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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageWhose faith wins? Keeping religion out of the law
Religion may help to control behavior and justify human worth and dignity, but in Nigeria, the co-existence of...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageQuelle est la croyance qui l’emporte ? Il faut laisser la religion en dehors de la loi
La religion peut permettre de contrôler le comportement et de justifier la valeur et la dignité humaine, mais au...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageלהתווכח כמו אברהם אבינו עבור החפים מפשע בעזה
מרבית הישראלים-היהודים תומכים במלחמה בעזה, אך הצדקת הטיעון כי מדובר בהגנה עצמית הובילה לקוצר ראייה רוחנית בקרב בני...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageGazze’nin masumlarını İbrahim gibi savunmak
Birçok İsrailli Musevi Gazze Savaşı’nı destekliyor; ancak kendini müdafaa hakkı insanlarda manevi bir körlüğe yol...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageDon’t merge human rights with religion, even in Africa
In Africa, religion has often been a tool of oppression, not liberation. Some religious tenets and practitioners can...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIl ne faut pas mélanger les droits de l’homme avec la religion, même en Afrique
En Afrique, la religion a souvent été un instrument d'oppression, pas de libération. Certains principes et...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageArguing like Abraham for Gaza’s innocents
Most Israeli Jews support the Gaza war, but the justice of self-defense has created a spiritual myopia among my...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat was the role of religion in the Arab Spring?
The Arab Spring was caused by a multitude of factors (economic, political, social, cultural and religious), but its...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageOccu-Kashrut and ethical Jewish consumerism
For some, a boycott of products made in Israeli settlements - Occu-Kashrut - is an ethically motivated act of Jewish...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageLet’s talk about religion
Many human rights advocates work with people and/or communities who believe in a God or gods, but few are actually...
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Published in: 50.50Human rights without religion is like a fish without a bicycle
Is separation between religion and the state essential to human rights? Meredith Tax says secular space is necessary...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe real power of rights is not religion
It’s not useful to debate whether human rights derive from religion or to include religious leaders only as token...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageIn Africa, human rights and religion often go together
In Africa and other regions in the global South, religion and human rights support similar values. For years,...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageEn Afrique, les droits de l’homme et la religion vont souvent de pair
En Afrique et dans d’autres régions du Sud de la planète, la religion et les droits de l’homme soutiennent des...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageNo human rights without God
Human rights need God because three ingredients are critical to their validity: universal moral norms, human...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageFaith in rights: ethics of the public square
Human rights cannot thrive globally without the support of pluralist religious theologies that are in tune with...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageUsing faith to reinforce human rights of Bahá’ís in Iran
An Islamic cleric’s gesture to the persecuted Bahá’í community in Iran shows that in countries where universal human...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageStarting at the top: why rights groups need to engage religious leaders
For human rights to find resonance in the global South, we must connect them to the existing beliefs of the people...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageLa politisation de la foi hindoue en Inde
L’hindouisme prône la tolérance, la Constitution indienne garantit la pluralité. Alors pourquoi est-ce que le...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageThe politicization of Hindu faith in India
Hinduism preaches tolerance, the Indian Constitution enshrines plurality. So why has divisive political communalism...