Bibliography: PFV5SQFL

key	PFV5SQFL
title	The Concept of Freedom of Belief and Its Boundaries in Egypt : The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Baha'i Faith Between Established Religions and An Authoritarian State
author	Pink, Johanna
authority control	Johanna Pink
item type	Journal article
publication year	2005
date	2005-03
publication title	Culture and Religion (Surrey, UK)
abstract note	A number of new religious communities have been emerging in Egypt since the second half of the nineteenth century. The most important of them - both numerically and in terms of the attention they attract - are the Baha'i Faith and the Jehovah's Witnesses. Both groups have been officially dissolved and face strong opposition from the established religions as well as a number of legal problems. Egyptian courts have dealt with Baha'is and Jehovah's Witnesses in a number of contexts, and have on these occasions had to discuss the question of how the principle of freedom of belief, which has been part of all Egyptian constitutions since 1923, affects the status of religious minorities not recognised by the state. Their arguments allow interesting conclusions not only about the prevailing understanding of the principle of freedom of belief, but also about the relationship between Islam, the Coptic Orthodox Church and the state.
pages	135-160
issue	1
volume	6
language	English
manual tags	EGYPT; PERSECUTION; LAW; ISLAM; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES