Balancing Religious Freedom and Cultural Preservation
José Casanova Sunday, 1 June 2008
Human rights, including the right to religious freedom, are presently in the process of becoming globalized. But, the fact that religious freedom is becoming a universal aspiration doesn't mean that religious freedom means necessarily everywhere the same thing. It may mean different things in different countries, and these different meanings may be in conflict with one another. Policies intended to implement international religious freedom may conflict with other cultures' understandings of religious freedom, and will be resisted accordingly.
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