Is India really the worst country in the world for ‘social hostility to religion’? Or more accurately: it’s based primarily on complaints made by activists to the US State Department, and summarised in the State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom reports. This, despite the fact that Pew’s own survey research found that 89 per cent of India’s Muslims say they …
The last few years have seen an unprecedented level of public interest in and disagreement over religion and its place in Australian society. By contrast, if passed the federal Religious Discrimination Bill will be a conspicuous addition to this tapestry of laws, public policy, and social conventions that make up the Australian state-religion relationship. It is therefore important, not only …
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