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Religious minorities in Ukraine: current issues

open access: yesУкраїнський соціум, 2022
The article presents the results of a sociological study on the main issues relevant to religious minorities in modern Ukraine. The main ones are legal aspects related to legislation, state registration, acquiring the status of a legal entity, obtaining ...
Pyvovarova N. P.
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New and Old Religious Minorities in International Law

open access: yesReligions, 2021
In a time of growing transformations of the definition of religious minorities, the chapter aims to investigate the different trajectories of development of this topic in international law.
Daniele Ferrari
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EU Law’s Half-Hearted Protection of Religious Minorities Minority Specific Rights and Freedom of Religion for All

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This article begins with some reflections on the definition of religious minorities, their needs and rights and how this relates to the discussion about the need for minority specific rights in addition to general fundamental rights as rights for all ...
Kristin Henrard
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Religious Minorities and Struggle for Recognition

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2020
Religious minorities are increasingly present in the public sphere. Often pointed out as a problem, we argue here that the establishment of these minorities in Western societies is happening through struggles for recognition.
Christophe Monnot, Solange Lefebvre
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Religious Minorities in Iran

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 2000
The author is an associate professor of political science at the University of Southern California. Her previous publications include a 1982 Praeger publication, "The Women's Rights Movement in Iran: Mutiny, Appeasement, and Repression from I 900 co ...
Nazila Ghana-Hercock
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Religious Minorities in Asia: Between the Scylla of Minority Protection and Charybdis of Religious Freedom Rights?

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This article examines the intersection of religious freedom and minority protection within the Asian context. It argues that, to the extent that a focus on minority protection draws greater attention to the collective and communitarian dimensions of ...
Jaclyn L. Neo
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A Comparative and Educational Study of Laws in Litigation of Religious Minorities in Iran and Lebanon [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Comparative Education, 2020
The freedom of religious minorities has become one of the most important issues in world politics. Promoting human equality, deepening national identity and educating law-abiding citizens as new goals of educational systems can be achieved through ...
Abdossaied Badiei Khorsand   +1 more
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The Causes of Societal Discrimination against Religious Minorities in Christian-Majority Countries

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Using the Religion and State-Minorities and WVS datasets, this study examined the impact of religiosity in Christian-majority countries on societal religious discrimination (i.e., discrimination by non-state actors) against religious minorities. We found
Jonathan Fox   +2 more
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Turkey's policy towards ethnic minorities [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية, 2021
The policy of any country towards its minorities reflects the stability and progress of that state. It also reflects the enforced laws on these minorities and the extent to which these rights are fulfilled. This paper examines Turkey's policy towards its
Anas Younus Abed
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The Idea of Religious Minorities and Social Cohesion in India’s Constitution: Reflections on the Indian Experience

open access: yesReligions, 2021
India has many religious groups, of which Hindus are a majority, and Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are minorities. India’s Constitution, adopted in 1950, departed from the existing norms of secularism in Europe and elsewhere, which ...
Vikas K. Choudhary
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