Human Rights and Religion
Monday, March 27, 2006 - 09:23 AM
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights isn't binding international law, but somehow the document, adopted in 1948, remains the gold standard of human rights.
It may also stand in partial contradiction of the new Afghan constitution, which both affirms the UDHR (Article 18: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief") and states that ''no law shall contravene the tenets and provisions of the holy religion of Islam" .
We'll talk about the fate of Christian convert Abdur Rahman this morning.
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