Lena Larsen The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway. A. Introduction The interplay of Islam and Shari’ah, freedom of religion or belief (FORB), and equality between men and women is complicated. Specific conflicts between these entities are often turned into an abstract antagonism at the normative level. ...
Jeroen Temperman Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands A. Introduction Does the phenomenon of ‘extreme speech about religion’ warrant legal restrictions on free speech so as to protect religious practitioners? This chapter ventures into the timely question where international law draws the limits––if any––to freedom of expression when challenging, verbally ‘attacking’ or insulting a religion, religious believers, or things held sacred ...
Zainal Abidin Bagir Gajah Mada University, Jogyakarta – Indonesia A. Introduction In 2011 the UN Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 16/18 on “Combating Intolerance, Negative Stereotyping and Stigmatization of, and Discrimination, Incitement to Violence, and Violence against Persons Based on Religion or Belief”. The resolution was then adopted by the UN General Assembly later that year and repeated in the ...
Brett G. Scharffs International Center for Law and Religion Studies J. Reuben Clark Law Schoolof Brigham Young University, USA A. Introduction This chapter is an introduction to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other human rights institutions and provisions that bear directly upon freedom of religion and belief. This chapter should be read in conjunction ...