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	Status of religious freedom in Malaysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Government in general supports Islamic religious establishment and it is the official policy to "infuse Islamic values" into the administration of the country.
		In its judgement, it stated that "the right of religious practice of the two infant children shall be exercised equally by both parents" based on the Guardianship of Infants Act 1961.
		Her legal case is based on the freedom of religion clause in the constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Discrimination_against_non-Muslims_in_Malaysia (3505 words)

	Encyclopedia: Religious minorities in Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Hindu Temple in Bandar Abbas, Iran, built during the Qajar era for Indian soldiers serving in the British Army during the British occupation.
		The Church of St Stephanus in Jolfa, Iran, said to have been erected shortly after the ascension of Jesus Christ, is considered by some historians to be the second oldest church after the Church of Bethlehem in Palestine.
		The Constitution of Iran declares that the official religion of Iran is Islam and the doctrine followed is that of Jaâ€™fari (Twelver) Shiâ€™ism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Religious-minorities-in-Iran (1310 words)

	Islam in Saudi Arabia
		Religiously sanctioned behavior, once thought to be the responsibility of families, was being increasingly institutionalized and enforced.
		In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Christian religious services were held regularly in private houses and in housing compounds belonging to foreign companies, and these services were usually ignored by mutawwiin as long as they did not attract public attention or encourage proselytism.
		In a follow-up to the petition, a number of the signatories wrote a letter stating that funds for religious institutions were being cut back, that the institutions were not being given the resources to create jobs, and that their fatwas were being ignored.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia (2486 words)

	Iran
		Adherents of recognized religious minorities are not required to register individually with the Government; however, their communal, religious, and cultural events and organizations, including schools, are monitored closely.
		By law and practice, religious minorities are not allowed to be elected to a representative body or to hold senior government or military positions; however, 5 of a total 270 seats in the Majlis are reserved for religious minorities.
		Sunni Muslims are the largest religious minority in the country, claiming a membership of approximately 10 million (10 percent of the population) consisting mostly of Turkomen, Arabs, Baluchs, and Kurds living in the southwest, southeast, and northwest.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35497.htm (5379 words)

	Religion
		This is evidenced by apparently greater religious pluralism and movements such as the ecumenical movement within and transcending Christian denominations.
		Religious believers are often sad to see that people disagree with the churches' perspectives on spiritual, "eternal" beliefs by concerns they consider to be based on limited and transitory features (given the potential for an afterlife).
		Science seeks to explore the apparent similarities among religious views dominate in diverse cultures that have had little or no contact, why religion is found in almost every human group, and why humans often seem to accept counterfactual statements in the name of religion.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/re/religion.html (6593 words)

	Iran
		There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report.[1] Members of the country's religious minorities--including Baha'is, Jews, Christians, and Sunni and Sufi Muslims--reported imprisonment, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination based on their religious beliefs.
		Religious minorities, by law and practice, are barred from being elected to a representative body (except to the seats in the Majlis reserved for minorities, as provided for in the Constitution) and from holding senior government or military positions.
		Several Baha'i farmers in southern Iran were arrested, and one who was jailed for several days was only freed after paying a "fine." Authorities reportedly also confiscated Baha'i properties in Kata, forced several families to leave their homes and farmlands, imprisoned some farmers, and did not permit others to harvest their crops.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24449.htm (4922 words)

	Status of International Religious Freedom: An Analysis of the State Department’s 2003 Annual Report (Human Rights ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A critical test of the Department’s seriousness is its response to countries that try to justify the suppression of religious freedom by claiming it is part of the struggle against terrorism.
		Uzbekistan is a primarily Muslim country, in which the government seeks to supervise religious worship and belief, by overseeing the Islamic hierarchy, the content of Imams’ sermons, and the substance of their religious materials.
		Khaidarov was a religious prisoner, accused of non-violent activities (anti-constitutional activities, article 159, and belonging to an illegal religious organization, article 216).
	hrw.org /english/docs/2004/02/17/uzbeki7481_txt.htm (3233 words)

	US AmbassadoratLarge for International Religious Freedom: Statement Before the Human Rights Caucus Religious Freedom in ...
		The Chinese constitution provides for freedom of religious belief, as well as the protection of what the constitution refers to as "normal religious activities." It thus appears to acknowledge the sanctity of conscience and belief on the one hand, but not of religious practice on the other.
		Beneath the constitutional veneer of religious freedom lies a substratum of laws and regulations which provide a juridical basis for state control and, in some cases, persecution of religious believers.
		Because religious freedom entails the inviolable right of every human being to seek the truth, no government should consider the control or management of that process within its province.
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200401/17270.html (2105 words)

	U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
		Religious activity is monitored closely by the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance and by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
		Adherents of recognized religious minorities are not required to register individually with the Government, although their community, religious, and cultural events and organizations, as well as schools, are monitored closely.
		There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/News/090999-5.html (3586 words)

	An Evaluation of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the State Department views religious freedom as one of the most fundamental human rights and as a liberty long championed by the United States and the American people, we must not forget that the American people are also firmly against the widespread loss of life as a result of war and violence.
		The International Religious Freedom Act noted that more than half of the world's population live under regimes that severely restrict or prohibit the freedom of their citizens to study, believe, observe and freely practice the religious faith of their choice.
		In part because religious believers swear allegiance to a higher authority, and because these courageous men and women know that the right of religious freedom cannot be given or abrogated by human government.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/intlrel/hfa82261.000/hfa82261_0.HTM (17937 words)

	Nation Profiles - Religious Freedom Page
		In 1948 the United Nations declared religious freedom to be a universal human right and constituent nations have ratified that proclamation.
		Previous years of the religious freedom section are archived to permit examination, and accesses to the full text of the Country Reports are available via links.
		These are presented both to help individual readers understand religious freedom in the context of the demographic structure of the country, but also to encourage systematic analysis of the relationship between demographic variable and religious freedom.
	cti.itc.virginia.edu /~jkh8x/relfree/nationprofiles/index-continent.html (544 words)

	Ambassador Seiple: Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, House Committee on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As a consequence, when we go to officials of foreign governments to urge them to protect religious freedom, we are not asking them to "do it our way." We are asking them to live up to the commitments they have made--both to their own people, and to the world.
		So understood, religious freedom can provide support for all other human rights: when the dignity of the human person is destroyed, it is not simply a practical rule that is being violated, but the nature of the world itself.
		It is a religious understanding of human dignity--the conviction that every person, of whatever social, economic, religious or political status, of whatever race, creed or location, is endowed by God with a value which does not rise or fall with income or productivity, with status or position, with power or weakness.
	www.un.int /usa/99rel106.htm (3813 words)

	Bahai News - 2000 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom: Iran
		The Constitution declares that the "official religion of Iran is Islam and the doctrine followed is that of Ja'fari (Twelver) Shi'ism." Members of Iran's religious minorities--including Baha'is, Jews, Christians, and Sufi Muslims--reported imprisonment, harassment, and intimidation based on their religious beliefs.
		Jewish groups outside Iran noted that the March 1999 arrest of the 13 Jewish individuals coincided with an increase in anti-Semitic propaganda in newspapers and journals associated with hardline elements of the Government.
		The Secretary of State also called on Iran to release and drop charges against the 13 Jews, 10 of whom were convicted and remained in prison at the end of the period covered by this report.
	www.uga.edu /bahai/News/090500-2.html (4117 words)

	Christian News - The Christian Post \| Religious Freedom in Iran Virtually Non-Existent for Christians, WEA Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Religious freedom in Iran continues to be virtually non-existent for Christians and other minority groups, according to a global network representing more than 335 million Christians from 121 nations and over 100 international organizations.
		In a recent document on international religious freedom presented to the UN Commission on Human Rights, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) reported that while the Iranian Constitution guarantees a few recognized religious minorities — including Christians — the freedom to practice their religion, these rights are frequently withheld.
		Apostasy in Iran, specifically conversion from Islam, is punishable by death as Islam is the nation’s official religion.
	www.christianpost.com /article/missions/1515/section/religious.freedom.in.iran.virtually.non-existent.for.christians.wea.reports/1.htm (687 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		A referendum to change Australia's status, from a commonwealth headed by the British monarch to an independent republic, was defeated in 1999.
		UN-led talks on the status of Cyprus resumed in December 1999 to prepare the ground for meaningful negotiations leading to a comprehensive settlement.
		Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of the Russian minority (some 30% of the population) remains of concern to Moscow.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15472 words)

	International Religious Freedom Report: Iran 2003
		The Government also severely restricted or banned outright many Shi'a religious practices and for decades conducted a brutal campaign of murder, summary execution, arbitrary arrest, and protracted detention against religious leaders and followers of the majority Shi'a Muslim population and sought to undermine the identity of minority Christian (Assyrian and Chaldean) and Yazidi groups.
		While no firm statistics are available regarding the number of religious detainees held by the former regime, observers estimate that the total number of security detainees was in the tens of thousands or more, including numerous religious detainees and prisoners.
		The country's cultural, religious, and linguistic diversity was not reflected in its political and economic structure.
	www.usisrael.com /jsource/anti-semitism/reliraq03.html (1870 words)

	World Tribune.com: Saudis stay off U.S. list of nations violating religious freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Bush administration has rejected the recommendation by a government commission to list Saudi Arabia as a major violator of religious freedom, a move that could have resulted in U.S. sanctions on the kingdom.
		Last year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom called on the Bush administration to add Saudi Arabia to the list of major violators of religious freedom, Middle East Newsline reported.
		In a report, the panel said Riyad is one of the worst violators of religious freedom in the world.
	216.26.163.62 /2003/ss_saudis_03_07.html (622 words)

	Panel urges Bush to make religious freedom pivotal
		WASHINGTON (RNS)--Pointing to "egregious" violations of religious freedom in countries such as China, Vietnam and Sudan, a federal commission on religious freedom abroad has issued a new report urging the Bush administration to make the issue a central part of U.S. foreign policy.
		In China, religious freedom has sharply deteriorated since the commission issued its first report in May 2000, the report said.
		That deterioration "validated" concerns the commission had last fall that Congress' decision to grant permanent normal trade relations status to China without demanding religious freedom reform would foster the assumption that Washington attached little importance to freedom of religion in China, the report said.
	www.baptiststandard.com /2001/5_14/print/bush.html (466 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom accused China, Sudan and, to a lesser degree, Russia of hindering religious practices.
		China and Sudan "are countries in which there are systematic, egregious, ongoing manifestations of religious persecutions," said Rabbi David Saperstein, at a news conference releasing what is to be an annual report.
		On China, the commission cited an increase in violations of religious freedom over the past year, against the Falun Gong spiritual movement, Tibetan Buddhists, and Roman Catholic and Protestant underground "house churches." China allows only sanctioned Christian churches.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/22/story_2278_1.html (837 words)

	In the Red Zone
		Not only for the city's numerous contractors, but also for the crooked politicians, parasitical religious parties and criminal gangs who take their cut from every construction job, creating a business climate that combines the accountability of Tammany Hall with the law and order of 1920s Chicago.
		Whether its supporting religious parties, smuggling oil and gas, sabotaging the energy infrastructure, orchestrating sectarian assassinations or other neighborly deeds, Basrawi detect the stealthy hand of Tehran in nearly every aspect of their lives.
		These are the unwritten, unlegislated and unchallengeable "social" and "religious" norms that have an iron grip on the city.
	www.redzoneblog.com (6534 words)

	2005 Population Figures for Yazd, Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Travel is so cheap in Iran there's no real concept of flagging lifts and when...
		433,836 for Yazd, Iran is based on a number of factors and sources.
		Please bear in mind that this is only an estimate of the number of people in a given city -- actual figures can be obtained from the U.N. and government sources.
	travel.synabu.com /cities/Y/Yazd,_Iran.html (646 words)

	Iran Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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		For more information, see the article about Iran.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Category:Iran (164 words)

	Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Iran
		In March 1999, Dr. Sina Hakiman, Farzad Khajeh Sharifabadi, Habibullah Ferdosian Najafabadi, and Ziaullah Mirzapanah--the four remaining detainees from the September 1998 raid, were convicted under Article 498 of the Penal Code and sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 10 years.
		Jewish groups outside Iran noted that the March arrest of the 13 Jewish individuals coincided with an increase in anti-Semitic propaganda in newspapers and journals associated with hard-line elements of the Government.
		The continuous activity of Iran's pre-Islamic, non-Muslim communities, e.g., Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians, has accustomed the population to the presence of non-Muslims in society.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/irf/irf_iran99.html (3603 words)

	Crisis in Chechnya - Global Issues
		As well as different cultural and religious beliefs, as for any group of people throughout history subdued by external rule or empire, external rule first by the brutal Russian Czarist empire and then by the Soviets, was unpopular and tenuous.
		[As Operation Enduring Freedom began in Afghanistan to route out Al Qaeda] Chechen-watchers and specialists on conflict and ethnicity in the Caucasus were stunned to hear a variety of newly discovered media “talking heads” matter-of-factly proclaim that, in Afghanistan, the United States and Coalition soldiers were confronting hordes of Chechens....
		Numerous challenges must be overcome as well as determining the status of Chechnya, including security, return of refugees, reconstruction, rebuilding the economy, and dealing with corruption.
	www.globalissues.org /Geopolitics/Chechnya.asp (3556 words)

	Project for the New American Century - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Veber is also vice chairman of Empower America and a former fellow of the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
		George Weigel, a Roman Catholic religious and political commentator, is a "senior fellow" at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
		The challenge, in their view, was to persuade the public that such links either did indeed exist or were sufficiently likely to exist that a preventive strike against Iraq was warranted.
	www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century (2894 words)

	Religious freedom in Iran is a fundamental human right, Pope says
		Among these rights, religious freedom stands out as an essential part of freedom of conscience and so reveals the transcendental nature of the human person.”
		“Freedom of worship,” he reiterated, “is but one aspect of religious freedom which must be the same for all citizens.” (FP)
		Just help them to obtain freedom and the rest of the issues will disappear with their bounds and gags.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1261635/posts (1587 words)

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