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ILLEGALITIES UNDER THE COVER OF RELIGION SHOULD BE PUNISHED
15:41 03.09.2013
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
The 2013 exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue
titled "Freedom of religion in today's world: challenges and guarantees
wrapped up in Yerevan today.
No final document was adopted at the end of the meting. Instead,
the participants reached conclusions targeted at one main goal -
to contribute to the creation of necessary bases for mutual trust,
tolerance, inter-religious and inter-church dialogue.
Summing up the results of the two-day meeting, Secretary General of
the European Council of Religious Leaders Stein Villumstad stressed
that the rules and laws adopted by Council of Europe member states are
actually enough to realize the rights existing in the sphere. Whether
they are applied or not is a different question, he said.
There are a number of examples of inter-religious tolerance in
different countries, which should be investigated, participants of
the forum concluded. They also stressed that the illegalities done
under the cover of religion should be viewed as violations of law
and be punished.
Touching upon the discrimination against religious minorities, the
participants said they exist in all countries, especially under the
conditions of increased level of mobility in the world. Currently
there are contacts between Christians and Muslims in Europe, but
there are also cases of intolerance.
Another conclusion reached at the conference referred to political
parties. The forum stressed that the parties should not use the
religious minorities for their political interests.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/03/19643/
15:41 03.09.2013
Karen Ghazaryan
"Radiolur"
The 2013 exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue
titled "Freedom of religion in today's world: challenges and guarantees
wrapped up in Yerevan today.
No final document was adopted at the end of the meting. Instead,
the participants reached conclusions targeted at one main goal -
to contribute to the creation of necessary bases for mutual trust,
tolerance, inter-religious and inter-church dialogue.
Summing up the results of the two-day meeting, Secretary General of
the European Council of Religious Leaders Stein Villumstad stressed
that the rules and laws adopted by Council of Europe member states are
actually enough to realize the rights existing in the sphere. Whether
they are applied or not is a different question, he said.
There are a number of examples of inter-religious tolerance in
different countries, which should be investigated, participants of
the forum concluded. They also stressed that the illegalities done
under the cover of religion should be viewed as violations of law
and be punished.
Touching upon the discrimination against religious minorities, the
participants said they exist in all countries, especially under the
conditions of increased level of mobility in the world. Currently
there are contacts between Christians and Muslims in Europe, but
there are also cases of intolerance.
Another conclusion reached at the conference referred to political
parties. The forum stressed that the parties should not use the
religious minorities for their political interests.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/03/19643/