By Samira Ahmed: «Valentin Abgottspon, a school teacher from Switzerland might not have faced any violence, but his fight to enforce the law protecting freedom of belief by taking down a crucifix in his classroom, exposed the hypocrisy of a nation which likes to claim it’s a bastion of human rights. His challenge to the Catholic Church and its privileged support from the supposedly secular state authorities embodied the biggest question of the Congress: Does every case of religious discrimination matter equally?» Natürlich nicht. Das habe ich auch im Vortrag gesagt. Aber: Wir müssen und sollen «im Westen» Vorbild sein, was Trennung von Staat und Religion(en) betrifft, Respekt vor Nicht-Glauben. Und wir müssen die Menschenrechte achten. In einem demokratischen, säkularen Staat.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:21:50 +0000
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