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN MODELS -- 15 Expanding the Scope of Regulation: Some Reflections on Religious Minorities in Canada -- 16 The Constitutional Protection of Religious Practices in Canada