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Preface page vii Foreword xi Introduction 1 MALCOLM EVANS Section One RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES Christian Perspectives 1 The Complimentarity between Secular and Religious Perspectives of Human Rights 19 RICHARD HARRIES 2 Religious Truths and Human Coexistence 29 ROGER RUSTON 3 Religion in a Democratic Society: Safeguarding Freedom, Acknowledging Identity, Valuing Partnership 45 MICHAEL IPGRAVE A Muslim Perspective 4 Conflicting Values or Misplaced Interpretations? Examining the Inevitability of a Clash * between 'Religions' and 'Human Rights' 65 JAVAID REHMAN Jewish Perspectives 5 Religion and Human Rights with Special Reference to Judaism 89 NORMAN SOLOMON 6 Religion and Human Rights: Redressing the Balance 107 AVROM SHERR 7 Human Rights and Its Destruction of Right and Wrong 115 MELANIE PHILLIPS A Bahd'i Perspective 8 A More Constructive Encounter: A Bahf'i View of Religion and Human Rights 121 JOHN BARNABAS LEITH Section Two MODELS, TENSIONS AND FRAMEWORKS 9 'Human Rights' 'Religion' and the 'Secular': Variant Configurations of Religion(s), State(s) and Society(ies) 147 PAUL WELLER o1 Freedom of Religion and Belief in the Light of Recent Challenges: Needs, Clashes and Solutions 181 DENNIS DE JONG 11 Triumphalism and Respect for Diversity 207 CONOR GEARTY 12 'Phobias' and 'Isms': Recognition of Difference or the Slippery Slope of Particularisms? 211 NAZILA GHANEA 13 Inciting Religious Hatred: Balancing Free Speech and Religious Sensibilities in a Multi-Faith Society 233 PETER CUMPER 14 Theoretical and Institutional Framework: The Soft Spot where Human Rights End and God Begins 259 FREDERIK HARHOFF Contributors 267