|
| |
| | Freedom of religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Religious toleration by a state is a legal theory founded upon endurance and the absence of that basic freedom, because a religion has been previously established by a state. | | | According to Article 18, " freedom of religion " is related to " freedom of belief ", while " freedom of worship " requires the additional freedom of manifestation or action, individually; in community with others, in public or in private. | | | Prior to 1948 the concept of freedom of religion had never been accepted as a universal right and today many nations, while giving agreement to the theory, have difficulty in implementing this theory into law. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_freedom
|
|
| |
| | Overview of WANGO Annual Conference 2002 |
| | For example, in the Human Rights session, it was noted that in any discussion of human rights it is necessary to recognize that human rights advocacy groups and national governments have prioritized human rights (e.g., freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom from want, etc.) differently. | | | From disappearances and arbitrary arrests and detentions, to the use of torture and police abuse, to abrogation of the freedom of religion, peaceful assembly and association, to enslavement of people, and to violations of the rights to education, food, and housing, many human beings are denied the full extent of their recognized rights. | | | Marshall is one of the worlds leading authorities on religion freedom. |
|
http://www.wango.org/other_sites/wango2002/overview.htm
(6308 words)
|
|
| |
| | Academic Freedom |
| | The 2002-03 Report on the State of Academic Freedom in America | | | Academic Freedom and Religion / Academic Freedom Bibliography | | | Freedom of the Student Press / Academic Freedom for Students / |
|
http://collegefreedom.org
(97 words)
|
|
| |
| | THE UNITARIAN FAITH Davies Memorial UU Church in Prince George's Co., MD |
| | Only the religion of freedom can do it, the religion with the circle that takes men in, not the religions that shut men out - the religion of the Universal Church from which no man is excluded who yearns for truth and righteousness and love. | | | The new spirit of freedom that had given birth to the United States as a nation could also have made freedom the basic tenet of the Protestant churches. | | | But our use of freedom has led us to the conclusion about Jesus that I have stated - not a negative conclusion but a very positive belief that Jesus means far more as a man that we can try to understand than as a supernatural figure who must remain remote and incomprehensible. |
|
http://www.dmuuc.org/Davies/540404.html
(1889 words)
|
|
| |
| | UNITARIAN TRINITIES: FREEDOM, REASON, TOLERANCE |
| | Freedom, reason, and tolerance are "the conditions under which" we pursue the true ends of religion. | | | As with freedom, it is the application of reason to religion that distinguishes us from many other religions. | | | If the question of freedom is whether UUs can believe anything they want and still be a UU, then this issue is whether we will tolerate, whether we will allow, any belief to be considered as within Unitarian Universalism. |
|
http://www.qserve.net/~allsouls/ser20030316.htm
(2868 words)
|
|
| |
| | Advent Children.forums - Raising a child |
| | I was raised with freedom to a certain extent, but also with a degree of strict upbringing involved. | | | I was raised with a freedom, I could do alot of things if I wanted to, although there are things my parents would never let me do (Get a job before I turned 16, there are more but I can't remember). | | | Freedom mixed with discipline, almost how I was brought up, but I wanna try something different because I hated all the conservative elements that were put into practice when I was raised. |
|
http://www.adventchildren.net/forums/showthread.php?t=44724
(2033 words)
|
|
| |
| | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| | Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. | | | Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, | | | Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. |
|
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
(1587 words)
|
|
| |
| | HIJAB: PERSONAL FREEDOM VS. ISLAMIC OBLIGATION - As-Safir Discussion Forum |
| | They have argued that the ant-hijab laws are illegitimate because they violate the personal freedom of the Muslim woman, infringe on her right to freedom of religion, and abuse her human rights. | | | The concept of freedom, whether it is personal freedom, freedom of religion, or freedom of expression, emanates from the secular belief and not the Islamic belief. | | | Clearly they would not, however, the idea of freedom comes as a complete package, and Muslims cannot pick and choose which freedoms they would accept and which they would reject. |
|
http://wwwlb.dm.net.lb/ubb/Forum5/HTML/002520.html
(1587 words)
|
|
| |
| | Quotations that Support the Separation of State and Church |
| | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the freedom of press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. | | | If the letters and activities of his post presidential years can be taken as a fair guide, however, he maintained an unrelenting vigilance with respect to freedom in religion, and an unrelenting, perhaps even unforgiving, distrust of all those who would seek in any way to mitigate or limit or nullify that freedom. | | | To Williams the Puritan, the great justification for freedom of religion was the preservation of the purity of the Church; to the deistic Virginians, the important goal was the removal of a religious threat to the purity and freedom of the State. |
|
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/ed_buckner/quotations.html
(18874 words)
|
|
| |
| | firstamendmentcenter.org: commentary |
| | According to a survey released last fall by the Council for America’s First Freedom, 84% of us think religious freedom is as important or more important than it was when Jefferson’s bill was enacted. | | | By Charles C. Haynes Release of Christian convert from Islam reminds us that protection for religious liberty under a secular constitution is the only way to ensure freedom of conscience. | | | This revolutionary advance for religious freedom in 1786 set the stage for ratification of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1791 with its guarantee of “no establishment” and “free exercise” on the federal level. |
|
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=14678
(726 words)
|
|
| |
| | United States -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Main Articles: (Click link for more info and facts about Religion in the United States) Religion in the United States, Demographics of the United States | | | As a result of the huge influence, both political and cultural, and the use of the same over time, reactions towards the United States are often strong, ranging from uninhibited Americophilia (admiration and mimicking of all things American) to (Click link for more info and facts about Anti-Americanism) Anti-Americanism. | | | The economy of the United States is organized primarily on a (Click link for more info and facts about capitalist model) capitalist model, with some (Click link for more info and facts about government regulation) government regulation in many industries. |
|
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/u/un/united_states.htm
(3664 words)
|
|
| |
| | best.html |
| | Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty. | | | The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. | | | Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. |
|
http://www.anotherperspective.org/best.html
(18564 words)
|
|
| |
| | Mirza Ahmad Sohrab's Broken Silence The Story of Today's Struggle for Religious Freedom. New York: Universal Publishing, 1942. |
| | A fundamental law of religion and philosophy is freedom of inquiry and investigation, together with the inalienable right of each individual to express the result of his search without any external control or official supervision. | | | The spiritual and cultural manifestations of the Renaissance as well as the courage and sacrifice of thousands of lovers of freedom contributed to wrest (to all intents and purposes) the power of excommunication from the hands of the Roman Catholic Church and to establish in Europe and America the age of the liberty of Religion. | | | This attitude of religious liberalism and freedom of conscience; this *idealization* of the *liberty of thought and right of speech*; this *right of unrestricted individual belief* came to an end with the departure of Abdul Baha from this life, in 1921. |
|
http://www.fglaysher.com/bahaicensorship/SohrabEx.htm
(11063 words)
|
|
| |
| | William Ellery Channing |
| | In Unitarian Christianity Channing described the Bible as "a book written for men, in the language of men" whose "meaning is to be sought in the same manner as that of other books." He defended the use of reason in religion. | | | He denied that liberal ministers were Socinian, but went on to describe the subtleties of Trinitarian doctrine as of little use in the minister's work of inspiring people to lives of Christian love. | | | He upheld a woman's right to own property and never claimed his wife's money, as the law of the time allowed him to do. |
|
http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/williamellerychanning.html
(4099 words)
|
|
| |
| | Religious Freedom Day |
| | Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right that must be upheld by every nation and guaranteed by every government. | | | It served as the model for the First Amendment of our Constitution, the guarantee of freedom of religion that has beckoned so many people fleeing persecution to seek sanctuary in this land. | | | America's reverence for religious freedom and religious tolerance has saved us from much of the hatred and violence that have plagued so many other peoples around the world. |
|
http://www.uga.edu/bahai/News/011499.html
(543 words)
|
|
| |
| | firstamendmentcenter.org: Welcome to the First Amendment Center Online |
| | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. | | | The public's right to know hangs in the balance." |
|
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org
(246 words)
|
|
| |
| | Worker-communist Party of Iran - Office of International Relations |
| | The political freedom of the individual is a cover for the his actual rightlessness and lack of political influence, and a means of legitimizing the and political rule and the state of the capitalist class. | | | The camp of the bourgeoisie, again for all its various strands of thought, political parties, thinkers and leaders, stands for the preservation of the status quo and the protection of the capitalist system and the economic and political power and privileges of the bourgeoisie, in the face of workers' drive for freedom and equality. | | | Our party stands in the front line of every social struggle against discrimination and inequality and believes that equal rights and the equal application of laws to all, irrespective of sex, nationality, religion, race, belief, creed, employment, status, citizenship, etc., must be proclaimed as the inviolable cardinal principle behind all law. |
|
http://www.wpiran.org/wpiprog/program.html
(246 words)
|
|
| |
| | Sermons - Deep Roots of Our Living Tradition (09/22/02) |
| | Freedom of religion, true freedom cannot long exist apart from peace. | | | Yet, he wrote extensively about what he called "THE SYSTEM OF EXCLUSION AND DENUNCIATION IN RELIGION." | | | In our freedom of religious belief, may we find the answers we need to meet the challenges of this day. |
|
http://www.stjohnsuu.org/sermons/20020922.html
(2032 words)
|
|
| |
| | [NPO] Separation of Gun & Pulpit |
| | We put religion into its own realm, which could put us in a difficult situation of dual governance in the nation if religious adherents could agree. | | | That is why responsible religious leaders celebrate and support the freedom of and from religious provisions of the First Amendment, and also understand why religious instruction is appropriate in a place of worship and inappropriate in the schools. | | | Tax exempt status tends to facilitate the free practice of religion and send the message that the government is maintaining a "hands-off" approach to religious affiliation and practice. |
|
http://www.rain.org/pipermail/nonprofit/2004-January/002138.html
(954 words)
|
|
| |
| | FreedomSeekersblog |
| | There is a scholarly consensus (Ijma’) that whoever fights in defense of his religion, land and household, and is killed in that fighting, is considered a Martyr (Shahid). | | | They fight – in defense of their lands, honor and religion – a tyrannical oppressive force, which does not fear Allah nor have mercy on any creature. | | | The authorities realize that, and they are trying to suppress it," Wu said recently, peering at his smudged computer screen and giving a tour of his Web site. |
|
http://fightxfreedom.blogspot.com
(14818 words)
|
|
| |
| | The California Religious Freedom Protection Act, California State Assemply Bill - AB1617 |
| | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. | | | Since the United States Supreme court declared the Federal "Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)" unconstitutional it has become the responsibility of the individual states to pass religious protection law. | | | The above legislation is very important to the protection of our Religious Freedom in the State of California. |
|
http://www.thesteward.net/rights/ab1617.html
(611 words)
|
|
| |
| | ISIL FNN -- New Political Party in South Africa |
| | We believe that every individual has the right to life, liberty, fair trial, ownership of property, freedom of movement, speech, language, religion, and association. | | | The Real Freedom Movement believes that the rights and freedoms of the individual supersede those of the state and other groups. | | | The Real Freedom Movement believes that all individuals have the fundamental right to own property and to deal with it as they see fit, so long as they do not interfere through force or fraud with the equal right of others. |
|
http://www.isil.org/resources/fnn/2002nov/real-freedom-s-africa.html
(824 words)
|
|
| |
| | Law and Personal Freedom Syllabus |
| | U.S. April 5: Freedom from and of Religion | | | PART 5: FREEDOM FROM AND OF Freedom from and of Religion: Religious freedom is guaranteed in the First Amendment. | | | The concepts of freedom and liberty have been debated for centuries. |
|
http://www.umass.edu/legal/Lorenz/Freedom/252Syllabus-s04.htm
(824 words)
|
|
| |
| | UUFNRV: Reverend Christine Brownlie: "Our Bishop:" the Reverend William Ellery Channing |
| | Channing's father was devoted to the cause of the colonial freedom from the crown. | | | Channing's work was praised by the abolitionists, but he was harshly criticized by many other people, including some of his own parishioners. | | | Channing inspires me because he is an example of many virtues that I admire He followed his inner leanings rather than his pocketbook when it came time to chose his life's vocation. |
|
http://civic.bev.net/uufnrv/CB-000521.html
(2682 words)
|
|
| |
| | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| | Update note, October 2003: It is not the new Iraqi Holidays, but Ramadan, the Oldest one, that is provoking Holy War for Holy Day Observance among the extreme factions of a religion nearly as old as civilization. | | | We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail. | | | NOTE: IMAGE, "The Four Freedoms" WAS REMOVED DUE TO RESTRICTIONS ON USE...PLEASE VISIT |
|
http://www.ellefagan.com/patriotsite/operationiraqifreedom.html
(2682 words)
|
|
| |
| | French Wars of Religion |
| | A highly popular and effective ruler, with the Catholic League dissolved, in 1598 Henri IV issued the Edict of Nantes that granted partial religious freedom to the French Protestants. | | | The French Wars of Religion were fought between the Catholic League and the Huguenots from the March 1, 1562 massacre of 1,000 Hugeunots at Vassy to 1598. | | | While far from equality of religions, the Edict of Nantes was enough to put an end to the series of religious wars between Catholics and Protestants that devastated France from 1562 to 1598. |
|
http://faculty.ucc.edu/egh-damerow/french_wars_of_religion.htm
(1490 words)
|
|
| |
| | National Religious Freedom Day |
| | This vital document became the basis for the separation of church and state, and led to freedom of religion for all Americans as protected in the religion clause in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. | | | As this freedom continues to be challenged on American soil and around the world, there is an ever-growing need to continue the legacy of freedom and to carry it forward for generations to come. | | | Thomas Jefferson's reading of history convinced him that the entangling of religion and government would lead to intolerance and, inevitably, war. |
|
http://www.firstfreedom.org/programs/natreligious.html
(231 words)
|
|
| |
| | A GATHERING OF PRINCIPLES |
| | Yet, every day the forces of blind religion do impose on them, and the intimate joy of their own freedom is not universally known. | | | FRANCIS DÁVID: 1510-1579 Transylvanian Preacher and Heretic, converted Prince John Sigisund, of Transylvania who issued the first Edict of Toleration in religion and briefly established the first and only unitarian state. | | | They enjoy the grand illusion of freedom that says they can go about their daily lives with only occasional impositions from their neighbors. |
|
http://wbmcphil.home.pipeline.com/Principles.htm
(1620 words)
|
|
| |
| | FaithWriters.com-Christian Leadership - The Fight For Freedom |
| | We have the ACLU starting a lawsuit against any Christian that expresses their freedom of religion in public. | | | Obliterating the American past, with its antecedents in principles of freedom, liberty and private ownership is a major goal of the communists then and now. | | | I recommend that you burn your membership, before it burns you of all your freedoms! |
|
http://www.faithwriters.com/article-details.php?id=31913
(1104 words)
|
|
| |
| | Blogcritics.org: "Death to Denmark": Freedom of Speech And Thought Under Fire |
| | And there may be a fine line between freedom of religion and freedom of speech, but I think the two go hand in hand. | | | The freedom of speech has limits, you cant just go down the street and insult peoples families, culture and beliefs. | | | Freedom of Speech in the Marketplace of Ideas |
|
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/03/200122.php
(2030 words)
|
|
|
