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Religious Freedom as a Way to World Peace |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / ESSAYS |
| Author: Dan Fefferman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 4,115 Words, 26,685 Characters |
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Religious freedom is widely regarded as a fundamental human right. The United Nations enshrined religious freedom in its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18, which reads: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, alone or in community with others, and, in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
This language has also been adopted in several other important worldwide or regional international covenants and thus serves as a general standard in international human rights law.
Yet, in practice, religious freedom rights exist only in principle for hundreds of millions of people today. The interpretation of Ar...
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...the auspices of the International and Interreligious Federation for World Peace, declared: "All religions should denounce intolerance and separation from one another, and collaborate for the sake of all people regardless of race, color, and creed; that religions invest together to generate universal, spiritual guidance and moral direction."
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