Alms given on religious grounds.

(e) Discrimination on racial, national, ethnic, linguistic or religious grounds

(b) Discrimination against women for reasons based on religion

This includes the freedom to practise one's religion, the access to clergy, and the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of religion.9

(c) The limitation of fundamental religious rights in order to protect one particular religion.

quot IARF initiative in Pakistan quot , February 1995 (public seminars on religious freedom)

Estonia Recognized on religious and ethical grounds (WCC).

The Committee is concerned that registration requirements for religious organizations, as well as distinctions made between different religious groups in this connection, could result in discrimination on religious grounds in violation of the right to freedom from discrimination on the ground of religion.

Religion or freedom of religion had sometimes been used as grounds for violating other human rights or generating a climate of religious intolerance.

(f) To ensure full respect for freedom of religion and conscience, and in this regard to take measures to end discrimination based on religion

The International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) was founded in 1900 as an association of individuals and groups who share a commitment to work for freedom of religion or belief through inter faith understanding and cooperation.

Still, the right to freedom of religion for non Christians has been taken care of in different ways, i.e., by an exemption arrangement from the Christian knowledge subject in public schools.

He was committed to religious freedom and interreligious dialogue and reconciliation.

And the rationale for this behavior is explicitly religious.

With reference to religious considerations, discrimination often arises from the absence of religious belief or from belief in different ethical principles, from a lack of religious freedom or from intolerance.

For both of them, combating religious intolerance was part of their raison d'être.

This can be for religious or ethical reasons.

All the citizens concerned based their refusal to perform the basic military service on conscience and religious belief.

Freedom of religion

1. Condemns all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief, as well as violations of freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief

The Committee welcomes the establishment of the National Observatory on Religious Freedom and the fact that its activities include dealing with complaints about constraints on religious freedom.

This right is not limited to old and established religions, or to large congregations, and it is fundamental to the freedom of religious conscience.

He referred to the distinction made between custom based and religion based norms.

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Requests for exemption need not be justified by the parents in cases where the activities clearly may be perceived to be of a religious nature.

112. Whereas most non Christian minorities are noteworthy for their religiosity, expressed in terms of religious practice, religious education and their religious claims, especially for recognition of religious days, the predominantly Christian Australian population, whose history and traditions reflect Christian leanings, engages in little religious practice and is tending increasingly to lose its belief altogether.

1. Our observations address the issue of non discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, language or religion in situations of internal violence and disturbance of all kinds.

As for religious freedoms and rites, this area is regulated under an agreement between the Bulgarian and Serbian Orthodox Church Synods.

They have to protect the fundamental rights of their citizens, including freedom of religion.

Article 37 reads quot conscientious objection for ethical and religious reasons is recognized ... quot .

58. According to the information received, Buddhists and Hindus may freely carry out their religious activities, including religious services and traditions and the management of the business of their religious institutions.

They said that Muslims were free to carry out their religious activities, including religious services and traditions, as well as the management of business relating to their religious institutions.

9. The right to freedom of religion

Welcomes and encourages the continuing efforts of non governmental organizations and bodies and groups based on religion or belief to promote the implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and further encourages their work in promoting freedom of religion or belief and in highlighting cases of religious intolerance, discrimination and persecution

Welcomes and encourages the continuing efforts of non governmental organizations and bodies and groups based on religion or belief to promote the implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, and further encourages their work in promoting freedom of religion or belief and in highlighting cases of religious intolerance, discrimination and persecution

624. It is noted with appreciation that the prohibition of discrimination on any ground, in particular race, ethnic origin, colour, religion and caste, is contained in the Constitution, which makes it an excellent basis for the implementation of the Convention in Burkina Faso.

(e) Freedom to manage religious affairs (art. 26 of the Constitution states that every religious denomination or any section thereof has the right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes, to manage its own affairs in matters of religion, to own and acquire movable and immovable property and to administer such property in accordance with the law)

Discrimination against persons on the grounds of religious differences was unconstitutional.

464. The Directorate of Culture, Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs expects the Home Rule government s order on basic, decentralized education to be adopted in the spring of 1996.

Mr. Abdelfattah Amor Special Rapporteur on the elimination of all forms of religious intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief

In addition, my country, favoured by its geographic and historical location, has always been at the crossroads of civilizations and religions.

Considering that religion or belief, for those who profess either, is one of the fundamental elements in their conception of life and that freedom of religion or belief should be fully respected and guaranteed,

and international levels (ii) Elimination of all forms of intolerance

36. The Deputy Prime Minister and President of the State Commission for Relations with Religious Communities have emphasized that Croatia fully supports religious freedoms and protects religious sites and property.