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We live in what has been called ‘an age of pluralism’ and yet religious diversity remains a challenging issue for most societies.
Controversies around religious dress and buildings, urban riots, communal violence, and acts of terror have raised questions over the place of religion today. In European societies, responses have focused on secularism as a mode of governing religion and religious diversity. However, secularism is in itself contested, takes many forms, and depends on the overall institutional framework.
The articles in this series reflect on how states in Europe, the Maghreb, South and Southeast Asia as well as the Asia Pacific govern religious diversity and offer novel perspectives on the place and role of religion in the public sphere.
The content in GLOBAL EXTREMES is produced by the scholars and stakeholders in the GREASE and BRaVE research projects.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under the GREASE project (grant no. 770640) and the BRaVE project (grant no. 822189).
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs central Europe afraid of religious tolerance?In the middle of Europe, there is a new sort of religious radicalization emerging – that of religion-haters or religiophobes.
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Published in: Global ExtremesGermany: Is banning far-right groups enough?The case of far-right group Combat 18 has prompted a wider re-examination of far-right extremism and the utility of bans.
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Published in: Global ExtremesIn India: secularism or multiculturalism?What can we make of the ‘return’ of secularism to the centre of political debate in India?
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat is the ‘proper’ place of religion?The reality of multiculturalism in Western Europe has reawakened debates around religion’s relation to politics and...
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhy Muslim-majority countries need secular citizenship and law-makingIslam is neither an instrument of identity politics, nor an ideology offering political solutions.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat will 2020 bring? Finding our way in a more polarised worldAs 2020 and a new decade begins, why are we more polarised than ever before and can we do anything about it?
