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Religious Freedom, Democracy, And International Human Rights, John Witte Jr., M. Christian Green
Religious Freedom, Democracy, And International Human Rights, John Witte Jr., M. Christian Green
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Clearly, religion and freedom do not yet coincide in many countries, however rosy their new constitutional claims are as to religious rights and freedoms for all. Apostasy, Blasphemy, Conversion, Defamation, and Evangelization-these are the new alphabet of religious rights violation in a number of regions around the world. Occurring at the intersection of religion and international human rights, these violations are also challenges to the universality of human rights and the democratic institutions that generate and affirm them.