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Perpetuating Anti-Muslim Discrimination through the Interpretation of Religious Equality in the European Court of Human Rights
Pier-luc Dupontsubject
Cultural StudiesHistorymedia_common.quotation_subjecthuman rightsIslamsecularismState (polity)Political sciencereligious freedom050602 political science & public administrationmedia_commonanti-discriminationHuman rightsInterpretation (philosophy)05 social sciencesReligious studies050301 educationIslam0506 political scienceSubordination (finance)AnthropologyLawMandateSecularism0503 educationSocial statusdescription
AbstractFaced with widespread prejudice and discrimination, European Muslims are increasingly resorting to the European Court of Human Rights as a last-ditch strategy to transform state policies toward minority faiths. While the Court has a mandate to protect religious freedom and equality, the conservative and sometimes biased way in which it has interpreted these concepts has enabled the persistence of stark asymmetries in the legal and social statuses of different religions. Using an analysis of relevant cases, this article seeks to highlight the judicial processes that currently sustain Muslim subordination and pinpoint specific reforms that could reverse the trend.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-28 |