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1. The fatal flaws in the U.S. constitutional project for Iraq

Author

Mayer, Ann Elizabeth

Subjects
Constitutions -- United States -- Iraq -- International aspects -- Interpretation and construction, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, International relations, Law, Political science, Influence, International aspects, Interpretation and construction
Abstract

One book critically assessing U.S. planning for post-invasion Iraq concludes that U.S. officials proceeded on the basis of uninformed and ideologically-slanted preconceptions, arrogantly presuming that Iraq could be treated as [...]

Published
2007

3. The mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur.

Author

Amor, Abdelfattah

Subjects
United Nations. Commission on Human Rights -- Powers and duties, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Human rights -- Protection and preservation
Published
1998

8. The evolution of religious freedom as a universal human right: examining the role of the 1981 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief.

Author

Davis, Derek H.

Subjects
Human rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Religious discrimination -- Laws, regulations and rules, Treaties -- Interpretation and construction, United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
Published
2002

15. The United Nations and freedom of religion.

Author

Dickson, Brice

Subjects
United Nations -- Standards, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Human rights -- Religious aspects, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
Published
1995

16. Religious feelings and the European Court.

Author

Pannick, David

Subjects
Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Censorship -- Religious aspects, Offenses against religion -- International aspects
Published
1995

19. China detains another top Protestant in Cultural Revolution-style crackdown

Author

Marquand, Robert

Subjects
United States. Department of State -- International relations, China -- Social policy, Protestants -- Political aspects, Christianity and politics, Detention -- Political aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Robert Marquand Days after authorities plunked China's most prominent Protestant leader, Joseph Gu, into an isolated 'black jail,' police in the same eastern coastal province of Zhejiang have detained [...]

Published
2016

21. Laos: background and U.S. relations

Author

Lum, Thomas

Subjects
Laos -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, United States -- Foreign policy, Hmong (Asian people) -- Military aspects, Foreign assistance, Explosive ordnance disposal -- International aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Insurgency -- International aspects -- United States -- Laos, Government
Abstract

Summary The United States and the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) cooperate in important areas despite ideological differences and U.S. concerns about alleged human rights abuses against the ethnic Hmong [...]

Published
2010

22. Why Christianity is surging in the heart of Islam: medical missions and market dynamics lead to millions of believers in the Arabian Peninsula

Author

Casper, Jayson

Subjects
Arabian Peninsula -- Religious aspects, Christianity and other religions -- Islam, Migrant labor -- Religious aspects, Christians -- International aspects -- Political aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Sam Espada led friends in a chorus of 'Happy Birthday' for his sombrero-wearing brother at a Mexican restaurant. After dinner, they saw the latest Hollywood blockbuster. The five-story mall could [...]

Published
2015

23. Why They Hate Us; It's because of our freedom

Author

Loconte, Joseph

Subjects
Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Anti-Americanism -- Religious aspects, Islamic militants -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, News, opinion and commentary, Al-Qaeda
Abstract

LAST WEEK WE LEARNED of another 'massive' terrorist plot against American targets, this time thwarted by German authorities, Osama bin Laden has just released another cryptic video threat against the [...]

Published
2007

24. The price of freedom; Muslims and security

Subjects
Muslims -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Behavior, Safety -- Management -- International aspects, Terrorism -- Control -- International aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Company business management, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

A fine line between vigilanceand witch-hunting 'PEOPLE can lose clearance on the vaguest excuse, without being told why--it's a new McCarthyist mood.' That's one reaction (from a London human-rights lawyer, [...]

Published
2006

26. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged the State Department to add Eritrea, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Vietnam to its list of countries that should be given the harshest designation for violations of religious freedom

Subjects
Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

* The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urged the State Department to add Eritrea, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Vietnam to its list of countries that should be [...]

Published
2004

29. The White House has nominated John V. Hanford III to serve as ambassador-at-large for international religious liberty, and appointed Michael K. Young, dean of the George Washington University Law School, as chairman of a federal commission that monitors religious freedom abroad

Subjects
United States. Executive Office of the President. Chief of Staff -- Officials and employees, Ambassadors -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Philosophy and religion, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, International aspects, Officials and employees
Abstract

The White House has nominated John V. Hanford III to serve as ambassador-at-large for international religious liberty, and appointed Michael K. Young, dean of the George Washington University Law School, [...]

Published
2001

30. Religious Freedom Report Released

Subjects
International relations -- United States, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Philosophy and religion, International aspects
Abstract

The first official U.S. report on international religious freedom met with both praise for its good intentions and criticism for its diplomatic content from human-rights organizations. The report is meant [...]

Published
1999

32. At White House, Pope Preaches Diplomacy (Ftf)

Subjects
Company public relations, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Religion -- Political aspects, Religion -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89695201 MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. Today, [...]

Published
2008

33. Religion and the future of human rights

Author

Drinan, Robert F.

Subjects
United Nations -- Social policy, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Human rights -- Ethical aspects
Published
1987

38. Doing God

Subjects
Christianity and other religions -- Islam, Security, International -- Religious aspects, Military assistance, British -- Social aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science, Boko Haram -- Religious aspects
Abstract

'We don't do God,' was Alastair Campbell's put-down when his charge, Tony Blair, was tempted to raise the issue of his faith. Unfortunately, it seems to have become the motto [...]

Published
2014

39. Meeting links religious and economic liberty

Author

McElwee, Joshua J.

Subjects
Arab Spring, 2010-2012 -- Religious aspects -- Influence, Christians -- Statistics, Revolutions -- Religious aspects -- Influence, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

ROME * Christian minorities across the Middle East face an uncertain climate of change with unknown consequences following the revolutions stemming from 2010's Arab Spring, says the archbishop who ministers [...]

Published
2014

44. An American report finds the Taliban's violation of religious rights 'particularly severe.'(A Nation Challenged)

Author

Marquis, Christopher

Subjects
Taliban -- Social policy, Religious tolerance -- Afghanistan, Human rights -- Afghanistan, Freedom of religion -- International aspects
Abstract

The Bush administration designated the Taliban leadership of Afghanistan today as a 'particularly severe violator' of religious freedom and said the status of ethnic and religious minorities in the country […]

Published
2001

45. The first freedom

Subjects
Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Science and technology, Social sciences, International aspects
Abstract

The encouragement of free trade and free elections--which is to say, of the American model in commerce and politics--has long been unabashed American policy. But American international policy has included [...]

Published
2004

46. Fighting on foreign soil: religious right groups prepare for European legal battles.

Author

Carter, Terry

Subjects
Church and state -- International aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects
Abstract

American religious rights groups sponsored and advocated an expansion of state tolerance of religious freedoms in the European Union. Religious organizations such as the European Center for Law and Justice seek to have the EU's Court of Human Rights recognize greater religious freedoms and separation from the continent's states legislative powers. To battle fears of American cultural imperialism, the groups maintain a low profile and employ local barristers and religious leaders.

Published
1998

48. Keeping the faith

Subjects
United States. Department of State -- Powers and duties, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Christians -- Protection and preservation, Business, Business, general
Published
2000

49. U.S. religion commission cites major abuse in China

Author

Kempster, Norman

Subjects
China -- Religious aspects, Sudan -- Religious aspects, Russia -- Religious aspects, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, Christians -- Crimes against
Published
2000

50. Church of controversy: Scientologists protest discrimination in Germany

Author

Fennell, Tom

Subjects
Germany -- Social policy, Church of Scientology -- Political activity, Scientology -- Germany, Freedom of religion -- International aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political activity, International aspects, Social policy
Abstract

The crowd jammed beneath the towering Brandenburg Gate in Berlin cheered when actor John Travolta's face suddenly flashed across a vast video screen. Thousands of Scientologists from around the world [...]

Published
1997

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