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Public Perceptions of the Christian Minority in Turkey
London: Screen Changers (2015), 55 pp.
"The report reveals that for most respondents, Christianity is a concept that is foreign to Turkish culture. Whilst this situation is a consequence of the low numbers of Christians, it is also influenced by educational content and the media. Despite the rich history of Christianity in Turkey, the ex
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Compilation of Council of Europe Standards Relating to the Principles of Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion and Links to Other Human Rights
Council of Europe (2015), 156 pp.
"The present compilation was prepared in response to a proposal stemming from a thematic debate in the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, in December 2012, on “freedom of religion and the situation of religious minorities”. The aim of the compilation is to provide a comprehensive over
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In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries
Final Evaluation Report for the Project: Countering & Preventing Radicalization in Indonesian Pesantren
Search for Common Ground (2014), 75 pp.
"Overall, the evaluators found that the project’s approach was quite relevant in promoting religious freedom and preventing religious radicalization. The project targeted pesantrens affiliated to the traditional Islam Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and at the same time, it empowered the mainstream moderate
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Prosecuted Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws
London: Amnesty International (2014), 50 pp.
Das indonesische Blasphemiegesetz: Hintergründe und Auswirkungen auf Politik und Gesellschaft im Demokratisierungsprozess Indonesiens
Südostasien, volume 30, issue 3 (2014), pp. 37-40
"Rezente Berichte über den Zustand von Religionsfreiheit und Pluralismus in Indonesien zeichnen häufig ein wenig schönes Bild. Gleichzeitig findet sich vielfach aber auch die Ansicht, Indonesien als ein Land zu sehen, das erfolgreich einen Demokratisierungsprozess in Gang setzen konnte und daher
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Heretics: Iran’s Religious Minorities
Small Media (2014), 148 pp.
"With this report we explore how different religious minorities in Iran use the internet to engage with their communities in Iran and around the world. To build a representative picture, we drew on diverse sources, piecing together historical accounts, content analysis, legal frameworks, and the voi
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Religious Offence and Human Rights: The Implications of Defamation of Religions
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2014), lxii, 419 pp.
Religious Freedom: Foundations – Reflections – Models
Quezon City: Claretian Publications; Missio (2014), xv, 308 pp.
Die weltweite Situation der christlichen Minderheiten
München: Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (HSS) (2013), 88 pp.
Christen in großer Bedrängnis: Diskriminierung und Unterdrückung. Dokumentation 2013
München: Kirche in Not (2013), 184 pp.
Blasphemy in a Secular State: Some Reflections
Mizan Law Review, volume 7, issue 1 (2013), pp. 29-48
"Anti-blasphemy laws have endured criticism in light of the modern, secular and democratic state system of our time. For example, Ethiopia’s criminal law provisions on blasphemous utterances, as well as on outrage to religious peace and feeling, have been maintained unaltered since they were enact
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Discovering the Zoroastrian E-Diaspora
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 17 pp.
"Zoroastrians are an ancient ethnic-religious community that goes back to the prophet Zarathustra. Today they number some 120,000 people, based in India/Pakistan and Iran; diaspora communities are settled in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia. On the Indian sub-continent, where Zoroastrian
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What's Wrong with Defamation of Religion?
In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 164-182
"In March 2010, in Geneva, the UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) voted by a narrow margin to accept a nonbinding Resolution on “Combating Defamation of Religions.” (Hereafter, “the Resolution.”) Resolutions like this one have been offered regularly at the HRC and in the General Assembly, have
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