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It’s Time To Implement the EU Guidelines on the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief

Bert-Jan Ruissen July 21, 2023

On a global scale, it is estimated more than 360 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution; 20% of these oppressed believers are located in Asia. Are these victims of any importance to the European Union?

The Day a Woman Was Arrested for Silently Praying

Sebastian Morello December 25, 2022

A free country is not one in which one can do whatever one wills. That is anarchy and chaos. A free country is one in which the liberties of its members are sufficiently protected that they can do what is good.

Democratic Criteria and the Scope of Religious Freedom in Sweden

Clemens Cavallin November 26, 2022

To label one’s opponents as ‘antidemocratic’ may make rhetorical sense, but if the values held as sacred have no foundation besides being considered so by the majority, they will inevitably fail when significant minorities beg to differ.

Religious Freedom Violations in Turkey Should Prompt the EU To Reflect on Its Own Commitment to Human Rights

Georgia du Plessis November 7, 2022

As we consider the future of Turkey’s relationship to the EU, this is perhaps a good moment for Europe to reflect on its own commitment to human rights. Religious minorities need the EU to stand strong in its commitments to democracy, equality, and freedom for everyone.

Church Fires and Anti-Christian Discrimination in Egypt

Carlos Perona Calvete August 27, 2022

Legislative impediments to building and repairing churches in Egypt exist within a general climate of increasing violence against Copts.

The EU’s Crisis of Faith is Failing Victims of Persecution

Georgia du Plessis May 11, 2022

This was an opportune moment for the EU to recommit to the protection of freedom of religion or belief by reinforcing the existing EU instruments aimed at doing so and highlighting cases concerning minorities where this right has been violated. Yet, it did the exact opposite.

Tag: freedom of religion

It’s Time To Implement the EU Guidelines on the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief

The Day a Woman Was Arrested for Silently Praying

Democratic Criteria and the Scope of Religious Freedom in Sweden

Religious Freedom Violations in Turkey Should Prompt the EU To Reflect on Its Own Commitment to Human Rights

Church Fires and Anti-Christian Discrimination in Egypt

The EU’s Crisis of Faith is Failing Victims of Persecution

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