The Challenge of Religious Discrimination at the. Dawn of the New Millennium

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1 The Challenge of Religious Discrimination at the Dawn of the New Millennium

2 The Challenge of Religious Discrimination at the Dawn of the New Millennium Edited by Nazila Ghanea Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V. 2003

3 ISBN DOI / ISBN (ebook) A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Printed on acid-free paper. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht in 2004 Originally published by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands in 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover I st edition / Typeset by jules ouldenmund layout &_text, The Hague. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprint Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill Academic Publishers provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.

4 Table of Contents Acknowledgements vn Introduction Kevin Boyle I Chapter I 9 The I 9 8 I UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief: Some Observations Nazila Ghanea Chapter 2 33 The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Carolyn Evans Chapter 3 S7 The Dimensions and Dynamics of Religious Discrimination: Findings and Analysis from the UK Paul Weller Chapter 4 83 A Human Rights Framework for Defining and Understanding Intra-Religious Persecution in Muslim Countries Mohamed S.M. Eltayeb

5 VI Table of Contents Chapter Faith in Human Rights, Human Rights in Faith Nazila Ghanea Chapter Believing in Communities, European Style Malcolm D. Evans Chapter Religious Discrimination in Britain: New Opportunities and Fresh Challenges within Employment Peter Cumper Chapter 8 18S" Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion or Belief in the Context of Recent Social and Political Changes in the Netherlands Cornelis D. de jon9 Chapter Fidei Difensor Revisited: Church and State in a Religiously Plural Society Michael lp9rave Chapter The Place of Muslims in British Secular Multiculturalism Tariq Modood Appendix 245 UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief Bibliography 251 Index 265

6 AcknO\,,ments Nazila Ghanea Religion is intended to be the cause of unity, love and fellowship and not discord, enmity and estrangement 'Abdu'/-Bahil The idea for this edited collection emerged from the theme of the Spring 2 oo r Human Rights Seminar Series held at the University of London, Institute of Commonwealth Studies. This series focused on the subject of 'Religious Discrimination: 2 Decades after the UN Religious Discrimination Declaration'. Academics, NGO and interfaith activists and government representatives contributed to that series. A number of those contributors have submitted chapters to this edited collection. However, other contributions were invited in order to add to the breadth and balance included in this collection. Warm thanks are therefore extended first of all to the authors of the chapters and of the Introduction to this collection-for their valuable insights and input; to the contributors to the seminar series for their support of this initiative; and to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and to the UK Baha'i community respectivelyfor hosting and co-sponsoring the original seminar series. Thanks also go to Lynda Warrington for her editorial work and to Lindy Melman and Rippy

7 viii Nazi/a Ghanea Dusseldorp Saran at Martinus Nijhoff Publishers for their kind assistance during the publication process. Any proceeds from this publication will be contributed to the fund of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, in order to support the furthering of the principles set out in the UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. The collection is dedicated to all efforts to eradicate discrimination based on religion or belief.