1st Edition

State Security Regimes and the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief Changes in Europe Since 2001

By Karen Murphy Copyright 2013
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

The question of to what extent, manifestations of religious beliefs should be permitted in the European public sphere has become a salient and controversial topic in recent years. Despite the increasing interest however, debates have rarely questioned the conventional wisdom that an increase in the range of security measures employed by a government inevitably leads to a decrease in the human... Read more

1. The issue of religious freedom and state security  2. Protections and critiques of the right to freedom of religion and belief  3. State security regimes and religious freedom in Europe: A multi-state analysis  4. Rethinking the relationship between state security and religious freedom  5. Religious freedom in liberal nationalist states: Denmark and the Netherlands  6. Religious freedom in securitized states: Germany and the United Kingdom  7. Religious freedom and state security in Europe: Findings and recommendations

Biography

Dr. Karen Murphy is an independent consultant on human rights and humanitarian policy specialising in fragile and insecure environments, she has worked for NGOs and UN agencies in the Middle East and Africa.